Tip sharpening

Daniel Moore

Daniel Moore

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I have a sharpmaker, and I just sharpened by Brian Goode 01 custom (first time I've really sharpened it since I got it a year ago, gotta love the carbon :cool: ), and although the sharpmaker gave it a killer edge again, I can't get the original tip back to its original sharpness. Is there any trick to it? I try to take light, slow, deliberate strokes at the expense of speed so that A) I won't get off 90 degrees and hurt the edge or the side of the blade, and B) so I won't drag the tip too hard off the rod. Any ideas :confused: From looking at how the blade leaves the rods, it doesn't seem like the sharpmaker can really do very well on the tip anyway. I guess I can always send it back for a professional resharpening/reprofiling on occasion ;)
 
Don't let the tip come off the rods. When using the edges of the rods, you'll have to stop about 1/8" before you get to the tip. When using the flats of the rods, you should stop with the tip still on the rods.

If there is any curvature to the blade, rotate the knife so the edge stays perpendicular to the direction of travel.

On a really curved belly, I sharpen only the tip area by shortening the horizontal pull so that I'm not doing the entire length of the blade, but mainly focusing on the last inch of the tip area.
 
Tips can be often different in profile than the main body of the edge, on really extreme upsweeps you may have to sharpen the last one inch or so by itself to match the curvature to the hone as Ted noted.

-Cliff
 
you could always send it back to the maker......he he :)
 
You wish, Brian :D Maybe someday I'll send it back for a quick secondary bevel touchup on the grinder ;)

But for now, I gave it another quick sharpening, this time making sure the tip never came off the flats and stopping on the corners, and the tip is good as new. Only complaint now is that I've cut myself twice (small nicks) since I've sharpened it while guiding it into the sheath :o
 
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