Question about sharpener?

[stockae92]

ok, i got my knife. so next is sharpener. i need something that can sharpen serrated part of the blade as well.

what's easy to use? any fool proof way to sharpen a blade? (i am a newbie and don't want to ruin any blade)

thanks so much

 

[j2coe]

spyderco sharpmaker. does serrations and standard edge, pretty foolproof, nice edge. can get diamond and ultrafine stones to add on.

 

[HoopleHead]

spyderco sharpmaker

+1. pretty much a standard.

 

[NeonLights]

Another vote for the Spyderco Sharpmaker. It is all I have used for the last 2-3 years.

 

[fireboltr]

spyderco sharpmaker is pretty good

I still like the old whetstone/roundstone method myself as i can get a much much much higher level of honing out of this set up

but then again i like my knives crazy sharp!!!

 

[j2coe]

good with lots of practice, harder for noob-s. easier to start with the sharp maker, the stones are good, add an extra fine and a strope and practice free hand sharpening with the same stones on a different knife till getting decent results. the new sharpmakers hold the stones like a flat stone as well as the vertical standard.

 

[fireboltr]

I have one of the new sharpmakers and you are absolutely right....

For people who are not yet accustomed to the whole stone thing they work great....I keep my sharpmaker in the kitchen for the fiance to use....As well as for knives that i just need an edge now

on the otherhand you havet trully experianced a "sharp" knife until you have used a japanese water stone 10,000+ grit WOW!!!!!!

 

[piney12]

on the otherhand you havet trully experianced a "sharp" knife until you have used a japanese water stone 10,000+ grit WOW!!!!!![/quote]

I thought the same way till I discovered that the Japanese have a different standard for grit. In the
final analysis a fine waterstone and a fine sharpmaker
rod is about the same. Finish off the sharpmaker with
stropping on a piece of leather charged with stropping
compound from Lee Valley Tools and a knife will be
"scary sharp."

piney12

 

[Sub_Umbra]

I think much of it depends on what you use the blade for and where you plan to sharpen your knife. If you confine yourself to solutions that only work well on your kitchen counter you will probably have to rule out sharpeners that will still be usable in fading light when you're on your knees next to a 1,500 lb moose carcass. In the latter case I'd go with something simple like an EZE-LAP. If you are able to quickly renew the edge of your knife on the spot your esquimaux guides will be very impressed by your sensibile nature. You can bet that they'll be bringing their blades back up to razor sharpness every five minutes. It all depends on what you need.

If you're afraid of wrecking your knife buy cheaper knives to practice on. Personally I see no value to a blade that cannot be sharpened in the field. Of course, YMMV.