Who Would You Get To Sharpen A Sebenza Since CR Is Closed?

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I would like to get someone good to sharpen it because these are good knives and I plan on keeping it. I am trying to sharpen it with my sharpmaker with diamond stones but the rods are just hitting one side of the blade. I mark the blade with a sharpie. Should I just keep working on the one side that the rods are not touching? I also have a flat diamond stone. Would it be better to use on the side that is not touching? I don't want to mess the blade up. That was why I was wondering if I should send the knife to someone to get it sharpened? All the other knives I have owned I could hit them a few times on the diamond rods and strop them on a strop with diamond paste on it and they were good to go.
 
Myself, I think diamond stones are too aggressive and too easy to let it get away on you, unless the knife edge is very damaged. I would use the low and slow approach and just take the time, on a less aggressive rod, while observing the results. If you don’t have the patience for that, I would wait for CRK to reopen. There have been far too many stories here where a friendly “expert sharpener” from the neighbourhood turned a sebenza into a stiletto.
 
+1 for the above approach. If it were my knife I'd do 100 strokes evenly on both sides of the blade, and then check. I'd repeat this until I got to where I wanted. It doesn't have to be done all in one day. Take breaks and you'll get there eventually. Just watch out that you don't round the tip. There may be better techniques, but what I do is lighten up on the pressure towards the tip so there is almost no contact against the stone as the tip draws across it. The brown Sharpmaker rods take off very little steel. This makes reprofiling very slow. On the plus side there is little risk of damaging your costly blade.
 
I saw in another thread here that they were open w limited crew.. don't kno what they are available to do.. maybe email and see if they answer?
 
My recommendation based on what has worked for me (and if I can figure this out, anyone can!)... get a wicked edge system and learn to profile to your heart's content. Along the way you WILL learn the fundamentals of raising a burr and grit progression. Then, freehand makes so much more sense! This is because you aren't feeling for a sharp edge, you are feeling for a burr. I use a w.e. to profile (including my CRK) and easily get arm-hair shaving, phone book paper slicing sharp freehand.

Learning to do this for yourself is so much more satisfying then sending your prize knife away.
 
Razor Razor , post some pics of the edges. I’m not understanding why one side won’t/isn’t touching. I’ve had a sharpmaker before, I recall having two triangle rods that can be placed in dedicated angle slots. Then hold the knife straight and stroke each rod. Maybe I’m missing something, the sharpmaker is excellent for keeping an edge up, but somewhat time consuming if you want to re profile an edge.
If the knife has never been sharpened, it may take a while to convert a slight convex grind to a vee grind. That’s why I moved on from the sharpmaker.
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
if you can't get it sorted and decide to have it sharpened contact Josh at Razors Edge Sharpening ... he does great work. It may be the bevels are off and Josh can set them for you and sharpen it and he is as good as you'll find.
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Yes. :D

Josh @razor-edge-knives is a professional sharpener. I believe he also puts the convex grind on as well. (Same as CRK)
A plus.
 
I’d send it to Zero Edge Co.
 

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Just use the syderco golden stone. On reeve s35vn ceramic is your best bet . I have maybe 15 stones , but that golden stone is used 90% of the time .
 
This is from yesterday evening. This edge was profiled on my W.E. last year right around 20dps. Since then I maintain it every couple weeks, freehand, on the fine and ultra-fine triangle rods from a sharpmaker, then strop on black and then green compound. Yesterday it was feeling a bit ragged and dull, and this was no more than 15 minutes of work while watching TV. Again, if I can do this, ANYONE can.

Hair whittling results.

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Razor said:
I would like to get someone good to sharpen it because these are good knives and I plan on keeping it. I am trying to sharpen it with my sharpmaker with diamond stones but the rods are just hitting one side of the blade. I mark the blade with a sharpie. Should I just keep working on the one side that the rods are not touching? I also have a flat diamond stone. Would it be better to use on the side that is not touching? I don't want to mess the blade up. That was why I was wondering if I should send the knife to someone to get it sharpened? All the other knives I have owned I could hit them a few times on the diamond rods and strop them on a strop with diamond paste on it and they were good to go.
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Have you watched my video I did on the Sharpmaker.....?

 
To be honest; I feel that every knife user is best served by having the skill of sharpening. I personally use stones and sharpen free hand, did it for more than 20 years. But; i hone all my knives on only an Coticule after every (heavy) use, just to keep the edge razor sharp. By doing so I seldomly have to use lower grid stones and they don't wear out quickly.

My advise is to buy any system of your liking AND some cheap ass knives to practice. On Youtube are many videos giving advise on how to sharpen and which system to use.

For me the skill of free hand sharpening is the most versityle but I have seen great results from guided systems. I prefer Japanese water stones since the slurry is less agressive on the metal matrix, but this is a personal choice. Keep in mind that these stones are soft and scratch easy when used in the wrong way. After a lot of practice your mussle memory makes that you can do it with ease.
 
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