Very happy with my Lansky Deluxe Sharpener

vwb563

vwb563

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Hey everyone i recently purchased a Lansky Deluxe sharpening system. It works very well and I'm very happy with it especially for the purchase price. I got the one with the 5 alumina oxide stones instead of the diamond stones. It took around an hour and a half to reprofile this Spyderco PM2 in S110V sreel but I think it turned out pretty good. Here are some pics of the finished result.






 
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With the amount of Vanadium in the steel it would be idea to use the diamond stones instead as it will go faster and not load up your ceramic stones which are not as hard as Vanadium is. It's said the ceramics at higher grit levels may cause carbide tear out because of this.

In any case as long as your cleaning the stones off as soon as they load it should work fine. Just take a while to do so on that steel.

My buddy got a lansky and he didn't like that the rods were not very straight. He ended up with a different system. I think kme.
 
vwb563 said:
Hey everyone i recently purchased a Lansky Deluxe sharpening system. It works very well and I'm very happy with it especially for the purchase price. I got the one with the 5 alumina oxide stones instead of the diamond stones. It took around an hour and a half to reprofile this Spyderco PM2 in S110V sreel but I think it turned out pretty good. Here is a pic of the finished result.
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Looks good! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Mo2 said:
With the amount of Vanadium in the steel it would be idea to use the diamond stones instead
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Truer words were never spoken.
It is, in fact, possible to sharpen S110V on non diamond stones. It is even possible to get a sort of mirror looking edge with non diamond stones . . . if you are into that . . . which I am.
But
the durability of the edge IS JUST NOT THERE.
I've proven to myself over and over S110V is just not at it's best off of stones other than diamond grit.

How is the Lansky on smaller pocket knives like say a Stockman or medium stockman (which is smaller) ? I find my similar clamp sharpener blocks the stone from getting down on the edge.
The Lansky looks like a nice kit for larger knives; I'm all for a guided system that is portable and the Lansky is compact and portable. :thumbsup:
 
Wowbagger said:
Truer words were never spoken.
It is, in fact, possible to sharpen S110V on non diamond stones. It is even possible to get a sort of mirror looking edge with non diamond stones . . . if you are into that . . . which I am.
But
the durability of the edge IS JUST NOT THERE.
I've proven to myself over and over S110V is just not at it's best off of stones other than diamond grit.
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Yep it sure is possible because I did it. It's hard to tell from the pics but the edge is somewhat mirrored. I have the 5 stone set and final stone is white ceramic. It did put a decent mirrored edge on it. As far as say a Case stockman it would hard if not impossible to use the lowest edge angle on it with the Lansky which is 17 degrees. It requires about 5/8 of the blade to be sticking out of the clamp. I doubt most Case knives have a blade that wide.

As good as this kit works I may end up buying the Lansky diamond kit.
 
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I started with a Lansky basic system.

I slowly upgraded to the diamond stones, as the aluminum ones got worn down in the middle.

But it only worked well on big blades with saber grinds. Flat grinds would tend to cant one way or the other; I ended up with uneven grinds.

Not trying to put down Lansky, just be aware of its limitations. And think twice before spending a lot of dough on upgraded stones.
 
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vwb563 said:
Yep it sure is possible because I did it. It's hard to tell from the pics but the edge is somewhat mirrored. I have the 5 stone set and final stone is white ceramic. It did put a decent mirrored edge on it. As far as say a Case stockman it would hard if not impossible to use the lowest edge angle on it with the Lansky which is 17 degrees. It requires about 5/8 of the blade to be sticking out of the clamp. I doubt most Case knives have a blade that wide.

As good as this kit works I may end up buying the Lansky diamond kit.
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Maybe all you would need is one or two Lansky diamond stones in the grit you would like to end with; just to do the final refining of the vanadium carbides right on the very edge.
That's all I was saying. Keep the very good and useful kit you have and add one or two diamond stones. i am sure individual stones are available.
 
Wowbagger said:
Maybe all you would need is one or two Lansky diamond stones in the grit you would like to end with; just to do the final refining of the vanadium carbides right on the very edge.
That's all I was saying. Keep the very good and useful kit you have and add one or two diamond stones. i am sure individual stones are available.
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Yes that would work or do like I did and put on a micro bevel with my EZ-Lap fine diamond stone. I think that should work don't you?
 
vwb563 said:
Yes that would work or do like I did and put on a micro bevel with my EZ-Lap fine diamond stone. I think that should work don't you?
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I don't see why that wouldn't work.
The only drawback to the alox stones with high carbide steels like S110V is that you'll wear out the stones a lot sooner. That's where the diamonds shine. So yes, it would be better to pick up a couple of diamond stones. I think the course and medium stones are the only two to replace. The fine holds up. Here's a pic of the course I wore out using it on high carbide blades. Honestly don't remember how long it took to wear it down, but, it did prompt me to get the diamonds.

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So far I've reprofiled 3 knives with the Lansky. A Skyline XL in 8Cr13MoV, a Real Steel Sea Eagle in 14c28n, and now the PM2 in S110V sreel. So far the stones are showing no signs of dishing out or anything but I'm fairly certain that I will eventually get the diamond stones for it.
 
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