Sharpening knives?

[butcherboy]

I sharpen knives every single day. Well, not really sharpen, it’s more like a touch up. I actually sharpen them about once a week. The rest of the time I just have to touch them up on a medium stone then a fine stone and all day with a polished steel. I like to sharpen knives, fletch arrows, and tie flies. It’s almost therapeutic for me in a way.

 

[mphysgr]

I appreciate this thread, I have never gotten very good at this skill, useful to see the perspectives here.

 

[KChunter71]

@6mm Remington like to sharpen! He also sends bandaids back with the knife.

 

[6mm Remington]

I never could sharpen a knife worth a darn until I got the Lansky guide rod system and after using it and learning the ins and outs I can get edges scary sharp. I really enjoy sharpening knives and it's similar to loading my own hunting rounds. I spend two hours doing it (on multiple knives) and it feels like 20 minutes has gone buy. My wife has become a sharpness queen now and will let me know when our butcher knives or her favorite paring knife needs work. She can't stand a dull knife in her kitchen now!

I sharpen knives on the side to make a few bucks and I enjoy doing it. I get a lot of satisfaction out of folks being extremely satisfied with how sharp their knives are now and saying that they have never been that sharp before, ever!

 

[6mm Remington]

@6mm Remington like to sharpen! He also sends bandaids back with the knife.

There's been more than a few who have been required to use the bandaid after I finished sharpening their knives.

 

[goathunter]

I hate it, and am awful at it. I use a worksharp, which I still don't like to use. But I do like a sharp knife

 

[Dukhtr3]

I hate it too. I like the lanske guide rod but it takes forever. I have a work sharp and edge just doesn't last as long as the lanske. I just bought this hoping to take the forever out of the equation.

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[Idaboy]

I never could sharpen a knife worth a darn until I got the Lansky guide rod system and after using it and learning the ins and outs I can get edges scary sharp. I really enjoy sharpening knives and it's similar to loading my own hunting rounds. I spend two hours doing it (on multiple knives) and it feels like 20 minutes has gone buy. My wife has become a sharpness queen now and will let me know when our butcher knives or her favorite paring knife needs work. She can't stand a dull knife in her kitchen now!

I sharpen knives on the side to make a few bucks and I enjoy doing it. I get a lot of satisfaction out of folks being extremely satisfied with how sharp their knives are now and saying that they have never been that sharp before, ever!

Which Lansky system are you referring to?

 

[fisherman983]

I hate it. It's very time consuming and I'm not very good at it. I dislike dull knives. If I was good at it, and I didn't feel like I was making things worse more often than not, I'd probably enjoy it and speed up in the process

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[Yoder]

I second this.

I hate mine. It always screws up the point and I can never get it as sharp as with a stone.

 

[CB4]

I hated it for the longest time. Then I got a Work Sharp Professional Precision Adjust and it is amazing. Super fast and easy to use.

 

[Speaks]

Don't watch many of his vids anymore but this was worth it for me:

Ive been playing with this method vs the one I had used for years. There was a lot of similarity, focus on full length bur etc, but I was doing push vs pull and tang to tip vs tip to tang. I have been liking this so far.

 

[Choupique]

I have a question for the experts here.

The belt sander style sharpeners do a really good job. They make a convex edge. Seems a steel or stone would make a straight edge. I feel like i have a harder time touching up my belt-sander sharpened blades with a steel than I do the ones that have never seen the sander. Is that in my head or a real thing?

 

[intunegp]

I have a question for the experts here.

The belt sander style sharpeners do a really good job. They make a convex edge. Seems a steel or stone would make a straight edge. I feel like i have a harder time touching up my belt-sander sharpened blades with a steel than I do the ones that have never seen the sander. Is that in my head or a real thing?

You're correct. Steels or stones typically make a very slightly convex edge just due to the human input and motion you're making as you slide across the stone, but typically that would be considered a flat/v edge rather than convex.

If the bevel is set to a convex on a belt sharpener, you'd have to make sure your angle on the stone/steel was high enough to reach the cutting edge rather than higher up on the bevel. If you set your belt sharpener to 20 degrees per side, it wouldn't surprise me to have to go at least a few degrees higher on the stones to touch it up. You could also attempt to rock the blade on the stone to follow the convex.