Spyderco Duckfoot Sharpener

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Has anyone tried this out yet?
http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=SPBY200

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/spyderc/images/by20lg.jpg

Seems very utilitarian. Rather large but very useful. Im thinking of getting this as my take along sharpening tool.
But i also saw this from CRKT,the PTS, seems good also. Not as capable of a sharpener but i like the idea of it being an edge for hacking at the hard stuff.
http://www.agrussell.com/knives/by_...iver_knife_and_tool/crkt_bez_tine_hunter.html
 
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Could you move this to the general discussion area, i think i should have posted it there not here.
Thanks
 
I don't think I've heard of any reviews of it, or at least searching for "duckfoot review" on the Spyderco forum didn't show anything up.

To be honest, I didn't even know it was out!
 
We unveiled the new BY200 Duckfoot sharpener at this year's SHOT Show.

Here's the press release:

Byrd Knife engineers began referring to their new sharpening device as the Duckfoot in the initial design phase simply because that’s what it looked like and for lack of a better name. It stuck and it fits. The Duckfoot sharpening device is shaped like a duck’s foot with varying shapes for sharpening different edges. All told it offers around 15 square inches of diamond coated sharpening surface for sharpening any tool. The foot part starts as a steel form and uses nickel plating to bond 600 mesh mono-crystalline diamonds to the steel. The diamond particles do not require pressing hard when sharpening- (in fact if you press too hard you will dislodge the diamond particles). Gentle pressure does it. The angles and sides include: a 1” X 5” flat diamond stone, 3 grooves including a wide radius channel for de-burring and two narrower radius channels for honing pointed objects. By holding it vertically on a tabletop it tilts from one side to the other raising one edge off the tabletop and creating a 20° angle (40° total angle) for sharpening knife blades. The sides are elliptically shaped with a large radius for sharpening PlainEdges and a small radius for SpyderEdges (serrations). Lay it horizontally and it creates a 12.5° angle designed for sharpening scissors. The Duckfoot comes packaged in a suede leather carry case that doubles as a non-skid counter top pad while sharpening. Detailed instruction DVD is included.

Hope this helps answer some ???

Joyce @ Spyderco
 

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The Duckfoot is our "hang-in-there" lesson.

The original invention was created in 1978. The technology wasn't avaialbe at the time to make the product.

We waited until the mid 90's to patent the concept and design. We received 3 patents.

We introduced the product in 2007.

That means we sat on the idea for 29 years before we were able to make it for the public. A lesson in tenacity and persistence.

sal
 
Afternoon Sal and Joyce, long time no see! :)
Sal Glesser said:
The technology wasn't avaialbe at the time to make the product.
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Quick question if y'all can answer without divulging any trade secrets:
What new technology made this possible?

Thanks!
 
Hi Darkfin,

We've been traveling quite a bit lately.

In the case of the diamond plated pieces, I guess the technology was there, but forming the steel blank and machining to shape, was unrealistically expensive, and getting diamonds to stick on the formed steel blank well enough to handle the small radius, wasn't there. Steel forming technology and diamond plating strength has significantly improved.

On the ceramic version, technology to create the form without camber (warping) wasn't there at the time.

We have ceramic prototypes that work well, although they're still a bit expensisve for production at this time.

sal
 
I have one. I'm working to raise a burr on my William Henry with ATS-34, but I'm not there yet (which is my fault - I should be more persistent). Probably my previous angle on the blade was more then the angle on the duckfoot, and I now need to remove a considerable amount of steel.

From the small practice that I had with it, I think it is less coarse then the diamond rods for the sharpmaker (who also are way more expensive).

Either way, it's probably the most versatile "fool-proof" all-round portable sharpening device.
 
So would you say the grit is only good for finer sharpening or when the blade is really dull, or a happy medium.
 
I never heard of it before, but its now on my shopping list, it looks like a really well designed field sharpener.
 
Could this sharpener be considered a poor man's alternative to springing for the Sharpmaker diamond rods? How does it compare with the medium stones?
 
CombatGrappler said:
Could this sharpener be considered a poor man's alternative to springing for the Sharpmaker diamond rods? How does it compare with the medium stones?
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Yes I think so.

I think it's in between the diamond rods and the brown coarse rods for the 204.
 
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