Knife sharpener

[camping1601]

One of the best investments I have made to the day is a Chefs Choice sharpener. I can even do broadhead blades in mine.

 

[Beendare]

My lansky broke last night so looking for something new. Considering another lansky although it is a kind of a pita on bigger kitchen knives. Also thinking about spyderco sharpmaker or the worksharp. Wondering what everybody else is using?

I've used just about everything on the market...and an argument can be made for all.

My favorite is the Gatco diamond stone kit in addition to the ultra fine. It does everything well though slower and more steps than some of the other units. The Gatco and Lansky do a great job without leaving bad burrs. There isn't a system that will do a better edge...micro bevels etc....but many are much faster.

I sometimes use the Spyderco sharpsmaker for touch up and the sticks are the best I've found for sharpening my 3 blade BH's. Its slow with a dull knife and takes a bit of skill over other systems. It does a good job of removing burrs.

Worksharp. A very good fast and easy system. Its almost too fast, leaves burrs...but if you were doing a bunch of kitchen knives its a winner.

That KME is a good easy bulletproof system...but not much flexibility.

I use that chefs choice unit for kitchen knives but its only Ok....IMO

 

[bigdesert10]

It's pretty hard to compete with the edge quality you can get with a good hard stone if you know what you're doing but the Worksharp setup is a close second and is basically fool-proof. With any sharpening system you are going to remove more metal the first sharpening because you have to recondition the blade to match the bevel profile of the equipment. That being said, the additional metal lost is still pretty small. If the sharpener seems to be eating too much metal in 2 passes, you're running the motor way to fast. I'd recommend the Ken Onion edition Worksharp and just follow the instructions for hunting / outdoor blades. You won't ever regret that purchase.

 

[5MilesBack]

If the sharpener seems to be eating too much metal in 2 passes, you're running the motor way to fast.

There's only one speed on my Worksharp. It's either on or it's off.

 

[DavePwns]

I just use whetstones and a sharpmaker. Have a Lansky somewhere, works on pocket knives, but not on bigger/thicker blades. \

Use the stones when the blade needs a lot of work, use the sharpmaker for just quick touch ups. Everything I have in a knife, expensive or cheap will shave hair, with the exception of maybe one or two blades. For whatever reason never been satisfied with the edge on those lets say two blades. They seem to need divine intervention. Probably own 2 dozen hunting knifes.

What wetstones have you found to be the best?

 

[Cgeb]

What wetstones have you found to be the best?

Dave I use King Whestones. Have a 1000, 3000 and 6000 grit. I use the 1000 and 3000 the most, thats probably on restoring an edge. Use the Sharpmaker and a strop depending on the type of blade edge to maintain everything.

 

[sndmn11]

Wicked edge is leaps and bounds ahead of most in my opinion. A spyderco sharp maker with ultra fine sits on my desk for a couple pass maintenance.

 

[rileybassman]

Falkniven DC3/4 are both excellent shrapening stones. Diamond on one side ceramic on the other - I carry one in the field as well as a mini strop.

At home I have a ton of sharpening things... But 9/10 I just use sandpaper and strops as my main hunting blades are full height convex.

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[DenverCountryBoy]

The chef choice gets blades super sharp. Thumbs up.

 

[boom]

I just love the sound of a blade on a waterstone. There is a learning curve for sure. I just think it’s cool to know how to hand hone a blade on a flat rock. It’s a skill. Like knowing how to drive a stick shift

I’m getting better and better.

 

[NevadaZielmeister]

I cannot say enough about the DMT Knife Sharpeners (DMT Knife Sharpeners | Sharpening Stones | DMT Diamond Sharpening).

I have used this simple diamond stone on all of my knives, including my D2 steels and they come out VERY sharp with minimal effort. The grinders take away a LOT of material and your knife ends of looking like a fillet knife after a while. The V sharpeners do not work as well to get the edge sharp.

I would also recommend watching the tons of knife sharpening videos on youtube to learn how to hold the knife correctly and the general technique.

As for the field, I use Worksharps Guide Field Sharpener, especially on the bigger animals when you have to stop and resharpen.

 

[danarnold]

Wicked edge

 

[DavePwns]

I cannot say enough about the DMT Knife Sharpeners (DMT Knife Sharpeners | Sharpening Stones | DMT Diamond Sharpening).

I have used this simple diamond stone on all of my knives, including my D2 steels and they come out VERY sharp with minimal effort. The grinders take away a LOT of material and your knife ends of looking like a fillet knife after a while. The V sharpeners do not work as well to get the edge sharp.

I would also recommend watching the tons of knife sharpening videos on youtube to learn how to hold the knife correctly and the general technique.

As for the field, I use Worksharps Guide Field Sharpener, especially on the bigger animals when you have to stop and resharpen.

Could you use actually use a fillet knife on the DMT diamond stone? Or would the diamond take too much metal off since it's so thin

 

[CiK01]

My lansky broke last night so looking for something new. Considering another lansky although it is a kind of a pita on bigger kitchen knives. Also thinking about spyderco sharpmaker or the worksharp. Wondering what everybody else is using?

I have the Spyderco Sharpmaker. It does the job for me. I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again. That said, I would also like the worksharp.

 

[Hunter Sargent]

I use the Gatco (similar to Lansky) for broadheads. For everything else I use the Worksharp Ken Onion edition with the blade grinding attachment. Incredibly sharp results with very little time investment...and so easy a caveman could do it.

 

[Hunter Sargent]

There's only one speed on my Worksharp. It's either on or it's off.

The Ken Onion edition is variable speed, which is it's main selling point IMO.

 

[NevadaZielmeister]

Could you use actually use a fillet knife on the DMT diamond stone? Or would the diamond take too much metal off since it's so thin

The diamond dust is so minute that you will never take "too" much off. So using the DMT stone is perfect for almost any blade that is not serrated. The great thing about the duo-stones are that you have two sides to work with, a coarse and a fine. I only do about 4-5 swipes per side with the coarse and then flip it over and 40-50 times on the fine. The blade is scary sharp after that.

 

[NevadaZielmeister]

Here is Richard Blaine sharpening a knife with the diamond stone: Knife Sharpening: How To Sharpen A Knife: The Western Stroke - YouTube

This is a VERY effective video to help you understand his technique which really works. He uses some other stones and materials, but I think that just the diamond stone is effective enough for us chopping up animals in the field.

 

[Squirrel Master]

I use a Spyderco Sharpmaker and it works great for me on decent quality knives. Case, Buck, Kershaw, Benchmades etc...knives with not so great steel it doesn't seem to sharpen very well. But if you have good knives it should work fine.

 

[DavePwns]

The diamond dust is so minute that you will never take "too" much off. So using the DMT stone is perfect for almost any blade that is not serrated. The great thing about the duo-stones are that you have two sides to work with, a coarse and a fine. I only do about 4-5 swipes per side with the coarse and then flip it over and 40-50 times on the fine. The blade is scary sharp after that.

I ended up getting the fine/course diamond stone with the platform, looking forward to trying it out on my knives