Worksharp Pivot Pullthrough Sharpeners

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Usually I stay away from pullthrough sharpeners, but now I want to get rid of some weight in my backpack.

So my questions would be:

1. Is the cereamic part fine enough to not damage your blade.

2. Can the tungsten carbide part be used to repair chipped edges?

3. Can the tungsten carbide part be used to get rid of factory v-edges or is it too aggressive?

Have a nice day folks. :)
 
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Merry Christmas and welcome to BFs!

1. It should be. They make sharpening tools and list the ceramic as "fine" according to the workshoptools.com site.
2. That would be the job of the diamond section on the side.
3. That is more difficult. Chances are it won't re-profile a blade to get rid of factory edges.

I should make it clear. A pull through sharpener is there to *touch up* a blade that is getting dull in the field. It isn't really meant to re-profile or fix a blade with major damage. The diamond on the side is there to remove more material and probably will be ok for some minor dings and chips that you encounter in the field. The section of diamond material is quite small and might take some time to fix the problem.

If you want to get rid of factory edges on a knife, do that before you head out with your backpack and use the proper tools.

A few questions for you to help.
1. What steel do you need to sharpen? Carbide and ceramic might not do much on the super steels. 1095? No problem. 3V? Umm, not sure.
2. Is this for a camping/hiking trip or "Bug out bag/BOB" type of scenario? A camping trip usually affords you time to plan ahead and re-do a blade and know you will be coming back (hopefully). If you want something for a BOB, you want something a little more versatile.

You might find a DMT double sided diamond stone more ideal. The larger surface area of diamonds will fix small dings easier on the coarse side. The weight is about 3 oz as well. If you really want to customize it, super glue some leather strips to one or both of the handles for a little strop. That would add some weight tho of course.
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/DMTFWFC/dmt-fwfc-double-sided-diafold-sharpener
 
Any other recommendations for a field sharpener to touch up blades? I’m interested too. Im sure its been covered before…
 
ktataragasi said:
Maybe just get the Worksharp Field sharpener? More options and better for your edges. Also their fixed angle system is pretty compact and could fit in most bags.
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Ditto. Can confirm that the Worksharp Field Sharpener is a great field sharpener. Can get hair-popping edges quickly and easily. I'd much rather get it than the pull through one.
 
I have said sharpener, great product. It will re-profie the blade to a convex edge. Surprisingly doesn’t remove a lot of metal like most people think, because of that I use it at the end of each day. The hard part was getting used to the convex edge, btw for me I don’t use the ceramic side as the carbide side is a better edge for me, hope this helps, happy holidays every one
 
gazz98 said:
Merry Christmas and welcome to BFs!

1. It should be. They make sharpening tools and list the ceramic as "fine" according to the workshoptools.com site.
2. That would be the job of the diamond section on the side.
3. That is more difficult. Chances are it won't re-profile a blade to get rid of factory edges.

I should make it clear. A pull through sharpener is there to *touch up* a blade that is getting dull in the field. It isn't really meant to re-profile or fix a blade with major damage. The diamond on the side is there to remove more material and probably will be ok for some minor dings and chips that you encounter in the field. The section of diamond material is quite small and might take some time to fix the problem.

If you want to get rid of factory edges on a knife, do that before you head out with your backpack and use the proper tools.

A few questions for you to help.
1. What steel do you need to sharpen? Carbide and ceramic might not do much on the super steels. 1095? No problem. 3V? Umm, not sure.
2. Is this for a camping/hiking trip or "Bug out bag/BOB" type of scenario? A camping trip usually affords you time to plan ahead and re-do a blade and know you will be coming back (hopefully). If you want something for a BOB, you want something a little more versatile.

You might find a DMT double sided diamond stone more ideal. The larger surface area of diamonds will fix small dings easier on the coarse side. The weight is about 3 oz as well. If you really want to customize it, super glue some leather strips to one or both of the handles for a little strop. That would add some weight tho of course.
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/DMTFWFC/dmt-fwfc-double-sided-diafold-sharpener
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1. The steel is 52100.
2. Just for hiking.
 
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