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Spyderco Sharpmaker
- Thread starter Cotton26
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I'd like to see an inclusive angle between 18 and 23 degrees. Other than that I'm happy. I'm still learning it after freehanding for 25 years. Joe
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Bought one a week ago...love it. Still learning how to use it, that's for sure.
I went to dinner with a friend and fellow knife knut in MPLS last Thursday and we were talking about sharpening, and in specific, the Sharpmaker. He told me about how his mother nearly cut her finger off with a kitchen knife that turned out to be very very dull. He pony'd up the money the next day and he's been sharpening the family's knives ever since.
It got me thinking a bit about how our kitchen knives are treated in my home, and how often they're used by my wife. She's a little woman, and uses big knives to cut things like watermelons, pineapples, etc. Some of them she's really crankin' on to get the leverage to cut through something. I decided that I'd face the music if I had to, but picked up a Sharpmaker from Cabela's on the way home the following day.
She finally saw it and asked why I needed to spend $60 on the thing when the knives came with a sharpening steel already (well, not really as much "asking"...let's just say I'm glad that I was actually in possession of the kitchen knives when she looked at the receipt). When I told her about the dull kitchen knives and nearly severed appendages, she relented pretty quietly.
Whew...thanks for savin' my bacon, Sal. Great product you've got here.
I went to dinner with a friend and fellow knife knut in MPLS last Thursday and we were talking about sharpening, and in specific, the Sharpmaker. He told me about how his mother nearly cut her finger off with a kitchen knife that turned out to be very very dull. He pony'd up the money the next day and he's been sharpening the family's knives ever since.
It got me thinking a bit about how our kitchen knives are treated in my home, and how often they're used by my wife. She's a little woman, and uses big knives to cut things like watermelons, pineapples, etc. Some of them she's really crankin' on to get the leverage to cut through something. I decided that I'd face the music if I had to, but picked up a Sharpmaker from Cabela's on the way home the following day.
She finally saw it and asked why I needed to spend $60 on the thing when the knives came with a sharpening steel already (well, not really as much "asking"...let's just say I'm glad that I was actually in possession of the kitchen knives when she looked at the receipt). When I told her about the dull kitchen knives and nearly severed appendages, she relented pretty quietly.
Whew...thanks for savin' my bacon, Sal. Great product you've got here.
You could shave with my plane irons - and carving & woodturning chisels & gouges... they have only one bevel. I had tried ceramic rods - diamond hones - you name it. The only way I could have a sharp pocketknife was by buying new ones... and filling up my 'butter knife & paperweight drawer' with the dull ones. Last Monday, the postman brought my $48 Evil-Bay bargain to my door. Life hasn't been the same since. The Spydie #204 Triangle Sharpmaker.
First - the down side. Don't think of reprofiling any hi-tech hard steel - it'll become a new career. Second, and I learned this the hard way, you look stupid with a hairless left forearm - dead giveaway to repeated sharpness testing (My wife's constant belaboring that point may just cost her an eyebrow in her sleep one night!). Finally, the wrist brace on my right hand for aggravating my carpal tunnel problems holding those knife handles - dead giveaway.
I think the mild material removal and constant switching from side to side are the keys. Bluntly put, they even out the tilt-slop and inherent bias - or so I rationalize. And... the 20 passes per side per stone, edge or flat, is a pipedream - most modern steels need more - many more. An upgrade might be a sparingly used diamond set for pre-sharpening - or minor reprofiling. The included 'stones' are best for maintenance. Great product!
Stainz
First - the down side. Don't think of reprofiling any hi-tech hard steel - it'll become a new career. Second, and I learned this the hard way, you look stupid with a hairless left forearm - dead giveaway to repeated sharpness testing (My wife's constant belaboring that point may just cost her an eyebrow in her sleep one night!). Finally, the wrist brace on my right hand for aggravating my carpal tunnel problems holding those knife handles - dead giveaway.
I think the mild material removal and constant switching from side to side are the keys. Bluntly put, they even out the tilt-slop and inherent bias - or so I rationalize. And... the 20 passes per side per stone, edge or flat, is a pipedream - most modern steels need more - many more. An upgrade might be a sparingly used diamond set for pre-sharpening - or minor reprofiling. The included 'stones' are best for maintenance. Great product!
Stainz