Knife sharpening

[davevabch]

I have owned many over the years. Nothing beats a RADA,

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I use a Rada on kitchen knives and "rougher" tools, like choppers/small machetes I use around my place. I have one of the Warthog V-sharp systems I use on my finer knives. Also use DMT diamond stones when I need to build an edge and on my fixed-blade broadheads.

 

[Hvymax]

There's a youtube'er called Project Farm. He has 3 excellent videos comparing knife sharpeners.

He's done videos on almost anything but guns that a Man could need. He's truly earned his success.

 

[Hvymax]

I've tried a lot of sharpeners over the years and landed on the Lansky system. For some reason I could never use the diamond version very well. So I've stuck with the stone version. it's consistent and gives you a razors edge.

Sharpening a knife isn't that hard, but you have to take your time with it. In a pinch, I've even sharpened a pocket knife on the bottom of a coffee cup.

Edge of the car window works great as well.

 

[Hvymax]

I have owned many over the years. Nothing beats a RADA,

My parents had one of those.

 

[Gopher]

I've tried a lot of sharpeners over the years and landed on the Lansky system. For some reason I could never use the diamond version very well. So I've stuck with the stone version. it's consistent and gives you a razors edge.

Sharpening a knife isn't that hard, but you have to take your time with it. In a pinch, I've even sharpened a pocket knife on the bottom of a coffe cup.

You have to get the knife holder back in the exact place you had it to start with for a touch-up or you will have to start all over again.

 

[Hvymax]

I have owned many over the years. Nothing beats a RADA,

My parents had one of those

You have to get the knife holder back in the exact place you had it to start with for a touch-up or you will have to start all over again.

That craps entirely too much like work. Every few months I might have to use a diamond hone. Other than that a few strokes on the ceramic sticks.

 

[fuzzyedge]

Lansky diamond set, (and bought a fine sapphire stone to go with it), i wrote a tutorial on how I use it
after years of practice.

 

[Bill.68]

I prefer quality waterstones, mainly because theyre what I use for all of my Japanese woodworking tools. I usually only venture up to 10k with certain blades, depends on their intended usage. Stabbing blades dont get the same treatment as pure cutting tools.

 

[Klugman]

How do you sharpen your knives? What do you use? How often do you sharpen?

Lansky

 

[ericbc7]

I had a summer job at Beatrice meats (swift turkeys) and was a left sided back skinner for most of the summer. I was quick but eventually the knives needed grinding. I carried 3 steels coarse to smooth and kept my neighbors knives close to sharp all day but grinding was required eventually. The green hats came by occasionally to take knives for sharpening, hollow grinding and whatnot.
get a belt grinder work sharp Ken onion grinder to sharpen all your knives.

 

[settup6]

Finally invested in an Edge Pro after trying many other systems. It's amazing, wish I would've tried it first.