Thread: How do you sharpen your EDC knives?

On my Jnats or some small ceramic thing.

Does it hurt the hones yall use for razors to use them on your knives? For those who use your razor hones on knives that is.

Mine was bad. I havent sharpened it in probably 4 or 5 months, and I use knives quite a bit. The sharpeners I have just flat suck so today I used 1000 grit sandpaper followed off by a piece of leather with some CroOx on it just to see what would happen. I think I turned the Scandi grind into a convex grind, but it slices through paper really easily now and it put a new point on the blade that hasnt been on there since I bought the knife. Im just a little disappointed because it wore down alot of the TiNi finish on the blade, but I guess I can live with that. Im wondering how long the convex will hold up over Scandi. That will decide if I stay with this grind or put a Scandi grind back on it.

I got one of those lansky sets. I use it for most of my knives that I don't really care about, cheap pocket knives and so. For my nicer knives I use real hones. I have planned to upgrade to the edge pro set, just haven't gotten around to it yet

My Knives are just pocket knives,stuff I use to cut cardboard and stuff in the yard,A few swipes on a round diamond steel works for me.

Norton combination oilstones, crystolon, Carborundums up to & including 1000 grit, finish on a beat up Swaty.
There are a hundred different choices out there, a good Norton combo can cost $20.00 & last you forever with that one knife.
I never run my EDC knife through a slotted tungsten carbide cutter; the thought alone gives me the shakes, should be a law against it, punishable by a beaten with a
cat–o'–nine tails.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Norton combination oilstones, crystolon, Carborundums up to & including 1000 grit, finish on a beat up Swaty.
There are a hundred different choices out there, a good Norton combo can cost $20.00 & last you forever with that one knife.
I never run my EDC knife through a slotted tungsten carbide cutter; the thought alone gives me the shakes, should be a law against it, punishable by a beaten with a
cat–o'–nine tails.

They make the edge look like a saw!

Pixel,
That knife in the middle is a Buck Esquire, isn't it?

I use the syperco sharpmaker. Good for quick touch-ups assuming you have a good starting grind. One of the easiest learning curves and fairly inexpensive.

Downside: Really not suited to any heavy work like re-profiling.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Pixel,
That knife in the middle is a Buck Esquire, isn't it?

Not a clue,marked buck 501,actually I find those Carbide gizzies to work well,not for sharpening,but they set a perfect intial bevel to work on.

Yes, it's a Squire, not Esquire, my bad. Good little knives.

Yes they do, because they "shave" off the dang metal.