Posted: 4/25/2010 9:21:04 AM EDT
| Could anyone recommend a place to get my knives sharpened? I used to have it done every year in Oatmen, AZ during the Laughlin River Run but "Old Blue" passed away. He would be in his wheelchair in front of the bar and did a great job. Thanks.............Terry |
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i'd be happy to show you how, or at least how i do it, if you're in the Henderson area.
and there's several ways, including tricks like using the edge of a car/truck window to touch up a blade. sorry, paying someone is silly. recently saw a video with a firearms instructor (Yager) saying that he didn't sharpen his knives, he just replaced them when they got dull.  WTF? he teaches people who to shoot guns, but can't learn to sharpen knives? that ain't right!
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the Sharpmaker will work on serrated or plain edge.
don't know how well it works on single side chisel grind blades. i never bought one. i've had the crock sticks which did a similar job with round sticks instead of triangular. the problem is that the base usually just has one angle so all blades get sharpened at that angle. the crock sticks get dirty and stop sharpening. big PITA to clean them. if the blade was originally sharpened at another angle, it takes some time to get it sharp at the new angle, because sometimes you need to remove a lot of metal. there's also the Lansky sharpener, which clips on the back of the blade and guides the diamond stones. you can pick different angles. and Lansky is local in Vegas. don't think they have a store front tho. that seems like it will work on most blades, but some shapes might not work well. don't think it works on serrated edges either. not sure, again, i don't have one. i just do it freehand. coarse stone, fine stone, diamond sharpeners, chef's steel, edge of a truck window, whatever's available, some are better for some blades than others... like many things some tools work better for some uses than other tools. when one tool claims to do "everything" there's gonna be a compromise somewhere. |
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the Sharpmaker will work on serrated or plain edge. don't know how well it works on single side chisel grind blades. i never bought one. i've had the crock sticks which did a similar job with round sticks instead of triangular. the problem is that the base usually just has one angle so all blades get sharpened at that angle. the crock sticks get dirty and stop sharpening. big PITA to clean them. if the blade was originally sharpened at another angle, it takes some time to get it sharp at the new angle, because sometimes you need to remove a lot of metal. there's also the Lansky sharpener, which clips on the back of the blade and guides the diamond stones. you can pick different angles. and Lansky is local in Vegas. don't think they have a store front tho. that seems like it will work on most blades, but some shapes might not work well. don't think it works on serrated edges either. not sure, again, i don't have one. i just do it freehand. coarse stone, fine stone, diamond sharpeners, chef's steel, edge of a truck window, whatever's available, some are better for some blades than others... like many things some tools work better for some uses than other tools. when one tool claims to do "everything" there's gonna be a compromise somewhere. The Sharpmaker is set up to allow you to sharpen at 30 deg and follow up with 40 deg. Clean your crock sticks with a green scotch bright pad and some dish soap. |