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Spyerco sharpener
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The spyderco sharpmaker is perhaps the most popular and recommended sharpening system on the market. It does an excellent job provided your edge bevel is at anything less than 40° inclusive and you do not need to remove much metal. It is very frustrating to try to fix major damage or reprofile an edge on the sharpmaker though, so you'll probably want some more aggressive diamond bench stones for that type of work.
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It makes all of my knives sharp. Kitchen and especially the pocket knives. I put a wickedly sharp edge on my BK2 the other day with it.
I just lay my DMT coarse/extra coarse stone on the sharpmaker stone.
I like it, and for really major reprofiling they sell diamond rods so that isn't a problem. The system works well at making it pretty idiot-proof, I should know as I never had very much luck sharpening with freehand stones. Some challenges are with recurved edges and also you need to be careful not to round off the tip as you drag the end of the knife through the sharpener. I use it for both pocket knives and all kitchen blades and stuff gets way sharp. Theres even a way to use it like a flat stone or for scissors and lawnmower blades but I haven't tried that.
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The Sharpmaker is the the best ceramic sharpening system out there, imho.
Got my Sharpmaker fairly recently and I love it. I'm not very adept at or knowledgeable about sharpening, so it should go some ways to say I was able to finally put a very sharp edge on my Benchmade 943 (after going through the included stones, and then the not-included ultra fine stone, finishing up with some light stropping.) Definitely worth it.
I have a Sharpmaker and absolutely love it. I'm able to sharpen any knife in my collection very quickly using the system. The only two negatives I've seen are as follows:
1) It's difficult to reprofile an edge using the included stones if you're dealing with something like CPM M4 (I set my DMT extra-coarse stone on my sharpmaker stone to get the angle, just like Elgreco mentioned).
2) You're set at either 30 degrees or 40 degrees. Personally, I'm fine with both of those angles, but some individuals might like to have more variation.
However, these are both very minor issues. It's a fantastic sharpening system.
1) It's difficult to reprofile an edge using the included stones if you're dealing with something like CPM M4 (I set my DMT extra-coarse stone on my sharpmaker stone to get the angle, just like Elgreco mentioned).
2) You're set at either 30 degrees or 40 degrees. Personally, I'm fine with both of those angles, but some individuals might like to have more variation.
However, these are both very minor issues. It's a fantastic sharpening system.
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