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If you sharpen a blade on a Lansky, and it time to re-sharpen it, is it critical that the Lansky jig be positioned EXACTLY as it was originally?

Seems like a bit of deviation would result in having to re-do the angle set in the first operation.

If you attach the same blade in the clamp, and use the same hole that you used the previous time for the rod attached to the hone, there shouldn’t be any difference in the angle degree that you’re putting on the edge of the blade.

I used Lanskey’s for years and never, ever had a problem with em’.

as an aside, Lansky also makes a dandy little ceramic rod box set. It has two medium grit rods and two fine grit rods. They are stored in a wooden box that serves as the mount for the rods. A set of angled holes in the wood for 20 and 25 degrees. I keep a set in both of my homes and they are very handy and effective for household knives. Cheap too

I am certainly not an expert on sharpening..........heck, not even maybe, but the angles on my Spyderco sharpener are 30 and 40 degrees. 40 for the first step then 30 for actual edge. So my question is this, is 20 and 25 degrees better for hunting knifes and the folder I carry?

When you say 40 on the Spyderco that is 20 degrees per side. The Lansky is 20 or 25 per side. One of the early Lansky crock stick sharpeners I have says to use 20 to sharpen and then switch to 25 to put a secondary edge on the blade.


From a review on the Spyderco this is what was said:

The rods come in 2 grits and you can place them in 2 settings: a 40 degree setting (20 degrees per side), which Spyderco advises for normal sharpening, and a 30 degree back bevel setting, which you can use to “relieve” the shoulders of the edge and make the edge a little more durable.

In other words, the Spyderco is 20 degrees.

Thank you.
Good reason why I shouldn't be a knife builder. LOL