What do you use to sharpen?

[Wayfarer]

Asking out of curiosity, I currently use a wetstone and a cheap diamond rod.

 

[Vivi]

I have a 3 inch stone that came with a no-name 10$ "survival knife" I u se to reprofile.

I use butchers steels I jacked from my mom's set of Tupperware kitchen knives to keep the edge aligned and shaving sharp. My knives never touch a stone unless I'm reprofiling. I'd use them for chips too, but I haven't chipped a blade in about 15 years. I feel using a stone can make the edge vary more than I'd like once I've got a good edge on the knife and removes much more steel than I need to. I have knives that haven't been stone sharpened for about 3 years now that shave just fine, so I think I'm on to something.

The total cost of my sharpening equipment would be less than a Vic Classic.

 

[shark tooth]

I think the best sharpener out is the Spyderco sharpmaker, it's idiot proof

 

[Vivi]

Wayfarer, do you happen to read Sara Douglass?

 

[T. Erdelyi]

What can I say, I like to shapen.

 

[LHD]

Edge pro- pro model
Sharpmaker with additional extra fine stones
DMT xx coarse diamond
I forgot the brand Smooth steel that was recommended to me by cliff stamp
Strop loaded with boron carbide
Spyderco bench stones, set of 3

 

[barrabas74]

I have an Edge pro
Sharpmaker
Lanksy system
Long ceramic stone
5 diff wet stones

 

[Archer26]

Double sided india oilstone, leather strop and fine polishing paste. Gets most knives shaving sharp (for me anyway)!!!

 

[Brad Greulich]

I use a Lansky system with 3 different stones- works great for me

 

[CMSpeedy]

Edgepro
Sharpmaker
DMT Coarse Diamond Stone
Smooth Steel
Leather Strop

 

[allenC]

A coarse and then a fine Smith's Arkansas stone (under running tap-water) for really dull blades.

And a Spyderco Sharpmaker for blades that just need a touch-up.

 

[wicked1]

Edge Pro
Sharpmaker
Lansky
Strops

 

[tapedeck74]

From coarse to fine:
Norton 80 & 150 grit aluminium oxide sandpaper for rebeveling.
DMT coarse diamond
DMT fine diamond
Soft natural Arkansas stone
Hard natural Arkansas Stone
Old leather belt for stropping

 

[mauiblue]

For me:

Edge Pro Professional Kit #3
Lansky clamp sharpener
Spydeco Sharpmaker (on order)

Ever since I got my new Bud Nealy knife, I started to think about getting a good sharpener. I ended up with a great sharpener, the Edge Pro. I also heard so much about the Sharpmaker that I got one from eBay. Now I all my blades are sharp, sharp, SHARP.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

.....Ever since I got my new Bud Nealy knife, I started to think about getting a good sharpener.......

Sorry to go off topic a little, but what Nealy knife did ya get?

 

[gull wing]

Sharpmaker
Edge Pro
Belt Grinder

 

[MEGALON]

Shapton Professional Series water stones - 220, 1000, 5000, 8000, 15,000
DMT - fine / extra fine Diafold, x coarse, coarse, fine, x fine benchstones
Sharpmaker
couple of strops with boron carbide, silicon carbide, and chromium oxide

 

[Jack142]

Lansky...
Sharpmaker...
Strop......
I got some home made diamond hones for the Lansky that cut metal real fast.

Used them this week on the dullest knives I have ever seen.. They could of been butter knives. Took a while but I reprofiled them on the lansky and then used the sharpmaker for the final edge.
Good knife hunting
Jack

 

[tim8557]

Edge Pro PRO
Sharpmaker
Japanese Waterstones in fine; medium and coarse
Leather Strop
Cardboard wheels; gritted and smooth with CrO

 

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