Will Kershaw sharpen my blems?

celtic11

celtic11

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I have an off brand diamond whetstone with 4 different grits that I've been using to sharpen my knives with solid success. My two newest knives however are different. The Zing tanto is my first tanto blade so I am unsure what I am doing there, and the CF blur has a steel that I am thinking I've read can be difficult to sharpen? Both these knives are blems so I know they carry no warranty, but if I send them to Kershaw will they still sharpen up for me?
 
Diamond stones work the best for steels such as CPM154, you shouldn't have any trouble there. Buy a really cheap tanto blade and practice until you get it right.

I have a couple of kitchen knives in CPM154. I maintain them with a sharpmaker. I bought a couple different lower grit stone non spyderco rods. When I need to re-profile them I use the lower grits at 30 degrees to get the edge where I want it. I then use the two spyderco rods to smooth out the edge and then put a 40 degree micro bevel on them. Doesn't take long.
 
CPM-154 isn't hard to sharpen. I find it works pretty easily, and doesn't offer the same difficulty as S30V sometimes does. That being said, I prefer to sharpen my knives myself, as the belt grinders they use to sharpen can sometimes take off too much material than I'm comfortable with.
 
I've heard Kershaw will sharpen blems, but I have no experience with that. I use a set of DMT diamond stones, and I've not had a problem with any steel so far, including more wear-resistant ones like D2, S30V, and ZDP189. I've actually found tanto blades to be pretty easy to sharpen. Just treat both edges like separate blades. It might be a bit awkward with a guided system (might have to re-position the clamp), but it's fine freehanding (easier in some ways, as both edges are pretty straight). The recurve on the Blur is what makes it a little trickier to sharpen.
 
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