Thread: Lansky System

Just got the feeling that it could be made sharper. Just trying things out. For fun.

Originally Posted by Kalecommando

Just got the feeling that it could be made sharper. Just trying things out. For fun.

Fair enough...always good to have a proven reference point though

All of the knife sharpening systems are designed to solve one of the biggest problems with sharpening knives: maintaining a consistent angle.

When sharpening a razor, the razor itself is designed to get the angle correct. The razor eliminates the need for any type of guide.

The utility of a sharpening system for razors, then, is how useful the stones are for polishing a razor's edge. This is a matter of being large enough to keep the razor flat on the stone and of a grit appropriate to razors.
I'm not sure if the Lansky systems have different sizes of stones, or how high they go in grit; the system I used to have had stones that would be too small for razors and in grits too coarse. The finest stone in that kit may have been useful as a bevel setter, had it been big enough for razors. As small as it was, it would have been good for making uneven and frowning bevels.

I make knives & have made a few razors. I hone razors and sharpen knives. I use the spine on razors & use a Smith (lansky knock off) sharpening system on my custom knives for an uniform bevel.

What's my point? Knife sharpening systems are for knives & work great just as HSNB pointed out...razors have their system built in. Try as much as you wish with those knife sharpening systems on razors...any veteran honer will be able to put a better shaving edge on a razor than any sharpening system. It's been proven time and time again...

Originally Posted by HNSB

The utility of a sharpening system for razors, then, is how useful the stones are for polishing a razor's edge. This is a matter of being large enough to keep the razor flat on the stone and of a grit appropriate to razors.

I have the Lansky system, and I like it. I use it strictly for knives, and would not dream of bringing my razors to it, for the reasons mentioned above by HNSB

I'll never be able to figure out why guys try and engineer some Rube Goldberg system to do something when we have a very simple way that does the job 100%.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I'll never be able to figure out why guys try and engineer some Rube Goldberg system to do something when we have a very simple way that does the job 100%.

I have been thinking the same for some time now but hesitated to express the same.
There is sooooo much information here to help those that want to learn the proper way
To each his own I guess?

I'd say to think outside the as much as possible just as long you learn the the inside of the box first. Gives u better perspective I think. Just an opinion.

Razor hones are for straight razors and knife sharpening systems are for knives.
I use the Gatco system for my knives as the stones are wider and I feel I have more control than when I use the Lansky system.
Just my humble opinion, for what it's worth.

tinkersd

Waste of time. Get a Norton 1000 and a combo 4k/8k and you are set.
For knives I use a 1 x 30 belt sander with 600, 800, and 1000 grit belts followed by a leather belt strop on the belt sander.
Sharpest knives I have ever used.