• The SH Membership has gone live. Only SH Members have access to post in the classifieds. All members can view the classifieds. Starting in 2020 only SH Members will be admitted to the annual hunting contest. Current members will need to follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Click on your username 2. Click on Account upgrades 3. Choose SH Member and purchase.
  • We've been working hard the past few weeks to come up with some big changes to our vendor policies to meet the changing needs of our community. Please see the new vendor rules here: Vendor Access Area Rules

Looking for knife sharpening system suggestions

I have a worksharp, but I agree with the above comment that there is a learning curve with it. It will round a tip off pretty quickly from what I've found. I don't trust it on my nice knives.

I admit that I am TERRIBLE at knife sharpening. Because of that, I have leaned more towards replaceable blade knives over the last few years. I'd rather use my good knives though.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
This is the kit that I have. I like that it comes with 2 clamps. One for broadheads and one for knives.
I will say that sharpeners like the KME or Lansky do have a quirk that's easy to deal with when it comes to sharpening larger knife blades. Since the clamp grips the knife a little bit on the minimal side, the stone makes for a little leverage against the blade which changes the angle a bit. I use the thumb of my hand (that's holding the jig) to support the knife from the underside. It keeps the knife from rocking down when stone pressure is applied.
Another minor issue with large blades is sharpening the very tip of curved edges. With those types of blades, I usuall sharpen them in 2 stages. I sharpen the rear 1/2, Then I re-clamp and then sharpen the tip 1/2. Doing it in 2 stages, I can get a perfect edge from end to end. If I try to sharpen long blades in one stage, I can never seem to get the curved tip perfect.
Click to expand...
I believe the kme functions like the smith?
With short pocket knife style I hold the stone stationary and draw the knife across the diamond. With the long blades I hold the knife stationary and draw the stone across the blade using ur finger technique. If the blades not to long and flexy I clamp the knife handle in the vise on my work bench so I can concentrate on the work of sharpening and not have to actually hold the knife.....if any of that makes any sense...hahah
 
Weldabeast said:
I believe the kme functions like the smith?
With short pocket knife style I hold the stone stationary and draw the knife across the diamond. With the long blades I hold the knife stationary and draw the stone across the blade using ur finger technique. If the blades not to long and flexy I clamp the knife handle in the vise on my work bench so I can concentrate on the work of sharpening and not have to actually hold the knife.....if any of that makes any sense...hahah
Click to expand...
Not the KME that I got from Grizzlystik. It's similar to a high end Lansky. Except the angles are basically infinite. With a Lansky, you are stuck with their predetermined angles.
With my KME, you clamp the blade into a base, set the angle, place the stone into a rod-style gizmo similar to a Lansky (only better), then you draw the stone over the stationary blade.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top