How to Sharpen a Pocket Knife | The Spyderco Sharpmaker
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- 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
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 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 had an original for over 35 years and I really think that it's really great!
Guy was looking at the wrong camera the whole time haha
Lol
Just noticed that lmao
Lmaooooooo
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!
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!
I bought a wicked edge sharpening system, but in the past this was how I kept my EDC knives sharp.
Love this style of sharpener!!
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.
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’ve had the sharpmaker for years. It’s the best non powered knife sharpener I’ve ever seen.
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!
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 use Japanese water stones and then strop, but I might check these out!
I have been trying to remember the name of this for the last two weeks. Order placed, great video
Bloodysharpedgeworks in the HOUSE!
Love my sharpmaker!!
Great video love the camerawork
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.
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!
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.
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 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!
Please do a flipper knife buyers guide! You guys are great. Thanks for all the helpful vids.
I love the sharp maker
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 love my sharpmaker!
Might pick one of these up for my SOG
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.
Nice video guys
Well done thanks
Just subbed I love the channel please do more feild test
Great video 👍 can't wait to get my michrotech ultratech saving slowly lol 😂
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.
Cool i have never seen that before
thank you now I understand how to sharpen a knife
Nice clean hands today👌😉
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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!
Would you be able to do a how to video on whet stones?
Looks pretty good. Would this be effective for a steel like CPM S110V?
Love the Sharpmaker, only way a hamfisted idiot like me can keep his knives sharp. Great vid, BHQ
I have to get one of those lol!
Flannel Force!!
Amazing Sharpmaker kits Ever! 10out10😊👌
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?
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!
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.
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 ☹️.
Best system for Hinderer with recurve blade
Zack who are you supporting with the button on your shirt? You guys have great vids keep up the great work.
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)
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 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
What is the story on that sage 5? Looks very good!
Never did get the hang of this thing.
Please do a video about sharpening axes or hatchets
You guys gotta do a benchmade stock vid
@Blade HQ Was this video done with a brand new knife? I just ask because the edge looked really uniform from the beginning.
would it be the same process on a recurve bowie profile blade? Im talking about the hom design basilisk r in my case.
Can you sharpen japanese chefs knife, damascus vg10 steel with this sharpmaker??
Thanks I have one I bought from you and never was happy now I know why.... I wasn’t using it right
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
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.
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.
Stropping polishes the edge.
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.
Will this work on a recurved edge?
Does it work the same way with kitchen knives? Probably, just want to make sure.
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
How do u clean the stones?
Super super Kool
Is this good on tantos?
Does it work on maxamet?
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.
Will you guys ever release a video on how to sharpen a serrated edge?
You need a special rod for this
Anyone know the best grit gradings for a small pocket knife less than three inches?
Spyderco sharpening kit is so much better than the Smiths kit !
The rods are much longer on the Spyderco !
How does this compare to the WorkSharp Precision?
How does that circle bevel thing work
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 ?
Just my opinion, but you don't always need to use a strop. Sometimes it will take your edge to crazy hair splitting sharp, and sometimes I can do the same on the stone just by going with super light pressure and swapping sides after each stroke on the stone. There's a few factors that go into it, so I don't always default to the strop unless I feel like it needs it. Also, 1 micron diamond spray/paste will usually get your edge stupid sharp.
Congratulations! You guys officially made the 2 Millionth video of the Spyderco Sharpmaker!
What’s the deal with the finish of that sage?
I got an idea. I think you should do a knife survival with only a balisong (any balisong)
Link for the "about $12" strop block?
I would recommend instead of doing one side then the other is to only do one side and raise a bur. Then do the other side. Then move onto the next stone. Make sure your making as little bur as possible too. Then change the angle slightly to remove that bur (or use a strop). Going from side to side is not going to get a bur as easily. But both ways should work. Try to not make each side uneven so you don't need to count so much as you need to keep an eye on the edge but counting helps a bit.
Before starting this process cut the brown stone so you remove the edge. You want to remove the weak edge material so your edge comes out perfect. Your not cutting the stone but running the edge along the stone to dull it.
Look at the edge and shine light down at it. You will see light shine off of it. After apexing and removing the burr you shouldn't see this light anymore along the edge. Then it's sharp. TH-cam search cliff stamp.
Tactical Center those stones are clogged up, they need to clean them too
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 th-cam.com/video/fHyhHwQ1TnI/w-d-xo.html
You should make a show
How do you sharpen a karambit???
I have a we knives incisor karambit
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.
When stropping do you use compound or just the leather by itself? Great vid thanks!
I like to use a compound of sorts when stropping. Leather, in of it self, is not bad, but a compound can help with polishing up the edge and knocking off some of the burrs. There is the KME emulsion that works very well, as well as the Dia-Paste by DMT. Some strops even come with a compound that you can use as well.
-Steven
Thanks alot for the reply will look into the ones you recommended.
So I have a Sharpmaker with the stock rods. I bought the UF rods and Flexcut strop. Trying to get a gleaming mirror edge on my BHQ Para 3 and just can't get there. Do you have any tips?
You need an ultrafine grit to get a mirror edge. Depending on the metallurgy above 5000. In the video the guy takes it up to 30,000 but has a decent mirror at 8,000. This is a single bevel knife however. Really noticing a mirror edge will be harder for others to see with a double bevel knife. Anything sharper than above about 2000 is essentially useless for EDC. But if it's a preference thing you can see what this cheap kitchen knife looks like. Good luck.
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The Richard Kell guide is an okay tool & rough guide. However, I find it to be pretty hard to see & relatively inaccurate. I find it much more accurate & repeatable to measure the 3 sides of the blade geometry at the edge (e.g., use a set of 6" calipers or if you are really good use a 6" metal scale) & then Trig out the ground angle. The calculations are straight forward and can be put into an Excel file for repetitive use. This will work on virtually anything...e.g., axe, pocket knife, EDC knife, etc.
I bought one of these about 20 years ago, no regrets.
can this sharpen CPM S110V?