What is your favorite knife sharpening device?

[Brains]

Y'all are a bunch of clumsy folk. :P

 

[Younggun]

Lol.


I really didn’t expect it to do much for the machete and was being pretty careless.

The dummy that works for me flipped the Old Timer shut while still gripping around the handle.

I shall make no comment on the remaining victim.


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[HKShooter65]

The above illustration is of paramount importance.

The sharpening guy at SAXET that sold me on the system was fixated on the "burr".
With a little experience I get it.
It is the one key concept as you re-contour to a convex grind.

If you do not get the the delicate art of seeing and creating the burr you have wasted money and are not doing your edges justice.


Once you get the burr concept mastered it is magical.

 

[HKShooter65]

OK just because I can....

I have an Ontario OKC3S Combat USMC.

It's a factory course 40 or 45 degree flat grind so that it can be used too chop firewood and pry crates open.

I just sharpened it to about 30 degrees (15x2) and a little hair-free spot on my thigh attests to it's razor-sharp edge.
Took off a LOT of steel off that thick shank to get to the "burr" but i did it.
A big knife that sharp is just sort of scary!!!

 

[johnbeaver]

Did not see it mentioned, but has anyone tried the Tormek Machine?
Looks like you could get great edges on tools and knives. Kinda pricey.

 

[jrbfishn]

I have a Work Sharp Ken Onion and a Wicked edge sharpener. As well as a variety of stones. Also make my own strops.
Any angle or type of edge needs to get a burr. And then remove it to be sharp. The strop does not sharpen so much as polish the edge so it cuts better.

I have been cut more than once from a polished 90°metal surface. To a point, it is just generally easier to get a sharp edge on thinner materials with a sharper angle. Too thin and too sharp an angle and the edge tends not to last as long.

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[GoPappy]

Yes, the Tormek is pricey but it does put great edges on cutting tools. I bought mine to sharpen woodworking tools such as chisels, hand plane blades and wood turning tools. But it works good with knives too if you have the knife jig.

 

[Brains]

I used my Ken Onion this morning to reshape and sharpen my badly chipped pocket knife, and it reiterated something - I hate sharpening knives. I need to build a sharpening robot.

 

[HKShooter65]

I used my Ken Onion ...reiterated something - I hate sharpening knives.

I had a very different experience.
I find sharpening knives to be liberating, relaxing and somehow therapeutic.

Weekend before last, 10 days ago, I went with my wife to visit her sister's family south of Fort Worth. She and the brother-in-law have 3 daughters.

I figured I'd be bored beyond belief, subjected for three days to the 5 girl's chatter.

I had my Ken Onion Workshop and Blade Grinder attachment and 2 sets of belts in a tote in the back of our SUV.
I pulled it out and sharpened everything we could think to sharpen.
Brother-in-law called neighbors and buddies and we sharpened innumerable knives.
I think we sharpened knives for half of his church.

Made friends. Drank "thank-you" beer.

Classic male-bonding experience.


HKS

 

[HKShooter65]

Bought this week, as an uninformed impulse, a 1x18" leather strop for my Ken Onion Blade Grinder.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VPRDYQ3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It came with the white polishing compound.

OMG that little addition to my edge-finishing took my blades from really really sharp to unnecessarily scary sharp.

If you like that sort of thing!

H

 

[Nagorg]

Just ordered my Work Sharp KO Edition based on the glowing reviews in this thread and other forums.
I've used Arkansas Whetstone for years and I can get an edge this way for sure. But, the comments about this sharpener make me super excited to see the results for a much sharper knife in a fraction of the time and effort!

 

[GoPappy]

I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on it after you’ve used it some.

 

[rexster314]

Just ordered my Work Sharp KO Edition based on the glowing reviews in this thread and other forums.
I've used Arkansas Whetstone for years and I can get an edge this way for sure. But, the comments about this sharpener make me super excited to see the results for a much sharper knife in a fraction of the time and effort!

Do yourself a favor and get the K/O Worksharp attachment with the 1" belts. Hardly any chance of rounding the tips of knives off, and it won't leave surface scratches on your knives. I think I've taken mine off just a couple of times since I got it for Christmas last year (2018) when I dressed up some scissors

 

[HKShooter65]

Do yourself a favor and get the K/O Worksharp attachment with the 1" belts. Hardly any chance of rounding the tips of knives off, and it won't leave surface scratches on your knives. I think I've taken mine off just a couple of times since I got it for Christmas last year (2018) when I dressed up some scissors

Fully agree.
Great investment in quality.
Belts last incredibly long.
https://www.amazon.com/Work-Sharp-W...t=&hvlocphy=9028073&hvtargid=pla-382660758649

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Learn to use a wet stone, it is not hard.

 

[baboon]

Learn to use a wet stone, it is not hard.

It is a skill most will never learn.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

It is a skill most will never learn.

Sad but true. I enjoy sharpening my knives on my stones, I find it relaxing.

 

[baboon]

Sad but true. I enjoy sharpening my knives on my stones, I find it relaxing.

It was never relaxing until I figured it out! A diamond steel & good quality sharpening steel will go a long ways in keeping knives serviceable.

 

[Glenn B]

Learn to use a wet stone, it is not hard.

What's a wet stone - does it require water on it?

I use a Arkansas whetstone (will use it again if ever I can find it since I moved), a Lansky kit and one of those little yellow plastic Smith brand sharpeners with the inserts shaped like a V (comes in quite handy when camping or fishing or hunting or even in the kitchen in a pinch).

 

[Barnacle Bill]

It was never relaxing until I figured it out! A diamond steel & good quality sharpening steel will go a long ways in keeping knives serviceable.

I absolutely agree.