Sterling sharpener breaks down my SeBenZa

Danish Viking

Danish Viking

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I use Sterling (carbide sharpener) in the field to maintain my SeBenZa (BG45 steel).

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It is recommended by Equipped to survive (Douglas S. Ritter).

I do as instructed by Sterling but the result is this:
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The edge is ripped up! :grumpy: :grumpy: :grumpy:

What do I do wrong!?!?
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Originally posted by Danish Viking

What do I do wrong!?!?

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Simply put...you didn't use a Spyderco Sharpmaker! I have always doubted the sharpening abilities of those pocket sharpeners. Your pic proves it. These sharpeners may be fine for cheapo knives but I wouldn't use it on higher quality knives due to the damage that they can potentially cause. The best thing for you to do is send it back to CRK for resharpening. If that is not possible, get yourself a Sharpmaker and try to work out the damage.
 
Originally posted by K.V. Collucci
...you didn't use a Spyderco Sharpmaker![/B]
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When home I use the Spyderco Sharpmaker. :)

But I need to maintain my knife in the field as well.

:( :( :(
 
I carry a Spyderco 303MF stone in the field to do touch-ups.

Ted
 
a long time ago i was real into benchmade knives, and everyone on their forum used to rave about how good the spyderco sharpmaker is. Im very interested to find out whats going on with danish vikings blade as to why its all torn up like that.
 
The Sterling "sharpener" is absolute garbage as you've found out and calling it a sharpener is misleading since it actually "peels" steel from the edge.

If only you could have found this out sharpening a SAK instead of a Sebenza, at this point, you're going to have to rebevel and resharpen or send it to CRK.

It's probably more trouble than it's worth to do this on the Sharpmaker, so I'd think about having someone who knows what they're doing help you locally(knifemaker, fellow knife enthusiast) if sending it back to the states is not an option you want to persue.
 
I was on the verge of ordering one of those Sterling sharpeners. I usually hate those pass through things, but I had seen a lot of stuff lately. In general Doug Ritter gives pretty good advice. He EDC a Sebenza and a Sterling sharpener I believe. Glad I saw this post first, before I wasted $10+s&h.

It looks to me as though the initial edge was much finer on the Sebenza than the angle the Sterling was set at. Does anyone know the angle on the Sterling?

I would send the knife back to Idaho, unless you know a local knifemaker or knife sharpener. Unless you have the diamond rods for the Sharpmaker it would take you a very long time to reprofile that edge.

Paul
 
Originally posted by Danish Viking
When home I use the Spyderco Sharpmaker. :)

But I need to maintain my knife in the field as well.

:( :( :(
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There are about a dozen other sharpeners that would work well in the field besides that POS Sterling. Hell, I'd use the edge of my car window before I use that thing! One that I recommend is the DMT Double Sided Diafold. I have had one for about 3 years and I love it for field use. It's small, light, and easy to use.
 
Spyderco doustuff or the DMT diafold are both good, compact tools for field sharpening. You will have to practice the basics of free hand sharpening to use them but that is a useful skill to have in the first place. You might also want to use a bench stone to repair that blade edge, practice on a few yard sale kitchen knives before you take your sebbie to it.
 
Ditto stjames.
I've never seen a pass through sharpener that actually worked.

Paul
 
E-mailed CRK and asked for an advice…
:rolleyes:

I bought (via Toolshop.de) a DMT Folding Diamond Sharpener. Hope this i ok.

Thanks K.V. Collucci and stjames!

Thomas
 
Reply from CRK:

Thomas, we got your blade and after looking at it we have the same conclusion as those on the web. The sterling sharpener is definitely not for use on a Sebenza.
Those on the form are correct that it scraps material off the edge and to make matters worse if the angle is not the same it will tear the edge.
I also wanted to point out that when using Spyderco ceramic sticks you want to be using the flat side, not the edge. Starting with the knife at the top with the inter edge against the stick move down and back with a nice steady motion.


Chris personally has re-sharpened your blade and it is being sent back today.


Ken Hunter

General Manager


Thanks to CRK!

Thomas
 
Thanks for the update DV. This proves one more time that CRKs customer service is in a class by itself.
 
Danish Viking said:
When home I use the Spyderco Sharpmaker. :)

But I need to maintain my knife in the field as well.

:( :( :(
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So, take the Sharpmaker with you into the field. It's relatively portable. :)
 
ralphtt said:
So, take the Sharpmaker with you into the field. It's relatively portable. :)
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I use a lot time to find ways to minimize my gear.

That is not an option!

Regards

Thomas
 
Danish Viking, Maybe its just me but you may could have tested the sharpener on a cheaper knife before using it on your beloved sebenza. Oh I don't know, I guess that would have required too much brain power. :rolleyes:
 
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