Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by MartinStrummer
I've got a Kabar 1211 "Parachute" knife. It's in great shape and still pretty doggone sharp, but I'd like to sharpen it back to a razor edge.
I can sharpen a carbon steel blade with a carborundum stone or Arkansas stone, but don't have much luck with bigger blades.

Have any of you ever used or had any luck with the Kabar knife sharpener? It's a simple pull through set up at the proper angle.

https://www.kabar.com/products/product.jsp?item=9926
There are similar sharpeners for far less than 28 bucks for that one.

Look at Smiths for example.

THIS ONE from Smith’s thru Bezos is 4 bucks. I have several and they flat work. May be the best thing short of using a Lansky, edge pro, etc.

The k-bar doesn’t have the ceramic finish sticks that I can see.
The OP link shows the Kabar set at 22.5 degrees/side. Most sharpeners are 15 to 20 degrees. One of those would have to seriously change the angle on a Kabar.
Where did you see the angle for the smith’s?

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