The best sharpener

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What is the best, reasonablely priced sharpener i can use to sharpen my Kershaw Leek's or gerber mark II or my CS gi tanto?

Thanks for your help
 
I would suggest not letting them get dull. Maintenance is easier than sharpening.

Do you want to be able to rebevel easilly?

What is reasonably priced to you?

Do you want to match factory angles or are you open to experimenting?

I like the GATCO. It works for me. I can rebevel, sharpen, and maintain. It was reasonably priced from my budgetary standpoint. Cabela's has the best price on the GATCO from what I have seen.

The search function is limited but look back and you will find this question has been asked many times.

From what I have seen it has really never been answered. Everyone seems to like a different system. Many like no system and prefer to freehand.

If there was one system that was significantly better for the money there would only be one on the market. As you may know there are a lot of sharpening systems available from cheap carbide vee type scrapers to power driven water cooled models.

All of them work. Some better than others.
 
Sharpening is more about knowledge and skill than it is about equipment. If you understand what you're doing, there's a whole range of sharpening hones, stones and devices that will do the job.

With that said, IMO one of the best things you can do is learn to sharpen freehand on basic benchstones.
 
Fallkniven DC3 or DC4 combo Diamond/Ceramic stone may be a good start.
Reasonable, around $15-20. Will sharpen anything.

Also agree - Keep your knives sharp always for longer life.

-Ron

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A little EZE LAP 1x3" fine diamond stone
would also work well on your Leek; $10.

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Yes, the sharpmaker is a good balance of versatility, capability and affordability if you want a system that is easy to use (doesn't require much skill). Freehanding is great, but it can be hard to become competent with it. The advice that learning about sharpening is more important than the equipment is sound. There are excellent books, articles and posts for that.
 
Spyderco sharpmaker. Easiest to use for novices, still mighty useful for long-time knifeowners.
 
CWL said:
Spyderco sharpmaker. Easiest to use for novices, still mighty useful for long-time knifeowners.
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If I wasn't so cheap and if my kit wasn't working so good for me I would have to try one of them out.

It seems like on every one of these threads the sharpmaker is overwhelmingly recommended.
 
Definately bench stones. If you put the time into learning, you'll never be without a sharpening device (coffee mug, etc). My Spyderco S30V sees maybe 20-30 seconds of sharpening a month on the DMT XF stone and stays razor sharp.
 
It's definately a skill you will never regret learning. It does require time and patience to learn though.
 
CWL said:
Spyderco sharpmaker. Easiest to use for novices, still mighty useful for long-time knifeowners.
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I'm still interested in improving my conventional sharpening skills but yes, the Sharpmaker is a great system.
Still the only way I get a shaving edge on my knives.:thumbup:
 
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