Tip Sharpening

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i have been using my Sharpmaker for about 1 year. i do not apply much pressure and ease up even on that as i draw the tip across the rod.
when sharpening a clip blade that comes to a fine and sharp point, i always end up rounding off the tip so it is no longer needle sharp.
what must i do to refine my technique ?
thanks, roland
 
Come to a dead stop when the tip touches the end of the Sharpmaker, list the blade straight up and repeat. Easier said than done. Also, you can grind down the spine on your knives to regrind the points in a way that keeps them from poking out of the handle on closed folders (stole that tip tip from cbwx34 and have used it a lot).
 
Free hand it on stones :).

Only use the flats to sharpen the tip and don't let the tip slide off the stone, with the corners, stop right before you get to the tip.
 
Another option that I found made all the difference in the world is to start at the tip and move toward the handle.

It feels a little awkward at first, but it will do the trick.
 
Roger, quote:"Only use the flats to sharpen the tip and don't let the tip slide off the stone, with the corners, stop right before you get to the tip. "
"use the flats," does that mean to lay the blade flat on the stone to do the tip ? and "with the corners", what does that refer to ?
roland
 
rprocter said:
Roger, quote:"Only use the flats to sharpen the tip and don't let the tip slide off the stone, with the corners, stop right before you get to the tip. "
"use the flats," does that mean to lay the blade flat on the stone to do the tip ? and "with the corners", what does that refer to ?
roland
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With the Sharpmaker you can sharpen on the corners of the triangles or on the flat surfaces of the triangles. (Like they do in the Sharpmaker video supplied with each sharpmaker) The corners are coarser, so you start sharpening on the corners of the coarse rods, then sharpen on the flats, then corners of the fine rods, then the flats of the fine rods.

When using the corners of the rods, I stop about 1/32" from the end of the knife tip. I only sharpen the knife tip when I am sharpening on the flat sides of the stones.

hope that helps.
 
Knarfeng, very clear, thank you and to all the other "tipsters' as well.
so i will do this. too bad i already blew the tips on 2 pretty good knives(Bertram & Guttman). roland
 
I've never had this problem with my sharpmaker and sharp tipped knives (Millies+Paras). I wonder if it's a pressure thing? I don't let my tips roll off the edge, I just glide them down the rods.
 
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