FINALLY Spyderco Sharpmaker

I bought one,.. it came in today, and in 6 -10 minutes (I really wasnt watching, but it didnt even seem that long) it totally fixed the mess of a blade I made to my Spyderco Manix 2 blade. I think my smaller blades will stick to this thing till I figure out the big stones with some easier knives. My Spyder isnt perfect, but it is sharp and serviceable again, and with a little practice and some experience on that thing Id imagine I can get the results I want for my pocket blades. Finished on my Leather cover to my Midori travelers notebook,...

I cant tell you how defeated I was when I took that edge out before,... So I am very happy tonight, and glad I bought this thing

 

Awesome! I need to get me a knife sharpening system. I've got about 30 knives that need a good sharpening.

Is this what you got? http://m.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=77

Easy to use? Puts a good SHARP edge on the blade?

 

yup... worked for me... specially after i butchered the thing

 

I find the Chinese knock off edge pro works great for me. It's cheap and comes with stones good enough to get screaming sharp edges. I top my edges off with a strop consisting of white and green compounds. I look at the Sharpmaker as a maintenance sharpener and there's nothing wrong with that. I can, however, do the same thing with mine as can be done on a Sharpmaker, but I can also re profile and sharpen at any angle I chose which is much harder, if not impossible, with the Sharpmaker.

 

I have one of those fake edge pros. I did not think the stones were terrible, but I am not stone-o-phile, so I am sure wrong on that. I have gotten shaving sharp edges on the knives I have tried. I did not feel the coarse stone that came with it was very efficient though. I am waiting for some coarse diamond stones to come in that I think I can retrofit for establishing a bevel.

 

I'm a big fan of the Spyderco for pocket knives. So easy, and puts a very good edge on them, especially carbon blades.

I will probably get in trouble here, but they can also work well on Japanese kitchen knives. The trick is to use the 15 degree side which is intended for the secondary bevel on western knives. Doing this, and then a final finishing pass on a coticule with just water, then CrOx, then strop, I have been able to get a Jknife to shave my face well enough.