Thread: Remving a ding when you have no spine....

I need to remove a ding... only its not in my razor. its in my EDC knife. I'm looking for a little info before i "have at it" and make things worse

the knife is composed of a black titanium nitride coated AUS-8 stainless steel tanto blade.

I don't know how aus8 compares to a standard carbon steel razor.

I have a dmt1200 and norton 4k/8k.

because the blade is flat, I cant just rest it on the hone like a razor with spine... I'm not quite sure the best way to hold it to maintain an exact angle all the time...

I'm wondering if I should put a tonne of electrical tape and create a spine as close to the angle of the original bevel..

something tells me whatever I do I'll probably loose the original bevel...

Anyone have any ideas on the best way to clean this up?

Do a search on "how to sharpen a knife". They are sharpened nothing like a straight rzor.

The bevel angle is usually somewhere between ten degrees from the hone to thirty degrees from the hone. You maintain that angle through the same x-pattern honing stroke only by your skill, when using a flat hone or with various available aids that you can purchase. If you hone it like a stright razor with the blade flat on the hone you will end up with an extremely sharp edge that is useless for anything except shaving with. The lower the angle the sharper but more fragile the edge is.

You might want to look into a Lansky Sharpening System if you're not familiar with sharpening a knife properly.

Lansky Sharpeners

They have a video on the site that shows you how to use it.

Originally Posted by graperkins

You might want to look into a Lansky Sharpening System if you're not familiar with sharpening a knife properly.

Lansky Sharpeners

They have a video on the site that shows you how to use it.

I concur. I quite like the lansky system for my pocket knives. I even use them on kitchen knives when I'm not in the mood to break out the waterstones. The angle guides work quite well, but I've gotten accustomed to sharpening without them too.

There are honing guides for waterstones, but all the ones I've seen are designed for chisel and plane blades. Haven't seen any for knives.

Thanks for the info, I actually have "the mini" croc stick in the kitchen drawer. Im not too fond of using those on our cheapo kitchen knives, let alone my edc that I try and look after more Guess I can just pull it through the lansky a few times.

If you're not familiar with the "systems" approach:

• The Lansky Sharpening System (and DMT or Smith sharpening systems) all have a jig that clamps onto the spine of the knife. They will maintain the angle for you. All are available in a diamond version for fast cutting.

+1 on the Lansky.
I work with a bunch of gun and knife guys, but I'm now known as the knife sharpener, simply because I can make good use of the Lansky.

Excellent setup, not too expensive.

My only complaint is that sometimes the clamp slips, depending on the blade, but I've got an idea to fix that with some rubber and glue.
J.