Sharpening serrated blades.

What is the best way to efectively sharpen a spyderco serrated blade ?

I've never used one of these, but I've been told they work well once you learn how to use them.

http://www.gpknives.com/item/lansky-spyderco-serrated-knife-sharpener.html

The Spyderco Sharpmaker has worked for me as well, just takes some time and care not to round the points.

Either sharpmaker or a small rod diamond/ceramic file.

spyderco pro files work very well

Ditto, the sharpmaker, it was meant to sharpen spydercos serrations too, lol, but I also use a tapered diamind sharpening rod, pen size, you cna see it in my new vid...Its @ $5...I made another vid part 2 I think of the sharpmaker...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjkoHF2Bcfw

Thanks you all. I am searching for a more professional system. I haven´t too much hand habilities to use those systems that depend on your knowledgment to achieve a good result.

The Sharpmaker only depends on your ability to hold the knife straight. one of the simplest ones on the market.

awesome Vid Jeff!:thumbsup: I've been looking for a EDC knife, and was worried about keeping it sharp. However I just joined bladeforums, and the SpyderCo line is looking nice! (nice steel, G10/CF and the thumbhole) Now I just need to decide on whether I need a semi-serrated ParaMilitary model or straight edge

Mayo

Sharpmaker and follow the directions.

+1 Sharpmaker. They were made for each other. :thumbsup:

FrogmanM said:

awesome Vid Jeff!:thumbsup: I've been looking for a EDC knife, and was worried about keeping it sharp. However I just joined bladeforums, and the SpyderCo line is looking nice! (nice steel, G10/CF and the thumbhole) Now I just need to decide on whether I need a semi-serrated ParaMilitary model or straight edge

Mayo

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Thanks! Well you can't go wrogn with the para military...:twothumbs

In any version, hahaha, there are a few vids on them on youtube if you do a search...

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FrogmanM said:

awesome Vid Jeff!:thumbsup: I've been looking for a EDC knife, and was worried about keeping it sharp. However I just joined bladeforums, and the SpyderCo line is looking nice! (nice steel, G10/CF and the thumbhole) Now I just need to decide on whether I need a semi-serrated ParaMilitary model or straight edge

Mayo

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Thanks! Well you can't go wrogn with the para military...:twothumbs

In any version, hahaha, there are a few vids on them on youtube if you do a search...

p.s. I usualy go for plain edge just due to the ease of sharpening...most peopel argue a sharp plain edge can do whatever you need a serrated blade to do...

p.s. I usualy go for plain edge just due to the ease of sharpening

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+1 on that!

BTW, great very informative videos Jeff!

jugg2 said:

+1 on that!

BTW, great very informative videos Jeff!

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Thank you very much! :thumbsup: I always appreciate nice comments!

cutlerylover said:

p.s. I usualy go for plain edge just due to the ease of sharpening...most peopel argue a sharp plain edge can do whatever you need a serrated blade to do...

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I found this in a review of different steels:

http://www.cutleryscience.com/reviews/blade_materials.html#S_H1

It sounds like the serrated blades have their moments.

"The Alantic Salt, which has a SpyderEdge profile, used carpet: out cut a plain edged S30V blade slicing used carpet The Alantic Salt was also used for some very heavy cutting, slicing up a steel belted tire and readily outperformed several plain edged knives in various hard and high wear steels. "

"Frank k (Bladeforums handle) also compared H1 to VG-10 on cardboard and found a large difference between the plain edged blades, multiples times more material cut with the VG-10 knife for both plain edged blades to have the same level of blunting. However the serrated edges cut for so long it was not possible to determine the superority of either."

Yeah H1 is a really weird one. Someone did a test on the edge and found the plain edge has hrc of 57ish but the serrated edge have hrc of over 60. No one has any good explaination, I wonder since this test was only done once, could it due that one serrated was heat treated differently.

Yeah, they mention that too in the article:

"Spyderco's H1 blades have tested in hardness at 58 on the spine for both plain and SpyderEdge versions and 65 HRC on the edge of the plain edge version and 68 HRC on the edge of SpyderEdge model which has been proposed to be due to work hardening."

Sounds like if they throw enough blade designs at it, H1 will eventually find a nice home for itself.