What do use to sharpen your Beckers?

[sheriff125]

just wanting to know what all you Beckerheads use to sharpen your Beckers.

i've been trying to master the india stone. I use Lucas gun oil for a lube

 

[FAL'ER]

There's been 2 very good and long threads about this recently. I'll try to find them and post them here.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=806274

mostly dmt diamond hones and a leather strop for me.

 

[5.56]

I have zero experience with free-hand.

But I can get it done with an Edge Pro Apex 4(and a Pyrex™ casserole dish)

Pictured below is Flying Guillotine's BK11

 

[Bladite]

I have zero experience with free-hand.

But I can get it done with an Edge Pro Apex 4(and a Pyrex™ casserole dish)

Pictured below is Flying Guillotine's BK11

i'm very curious about this sharpening system... no motors. looks good for many blade shapes, portable.

though i'm considering a belt system soon. nothing like a baeder, but perhaps something a little more slick than a $20-30 harbor freight :>

 

[HardTripper]

Just bought the Worksharp knife and tool sharpener, gonna convex my bk9 with it. I to have zero free hand experience.

 

[Switchblade61]

Spyderco Sharpmaker works really well for me.

 

[trailbum]

I do not sharpen my knives, I just make them not quite so dull.

Lansky.

 

[DerekH]

Free hand with either a diamond rod, a ceramic rod, or more recently for a controlled convex, mouse pad and wet/dry sandpaper.

 

[5.56]

i'm very curious about this sharpening system... no motors. looks good for many blade shapes, portable.

though i'm considering a belt system soon. nothing like a baeder, but perhaps something a little more slick than a $20-30 harbor freight :>

If you want to see the EP in action, here is a link to forum member ankerson's youtube channel. He has a video series of him sharpening with this system.

http://www.youtube.com/user/jankerson1?feature=mhw4

 

[the rat]

I use a hard arkansas stone to finish my blade but use a diamond sharpener to set the edge if it is extremely dull. most times I can just touch it up on the arkansas stone. I do all my sharpening by hand to.

 

[Sagewood]

Spyderco ceramic stones finished off with a leather strop loaded with Flex Cut Gold.

 

[wildernessnerd]

I use my WorkSharp Knife and Tool Sharpener when my Beckers get dull then use my Spyderco Triangle Sharpmaker to maintain them.

 

[Esoxlucius74]

Lansky Delux sharpening system...

 

[formtight]

Lansky Delux sharpening system...

Do you have a 'method' for getting the clamp in the same place to maintain the same angle each time you sharpen a knife? I JUST got one and haven't had to sharpen any single knife multiple times. Or do you find this to not be a problem?

Thanks.

 

[Arkanian]

Just bought the Worksharp knife and tool sharpener, gonna convex my bk9 with it. I to have zero free hand experience.

What are the benefits of convexing the edge other than the sharpness of the edge that you can attain? And out of curiosity, does anyone here use a standard kitchen steel on their Beckers?

 

[C_Tanner]

Today the UPS man brought me a Worksharp Knife and Tool Sharpener. Pretty much a mini, handheld belt sander with angle guide. And while I feel it leaves much to be desired for folder-sized knives, it LOOOOVES Beckers!!

I just finished cleaning and polishing the BK9 (Thanks to whoever it was that mentioned Nevr-Dull!) and it had yet to have any sort of workable edge. A few swipes through the Worksharp and it had a mean edge. The BK2 edge was drastically improved and the Necker took to it like a duck to water also.

This device is pricey ($70) and it has its pluses and minuses as I just said. But the pluses are in the right area. The knives it doesn't sharpen well are what I can do good on a diamond stone with some oil, and the stuff I can't sharpen on a stone due to size/thickness sharpens easily on the Worksharp.

It's also powered by electricity, which some may not like in a SHTF scenario.

 

[upnorth]

Spyderco Sharpmaker works really well for me.

Same here, but I often have to change the grind angles with my large Lansky kit first. Hell, it often does a spanky job by itself. I have a use for both.:thumbup:

 

[SFM1971]

I used stones and leather for years but I caved last year at a gunshow and bought a Warthog V-Sharp Classic and this thing is awesome, I sharpen everything from machetes to pocket knives with it to a hair splitting edge. 1/4" thick blades no problem. 17,20 and 25 degree settings. It comes with 325 grit diamondstones & finishing steels. It has really impressed me.

 

[MArathonman]

Sandpaper, a mouse pad and a strop

 

[randalljames6]

Spyderco ceramic stones finished off with a leather strop loaded with Flex Cut Gold.

Same exact process here .... Flexcut gold is the real deal. Recently got a duel muslin wheel polisher put the flex cut gold on one wheel black on the other... It really makes you feel lazy lol