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Post by salvatore on Jan 11, 2009 6:59:58 GMT
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has experience with this sharpener?
As I currently own one, and I'm in the process of sending it back as it was defective.
I know my way around this kind of sharpener, I use 'em all the time, but I used this sharpener on 2 knives and it dulled the hell out of both of them.
And the sticks are slightly bent, so I can't do steps 2 and 4, which you will know if you are an owner reading this...
I just wanted to know if anyone here has had a bad experience with this sharpener.
Thank you,
Sal
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 7:14:22 GMT
Accusharp works great on knives, bad on swords I am sure you know all about it.
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Post by salvatore on Jan 11, 2009 8:01:02 GMT
Accusharp works great on knives, bad on swords I am sure you know all about it. Uh huh... This sharpener is nothing like the accusharp, so it really doesn't answer my question... www.landfallnavigation.com/-ssk04.html
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 15:26:35 GMT
I use the Spyderco Sharpmaker when I just need to touch up my knives. It does the job when I'm too lazy to break out my Edgepro. It returns an edge nicely and I almost exclusively use the fine sticks.
If the ceramic sticks are bent (which I can't imagine how that happened), it definitely needs to be replaced.
Even though you have use other sharpeners before, you did watch the video that was enclosed with the kit, right?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 15:43:10 GMT
if it's dulling your blades you were probably doing it wrong. You need to keep a consistent angle when sliding the blade down the rods or it'll roll your edge over.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 16:17:14 GMT
I have one these I can't see how the sticks could be bent either. I really don't like it that much to hard for me at least to keep the proper angle and dulling my knives. I prefer my ark oilstones.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 17:33:31 GMT
I have been using one for about 6 years now, it also depends on which types of knives you are sharpening. I have found out that knives such as gerber, kershaws, bucks...etc sharpened very easily. However, ones like CRKT, some cold steels, and a few others you had to really spend some time on. IMO just stick to what your comfortable with.
Oh and spyderco has a limited lifetime warranty...you might want to give them a call and see if you can get a replacement.
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Post by salvatore on Jan 11, 2009 21:34:28 GMT
I have one these I can't see how the sticks could be bent either. I really don't like it that much to hard for me at least to keep the proper angle and dulling my knives. I prefer my ark oilstones. Ground incorrectly, they are kinda concaved so they look bent. And again, I held the knife straight and it dulled the blades, it didn't sharpen them slightly, or put them to a razor edge, it blunted the edges...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 22:16:18 GMT
The knives you are trying to sharpen may have been ground to a different angle then what the Spyderco is "set" to. If this is the first time sharpening these knives on the Spyderco, you might have to use the edge of the coarser stones (step 1) a while to establish the new angle. Don't force it, let the stones do the work.
As far as the stone being bent... There is such a small area of the blade in contact with the stone, I don't see how it would affect the sharpening process. Perhaps I don't understand exactly how they are "bent".
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Post by salvatore on Jan 11, 2009 22:21:15 GMT
The knives you are trying to sharpen may have been ground to a different angle then what the Spyderco is "set" to. If this is the first time sharpening these knives on the Spyderco, you might have to use the edge of the coarser stones (step 1) a while to establish the new angle. Don't force it, let the stones do the work. As far as the stone being bent... There is such a small area of the blade in contact with the stone, I don't see how it would affect the sharpening process. Perhaps I don't understand exactly how they are "bent". I did not force the knives, only appliying moderate pressure I stroked the knives along the stones, so I took extra care to keep the knife as straight as possible. Again, kinda concaved, so steps 2 and 4 are more difficult, and when I try and align the bevel it won't make conatct with the stone. My knives are set at a 40 degree angle, I used the 40 degree angle on the spyderco. And even if I wasn't, I used the coarse stones first and did about 20 passes, it would have re-profiled softer steel. I'm not an idiot, I know my knives...I know what I did and didn't do and attempted "sharpening" more than a few times. I've used many other sharpening methods, especially with the lansky sharpener, which is the SAME thing, yet it dulled 2 of my knives that I've never had problems with before.
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