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I need something to sharpen my knives. I have seen the newfangled belt sharpeners and everything else.Any ideas? I use them for deer and skinning trapped varmints and the ones in the the kitchen too. Is there one for general use that works on all of them? Thank you 224TH I recently got a Worksharp belt sharpener. Expected it to be a toy, but I'm compressed with how well it works. http://www.worksharptools.com/knife...work-sharp-knife-and-tool-sharpener.html
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Been using a Japanese water stone for several years now. Am actually on my second one, as They wear fairly quick. I bought a leveling stone with the last one, to keep it trued up.
They remove metal fast, and need constant flushing too keep them working.
Virgil B. I have a nice set of Japanese water stones. I use them for my Scandi grind blades.
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Been using a Japanese water stone for several years now. Am actually on my second one, as They wear fairly quick. I bought a leveling stone with the last one, to keep it trued up.
They remove metal fast, and need constant flushing too keep them working.
Virgil B. I have a nice set of Japanese water stones. I use them for my Scandi grind blades. The Scandi grind is like a built in angle finder------------like an Edge Pro built right into the blade. Pretty ingenious, and surprising that it's not more universally used IMO.
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true enough, but you can sure screw up the front 1/2 inch of the blade, if you don't pivot the blade when running across the stone. The entire Scandi edge has to make contact with the stone.
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I might be missing something, but what makes a one sided bevel any easier than and two sided bevel for holding the angle by hand????? One side without a complete plane is not any better than two. There are some who are very competent hand sharpeners, and I do pretty good at that also. Just have learned to like and appreciate the improvement with a fixture. jmho Tim
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I might be missing something, but what makes a one sided bevel any easier than and two sided bevel for holding the angle by hand????? One side without a complete plane is not any better than two. If you're referring to a chisel grind, like Emerson uses, I think it's a case of very effective marketing. Clearly it's less effort (and cost) to produce a blade with one grind instead of two, and it also eliminates the risk of two grinds not having symmetry. Life is easier for the end user too, having to only sharpen one side of the blade instead of two, so there's less chance of messing things up. Everything seems like Shangri-La.................until trying to make a straight cut. But if an expensive uber-tactical folder has such a grind then it MUST be the correct answer right? The Scandi grind doesn't have the Emerson tactical sex appeal, but I'll take Laplander brilliance for a knife I actually USE for all the cutting in the non "mission critical" life I live.
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As mentioned, a scandi grind is ground on both sides, a chisel grind is just one. Either way the angle is built in for freehand sharpening. I've only used Charlie May's scandi grinds but have come to really like them. Super easy and fast to sharpen on a DMT.
Charlie's scandi grinds turn out razor sharp...I think the cutting edge ends up being a finer angle than a standard flat or hollow grind with a bevel.
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Google "Razor Sharp Paper Wheel Sharpener". You would not believe how sharp these make knives. I couldn't ever hand sharpen that great. Mostly because of practice and I bought some other sharpeners that work good but this is just plain awesome plus it doesn't break the bank. I read all the reviews and figured what the hell if it doesn't work I'm not out of that much but it works.
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