Well I ordered up too first with a gift card I got for Christmas. I picked up the standard lansky sharpening kit and a buck sv30 steel neck knife. After a little bit of research it appears I may have ordered the wrong sharpener, can SV30 steel be sharpened with the regular lansky kit?
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The lansky sharpening kit and SV30 steel?
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yeah youll be fine. i mean if youre reprofiling it may take a little while but you'll be fine. i'd recommend the diamond kit. i have it and it works really well. or atleast get a coarse or extra coarse diamond rod for reprofilling and then use the ceramic for regular sharpening/maintaining an edge.
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Don't fret too much. It could be a challenge, with the standard hones alone. However, what you can do, is supplement that kit with maybe one or two of the Lansky diamond hones. The Coarse or Extra-coarse would be best. Most of the real work & metal removal will be done with the first hone, so that's where the diamond pays off. Once the bevel is set with the coarse/XC diamond, the subsequent standard hones will just be refining & polishing the new bevel. They can handle that quite easily.
I reprofiled a ZT-0350 (S30V) with my 'standard' Lansky kit a while back. The one thing that saved me, was that I also had one Lansky medium diamond hone. I had used that hone quite a lot prior to starting that job, and pretty much wore it out finishing that blade. It still took a long while to get it done, but the one diamond hone made a big difference. I've since purchased the Lansky Diamond kit.
I reprofiled a ZT-0350 (S30V) with my 'standard' Lansky kit a while back. The one thing that saved me, was that I also had one Lansky medium diamond hone. I had used that hone quite a lot prior to starting that job, and pretty much wore it out finishing that blade. It still took a long while to get it done, but the one diamond hone made a big difference. I've since purchased the Lansky Diamond kit.
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yeah lansky and s30v= good. i can put a mirror polish on some s30v =) with the lansky
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I got the lansky crock sticks coming in the mail. It works just like the
spyderco sharpmaker and comes with 4 rods. And its only 15 bucks on
Amazon. If this works good then itll be a good score.
spyderco sharpmaker and comes with 4 rods. And its only 15 bucks on
Amazon. If this works good then itll be a good score.
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I use this lansky crock stick set and it works very well. Well enough to keep me from ordering a sharpmaker. My setup includes the lansky crock sticks for regular sharpening, a DMT dia-sharp course/fine for reprofiling, and a strop to finish up. That's all I need and less than $75 total.
**newbie alert**
Thanks for all the info everyone. My lansky kit comes with a coarse, medium and fine hone. I can order any course diamond lanksy hone and it will fit in my knife clamp and guide rod?
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Absolutely.
That's what I originally did by adding a medium diamond hone to my standard kit. All of the Lansky hardware (clamp, rods, screws) is identical between the 'Standard', 'Deluxe', and 'Diamond' kits. The plastic holders for the hones are also the same config, just with different stones in them (and color-coded accordingly).
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