The Hollow Grind

[abiggs]

Alright, I've seached everywhere and cannot find the best way to sharpen a hollow grind. Help please?!

 

[Lucky Bob]

Hollow grind refers to the primary grind (the body of the blade) not the edge itself. Sharpen it as a v-grind, double-v, convex, any way you want. The one thing (although it's a bit extreme) that a hollow grind lends itself to is full-flat sharpening, like on a straight-razor.

 

[richard j]

send it to me . a hollow grind is easy to sharpen. it depends on your abilities and what you have on hand to do the job. i use a set of cardboard wheels (which i also sell) to sharpen all of my knives but there are many ways to do it. spark, the owner of bladeforums sells sharpeners too. here's the link to the ones he carries. lucky bob is right but a factory edge might be best.
http://www.1sks.com/store/sharpeners.html

 

[abiggs]

So a Sharpmaker would do it?

 

[yablanowitz]

Technically, no. But you can do it on a Sharpmaker


And yes, I know no one likes a smarta__. Sometimes I just can't resist.

 

[Lurker]

A sharpmaker would be ideal for that.

 

[hardheart]

just a sec on the sharpmaker. it is designed with two preset angles, and comes with 'medium' and 'fine' ceramic rods. Depending on the condition of your edge, the sharpmaker may take a while. That really has nothing to do with the hollow grind, just want to be sure that is clear. If the knife doesn't seem to be getting sharp, the prior edge angle is probably different from the ones on the SM and will take some work to reset, but don't worry about the type of primary grind.

 

[Midwest Ninja]

send it to me . a hollow grind is easy to sharpen. it depends on your abilities and what you have on hand to do the job. i use a set of cardboard wheels (which i also sell) to sharpen all of my knives but there are many ways to do it. spark, the owner of bladeforums sells sharpeners too. here's the link to the ones he carries. lucky bob is right but a factory edge might be best.
http://www.1sks.com/store/sharpeners.html

I wasn't aware Spark sold his own products. Is there anything else he produces?