Your personal experience with Spyderco Sharpmaker

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Related to my question before, I want to purchase a sharpening system for my Leatherman charge knife and also for other knifes and pretty much every one suggested a Spyderco Sharpmaker.

-So I want to know what is your personal experience with it, how effective is it for day today sharpening of ur knifes?
-How did it work in the long run?
-How was the effect of long time use on the fixed sharpening angle?
-How long lasting are the rods?
-Also how effective is it on serrated edges?

I also read and heard a lot about the Edgepro Apex. Looked like a solid setup and looked like you can do a pretty good job on it but the price was quite high for me. So does any one use a Edgepro, if so whats ur opinion on it?

Thank You very much for your answers in advance.
 
I had a set that was from when they first came out.... and it worked great years and years later.....+1 with the sharpmaker... maintains a good point on your knife also.....
 
I've had a Sharpmaker since about 1982. It makes my knives sharp. And most of the knives I've used it on, I still have. And they are still sharp.
 
The Sharpmaker is quite effective. It is terrific and long lasting for routine, day to day sharpening, including serrated edges. The big benefits are that it is compact, quick to set up, quick to use and effective, especially for someone new to sharpening. It includes 2 angle settings for knives, 30° (15° per side back bevel) and 40° (20° per side edge bevel) which are adequate for most uses and 12° for scissors. Try it and your knives will probably be sharper than ever before. If the sharpening bug continues to gnaw on you, then it's time to try the Edgepro. Many who use the Edgepro continue to use the Sharpmaker for routine maintenance because the Edgepro is much more work.

You said "pretty much every one suggested a Spyderco Sharpmaker". That was experience talking. :)
 
Welcome to the forums!

First, never let your knife get dull...

I've been using my Sharpmaker for about 2 years now, mostly to deal with recurves. Everything else get an edge from flat stones.

The Sharpmaker has performed great, but I have developed a small nick in the point of one of the medium rods. It hasn't presented a problem, I just make sure not to use that point. Other than that, no problems. It's perfect for touch-ups or bringing back a hard worked edge (notice I didn't say dull?).

Remember to keep the ceramics clean...use something like comet and a scotch brite pad, and clean them frequently. On harder steel like ZDP-189, I'll clean them once or twice during sharpening. Once they load up with blade media, they won't work. You can actually feel when they load up.

If you're not comfortable with free-handing on flat stones, get a Sharpmaker. Watch the DVD that comes with it, and you'll be OK.
 
Best sharpening tool for the price. Very very very... easy to use. It will definitely work even for a moron in knife sharpening. You can use it for reprofiling with sand papers attached to the rods.
 
Gotta add a note about using the Sharpmaker for re-profiling...I can't remember who, and someone here will remember, but there are diamond drop-ins available for the Sharpmaker. If I were going to re-profile, I'd consider these...
 
The popular advice is obviously SHARPMAKER. The latest is model #204, MSRP= $79.95 per Spyderco's website. Check TheBladeShop.

Also search Ebay for Spyderco Sharpmaker. Your will find the Sharpmaker system (remember model #204) and replacement stones.
 
SPXTrader said:
Gotta add a note about using the Sharpmaker for re-profiling...I can't remember who, and someone here will remember, but there are diamond drop-ins available for the Sharpmaker. If I were going to re-profile, I'd consider these...
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I just saw those on Ebay.
 
As everyone else has suggested, get one. I have a Sharpmaker and an Edgepro, I use both of them regularly on all of my knives.

Experienced people here are telling you it's good, go get it.

The Edgepro for reprofiling, and general sharpening.

The Sharpmaker for maintenance of not only knives but a bunch of other things as well.
 
Been using one for a short time now and I find it fast, simple and very effective. Down the road I'll probably get an Edgepro for reprofiling but for now the Sharpmaker is great.
 
I like my SHarpmaker. It makes short work of every steel I have except D2. Like Finkenstein (et al) said, it isn;t for re-beveling the edge - the stones are too fine. I've used wet/dry wrapped around the stones and that works.
 
Zeasor said:
The popular advice is obviously SHARPMAKER. The latest is model #204, MSRP= $79.95 per Spyderco's website. Check TheBladeShop.

Also search Ebay for Spyderco Sharpmaker. Your will find the Sharpmaker system (remember model #204) and replacement stones.
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man ifi werebt drunk id limk tsome bad limks to the blade sjop. stay away fron them. bad news savr youe money.
 
I really like mine. They are great for quick touch-ups on my pocket and kitchen knives. I have tried many different stones, gadgets and such and the sharp maker is great.

My favorite though are water stones but for day to day the sm is great.
 
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