How to Sharpen a Pocket Knife | The Spyderco Sharpmaker
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2018
- Meet Steven, our resident Sharpening Wizard from our Blade HQ Storefront. He's here to teach you how to use the brilliantly simple Spyderco Sharpmaker. Buy the Sharpmaker here: goo.gl/JUEKzG
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I own one of these. They're really nice for maintaining an edge. After I reprofile on my lansky to 20 degree per side, I can use the sharpmaker to maintain it and my strop. Worth the money for any serious knife enthusiast
Guy was looking at the wrong camera the whole time haha
Lol
Just noticed that lmao
Lmaooooooo
Looking forward to this series!! Love my knives, but never really knew how to sharpen/maintain them. Been trying to learn, but its hard when every knife reviewer just says practice until you get better.
I've had an original for over 35 years and I really think that it's really great!
I’ve owned one of these for many years and it’s still the best for me out of all the ones I’ve tried.
I’ve been using this sharpening system for over 10 years, it’s awesome for maintenance sharpening. I use an edge pro apex for reprofiling and cut a 30 degree back bevel and 40 degree primary so I can use the SharpMaker to maintain both bevels, works great. I also strop, very important final step!
Love this style of sharpener!!
My Grandma taught me how to sharpen my slipjoints by hand when i was a kid, but i bought myself a Lansky a few weeks back and i can now see what folks were on about, being able to keep the angle even from tip to ricasso on both sides of the blade is easy to do every time you sharpen and the level of sharpness you can get is amazing.
I'll always sharpen knife or two by hand, just to keep my abilities sharp(pardon the pun). But i've got a new system at the moment and i love it!🔪 Just found out that you can get a strop for the Lansky system, mirror polished edges all round, soon!
Best sharpmaker in the world. Simply great!
Great investment!! Glad l got one, thanxs for the tutorial, Good Stuff!!
@all any steel with more than 4% Vanadium should use cbn or diamonds to sharpen above 1000 grit. This is because Vanadium cannot be sharpened by other abrasives because it's harder. So the Vanadium will tear out. So for ceramic stones they will sharpen the substrate around the Vanadium and you will get a sharp blade but your edge and edge retention will not be as good as if you were to use diamond or cbn. More info check out bladeforums.com there are several threads on this. An example of steel that has alot of Vanadium is s110v.
S30v, S35vn, M390 and its variants only have around 4% Vanadium and is less affected by this.
Great info man. Cant thank you enough 👍
Do you know if there's any CBN benchstone on the market?
I’m using just him since 10 years and all my knives (spydie, Benchmade, mcusta ect..) are scary sharp and more sharp than out of the box, with a strop after of course..
I have been trying to remember the name of this for the last two weeks. Order placed, great video
My grandfather had two of the predecessor to this for some 40 years. One in the kitchen and one in the work shop. When he moved to a smaller home and only needed one a fight broke out over the spare one!
I freakin love the Sharpmaker. I am an admitted Spyderco fanboy and own about 16 knives and this system allows this novice to maintain a great edge and it's simple. Once one of my knives can't paper cleanly, I run it on the Sharpmaker and it is good as new. I don't strop but I did get the ultra fine stones, which seems to me to be like stropping. I use the 40 degree side always as it just seems to work better, but again, I am a novice sharpener.
I bought a wicked edge sharpening system, but in the past this was how I kept my EDC knives sharp.
Sharpmaker is nice, just used mine this morning. It will take a long time to get something sharp if the knife is super dull. If I need to completely re-profile a knife I like to use my Work Sharp, then use the sharp maker every now and then before it gets dull. Don’t let your knives get super dull!
righyan bear I use wicked edge diamond stones up to 1000 grit at 18 degrees and then use the sharpmaker for a secondary bevel
Doesn't have to take a long time, but it will with the two stock grit rods they include. The sharpmaker diamond rods and the ultra fine rods are really all I ever use anymore for a quick edge. start with the diamons in 30deg for just a few pass (they cut fast) - around 10 per side at most is usually all it takes. Pop in the ultra-fines, still at 30deg and hit it for maybe 5 or 6 passes. Then swap over with the ultrafines to the 40deg orientation and use fairly strong pressure decreasing for anywhere from 10 to 20 passes. Done. I strop it on leather with Barks green and it's good to go. Won't win any pretty awards but it's the quickest progression I've found for most of my smaller knives and even softer kitchen knives.
Essentially what I just described is exactly what @Jeremy sharpe described, just using the Sharpmaker from the get-go, except it's a 20deg (each) instead of 18deg for starters.
How's your workshop holding up?
@Gary D the work sharp is still working great! Although if I have to do a lot of work on a dull knife, I will use my big 2x72 belt sander and then finish off with the work sharp for that fine edge.
Great video love the camerawork
Bloodysharpedgeworks in the HOUSE!
I’ve had the sharpmaker for years. It’s the best non powered knife sharpener I’ve ever seen.
I use Japanese water stones and then strop, but I might check these out!
Had one for years still do. I took it with me to South Korea, because I often stay at extended stay type hotels, which have kitchens, and always have kitchen knives that do not cut. I had my co-workers in my room for a quick meeting when one of them asked what this black box was. I opened it up grabbed a kitchen knife, showed them how it could not even cut a piece of paper. I sharpened it with the Sharpmaker, I do 20 passes for each stage, for a total of 80 passes. I then showed it slice through a receipt with no effort. They were impressed. Glad I bought it years ago, from BladeHQ.
Love my sharpmaker!!
Please do a flipper knife buyers guide! You guys are great. Thanks for all the helpful vids.
Flipping it over and using the stones flat is great for sharpening scandi grinds like the mora knives have. This is an awesome little unit!
I definitely get better results on whet stones, but I still get out my Sharpmaker when I just want a quick edge and can sleep through the process on auto-pilot. Doesn't give fantastic edges, but certainly works. I often just start with diamonds at 40deg and move to ultra-fine at 30deg (both of those are separate purchases though) and it's a perfectly fine edge with a quick 2ndary bevel.
I use this for all my knives. Inexpensive and easy and gets a great edge. I use it on my pocket knives (spyderco, ferrum forge, etc) and my kitchen knives as well.
It’s pretty expensive like $120
This was the simplest best teaching sharpening video I have ever seen! I didn't even know that my Sharpmaker could be used as a stone or sharpen scissors. Well done and thank you!
Might pick one of these up for my SOG
I think it is important to note, that if you are sharpening a knife that has a bevel and you are keeping the knife in the same position all through the motion when using the flat side of the stones, you are only hitting the edges of the stones most of the time. If you want to hit the flat side, you have to angle the knife a little when going through the bevel.
I love my sharpmaker!
Nice video guys
I love the sharp maker
Just subbed I love the channel please do more feild test
Well done thanks
Thanks for this video! Ordered one of these from blade hq. Didn't know knife sharpening could be this easy. Very simple to use and took your advice and strop'd a little afterwards.
Great video 👍 can't wait to get my michrotech ultratech saving slowly lol 😂
My son gave me a Striker SnG 3.5" folding knife about 5 years ago.
I've used it and a hammer to split firewood into kindling for the last 4 years.
Never touched the edge.
Then followed this pretty much.
Now anyone can shave with it.
Would you be able to do a how to video on whet stones?
i use my sharp maker for my kitchen knives, i use my lanskey diamond sharpener for my carry knives, pro tip for the lanksey tape some 2500 grit sand paper to one of the stones to give your blades a mirror finish.
Oooh I like that idea! Thanks!
Hey blade HQ my name is Chris I am 13 and I started my knife collection about 1 or 2 years ago and so far I have about 55 or 60 knives. I have 3 knives from World War Two that my grandpa gave me!!! My favorite knife brand is Gerber at the moment but I am planning on exploring the world of CRKT, I really really really want the homefront!!!!!!!!!!!! My friends and I go out and go to the woods and make forts the knife I use the. Is the Gerber strongarm with the coyote brown with the serrations. My current edc is the Gerber paraframe 1-2 I’m not sure but my best friends ave that to me as a b-day gift. When I grow up I really want be a marine. But after I get out I want to get my masters in mechanical engineering and design naval ships. When I retire I want to go work for you guys!!!
Sounds like you got a good head on your shoulders Chris. Just don't grow up too fast and enjoy the moment!
You must be 18 now. How’s it going on for you ?
Cool i have never seen that before
thank you now I understand how to sharpen a knife
I use the lansky deluxe sharpening system it’s really good for most blade types but certain ones it doesn’t like. Can you make a video of it? Would love to see if there’s something I don’t know how to do on it!
Amazing Sharpmaker kits Ever! 10out10😊👌
Nice clean hands today👌😉
Zack who are you supporting with the button on your shirt? You guys have great vids keep up the great work.
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This video just made me want to go to blade hq and add some shit to my want list.
Damn I love knives way too much. I sit watching TV and sharpen for hours on whet stones.
I have to get one of those lol!
Love the Sharpmaker, only way a hamfisted idiot like me can keep his knives sharp. Great vid, BHQ
Looks pretty good. Would this be effective for a steel like CPM S110V?
Please do a video about sharpening axes or hatchets
I use the old school stones and get mine razor sharp, can you guys do a comparison between the sharp maker and old stones
I"m new to sharpening. I bought a Lansky blade medic but didn't want to run my knife through the carbide. So I used the diamond tapered rod for a new edge and then I refined it with the ceramic slot. Is diamond tapered rod ok to use to sharpen a tanto? Or should I stick to whetstone sharpening. I don't want a perfectly polished edge as I use my knife often and see it as a waste to spend too much time weekly keeping my edge in pristine shape. I just want a usable edge for self-defense and sometimes utility purposes such as cutting hard plastic, rope, etc. So is diamond tapered rod good for making new edges? And is ceramic good for refining?
Best system for Hinderer with recurve blade
You guys gotta do a benchmade stock vid
Never did get the hang of this thing.
Will you guys ever release a video on how to sharpen a serrated edge?
You need a special rod for this
Thanks I have one I bought from you and never was happy now I know why.... I wasn’t using it right
Flannel Force!!
What is the story on that sage 5? Looks very good!
@Blade HQ Was this video done with a brand new knife? I just ask because the edge looked really uniform from the beginning.
Does it work the same way with kitchen knives? Probably, just want to make sure.
I love the sharp maker I bought, I need to buy a stroping pad next. Great video. Can't be a knife nerd if you don't stay sharp
Looks to be a nice freehand sharpening kit/system. The price isn't bad either. I still don't get what those two brass rods accomplish though. I have been using the Razor Sharp paper wheel system with great success, which is another freehand type system. I can get a razor sharp mirror finish in just a few minutes with that system. Downside is having to re-grit the abrasive wheel after about 8 blades.
BrewCityRider The brass rods are only there to serve as protection for your hands. That way if you slip, the edge will hit the brass instead of flesh.
yeah, they are just guards, as to get a good grab on it, you will probably put your hand over the other side, and if the blade slides off, as beginners will have a tendency to do so, if it goes, it just hits the rods and wont go to your hand.
Imagine sharpening a dull m390 blade like that, you start in January and finish by July if you do it nonstop
Yeah. I really work my knives hard and it would take a year to sharpen them with this method
this only good for maintaining the edge but for profiling and grinding a damage edge, freehand on whetsone, angle guide sharpener, or belt sander (worksharp Knife and Tool) would be much effecient
Stropping polishes the edge.
so, using this system, how do you keep from ruining the tip while sharpening? i ask this 'cause i noticed that the rods are triangular in shape and i've seen that you are supposed to sharpen a blade by passing the knife over the pointed edges 1st and then the flat edges afterwards. sharpening against the pointed edges seems to be impossible to keep from ruining the knife's tip. and even when sharpening against the flat sides seems like it would be VERY easy to pass the knife's tip off the flat surface while sharpening (further damaging the tip) since the flats are not very wide.
Quick question: I have considered using this product mainly for chisel ground blades, would this be good for a chisel ground blade and/or chisels in general? I’m mainly talking about using this on AK bayonets, would this be a good choice for that? Personally, I hate using bench-stones on chisel ground blades ☹️.
i just run the blade over my sleeve to clean th edge before going to the fine and ultrafine and again after just to clean the blade, hair whittlings literally the edge that results without stropping with this system (with the UF rods)
Can you sharpen japanese chefs knife, damascus vg10 steel with this sharpmaker??
Guys, can ya do a video or start adding tidbits into these videos about how to carry over to sword sharpening? Well, much larger blade sharpening in general? Cas I own much larger blades, and I mean I put a wkrking edge on them, but I still feel like I'm winging it and can always refine.
Congratulations! You guys officially made the 2 Millionth video of the Spyderco Sharpmaker!
How do u clean the stones?
how do you prevent rounding off the tip of the blade? I have the sharpmaker and Japanese wetstones, even though the sharpmaker is easier to use I cant ever get a nice sharp tip with it like the knives comes from the factory
Is this good on tantos?
Will this work on a recurved edge?
How to deal with defects on the rods? There are many complaints regarding their quality, each of mine have microcaverns at least on one side.
The sharpmaker rods can be hard to sharpen on. Holding the knife against the flat rod doesn't really work very well, and the edge part puts a lot of strain on the edge, causing it to possibly chip. I prefer to use Idahone. It comes with the same setup, coarse and fine rods, but the rods are round. This makes life much easier, and also the rods can't chip like the edges of the sharpmaker. One important thing they forgot to mention as well is to *clean the rods* - and I don't mean with soap and water. Steel builds up on the rods, and pretty soon you're simply rubbing knife metal against knife metal (which does absolutely nothing). You can scrub with comet or ajax, but a super eraser works better. Oh and the Idahone is half the cost of the sharpmaker. The idahone and super eraser can easily be found on amazon.
Does it work on maxamet?
God loves you and so does Jesus Christ amen
also good to point out to newbies that was not in the video is when doing all steps, make sure not to roll the blade off of the stones, as this will round the tip.
Super super Kool
How does that circle bevel thing work
would it be the same process on a recurve bowie profile blade? Im talking about the hom design basilisk r in my case.
You should make a show
Can you guys do a video on how to sharpen serrations? (Ex. Spiderco Tenacious serrations)
RoastThatToast get sharpening rods most of them are Dinamod sharpening rods. They fit well in the serrations. Then just mimic the angle and remove the burr
You can use this one on serrations. You just flip the stone to the pointed side and it works.
What’s the deal with the finish of that sage?
I noticed that Steven's tip never touches the stone...I guess he is just a back of the edge kind of expert sharpener :) Good for power cuts but lacking on detail.
And he doesn't keep the same angle for both sides of the apex. I mean I'm no expert, just an amateur but that's no good knife sharpening expert
What happens when those sharpening sticks get loaded up with metal?
How do you clean them?
don't know if you've found an answer but if you haven't, a pencil eraser works well
Link to strop?
How much pressure are you using on the strop? It looks like you're letting the blade just kiss the stones (basically no pressure), but giving some pressure on the strop. Stropping is where I tend to ruin my edge, so any additional tips would be great.
make sure if you stone heel to tip, to stop tip to heel. light pressure on the strop, too much and it'll ruin your edge.
I got an idea. I think you should do a knife survival with only a balisong (any balisong)
i have a Lansky, which is just a not so fancy spyderco sharpner. i can put a razor edge on most my knifes, but i struggle with my s30v steels, i have tried coloring the blade with a sharpie, all the tricks, and i cant get a good edge on it. do you have any tips
Link for the "about $12" strop block?
Can you guys do a video on how to do this with serrated blades?
Was wondering the same
It’s basically the same but with the corners instead of the flats of the stone
Also it’s a good idea to use only the white corners except when the knife is at its dullest
Just search up the Spyderco instructional video on UA-cam.
What a stropping young lad.
I’ve been looking for a sharpening system and the sharpmaker is towards the top of the list. That is until I can convince someone to buy me a wicked edge sharpener... hint, hint
Josh Yancey ua-cam.com/video/fHyhHwQ1TnI/v-deo.html
How did he etch that blade?
Can anyone ask the guy on the right if he still incorporated the strop to his setup? I was in agreement with him, the ultra ultra fine ceramic gives the stropping finish already really. If he did incorporate it to his gear can he comment on what improvement he saw? Just don’t wanna miss out if I am missing out. I avoid strol because it’s real easy to convex your edge over time accidentally. You still are taking small bits of metal off your knife, esp. including a green stropping compound etc, there’s a guy who does sharpening for people and he said that’s what he saw most. And it was impossible to bring them back to Like a true scandi for example because of the sheer material he would have to use to grind to the perfect V so he mostly settles on convex edges. Sorry for the long post, appreciate it and I hope I hear back from the cool dude in the hat. Thank you.