Spyderco sharp maker

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What do you guys think of the spyderco sharp maker? How well does it sharpen steels from s30v to s90v. I'm looking for a sharpener I can pack up and take with me when I go somewhere. Just wondered what you guys think of this sharpener
 
I recently bought a sharpmaker and love it. I am very challenged in the knife sharpening realm of things, but the sharpmaker makes it very easy. As far as sharpening the harder steels like S30V and S90V. With the stones it comes with you will probably have trouble sharpening those steels. They do make other stones for it that will remove more stock as well as stones that are much finer for finishing. The diamond stone should be able to handle S30V and S90V, but I have no first hand experience with the diamond stone so I cannot say for sure.
 
Moved to MTE, the correct place to discuss sharpening. General Knife Discussion is for discussing the knives themselves. Please take a minute and post the correct topics in the correct places.
 
I managed to do reprofiling on my S30V Doug Ritter mini with it- strapping 100 grit sandpaper to the rods first- then diamond stones, medium, fine, ultra-fine rods. If I did it again, I would still buy the ultra-fine rods, but instead of buying the diamond rods, I would just put coarse grit sandpaper on my rods to reprofile.
 
The Sharpmaker is great. I've seen people ruin their edges on youtube and bring them back with just the standard stones. I'd highly recommend the diamond stones, there's also cubic boron nitride stones. I've totally destroyed my edge by slicing the edge along metal about 50 times, and brought it back with no experience sharpening (diamonds were needed). I'd recommend watching a video or two on it first and using a knife you don't care about as much with a steel that's easier to sharpen when first starting out. With the diamond stones, S30V isn't too bad. I have no experience with S90V, but after practice and with coarse stones, I think you could do it. I'd highly recommend the Sharpmaker, it's a great system that prepares you for freehand, if you choose that route.
 
I have a Wicked Edge, which I love, but I use it now mainly for reprofiling. That's because I got a Sharpmaker a few months ago. I love the fact that I can set the SM up quickly, and touch up my edges quickly. It is also pretty compact, so when I'm camping I can take it with me, whereas my Wicked Edge is more involved and bulkier. I actually purchased a set of stones in the last year or two, and have been learning to free hand sharpen, but then I got the SM and for me it is just so quick and easy to use . I definitely would like to keep pursuing my free hand skills, but for now the SM is what I use the most. The only thing I worry about with the SM, is that I'll drop the rods on my garage floor, which is where I sharpen. I understand they might be brittle, but I've not actually heard of anyone breaking the rods. I'm extremely happy with mine. Most of my knives are S30V, and I have no problem at all keeping those sharp with the SM.
 
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