Best knife sharpener
 

What is the BEST and easiest to use knife sharpener on the market. Something that will put close to a factory edge on a knife and will bd razor sharp. Not some science project that has 20 page instruction manual. I'm leaning toward electric sharpeners by smiths and chief choice . Any input would be great.

Not 20 pages, but a simple mouse pad and sand paper: http://jungletraining.com/forums/sho...ghlight=convex

Good luck.

Sound's like a lot of work to me. I use a 6'' fine file, a sharpening stick and a fine grit hone stone. Comes out razor sharp.

Check out the chefs choice electric sharpener. I have 2 friends who use them and both sharpen my hunting knives and they come back really sharp. Plus it only takes about 5 minutes. There model has 3 slot. The first one is not necessary if your knife is maintained. Just the last two (I think the last one is s strop). Either way it is easy to use and does a good job. The last time I read the reviews after a google search there were several web sites that said it was one of the best home use electric sharpeners.

Until he dies my Pop.

I Second the sand paper and mousepad for smaller knives. Chef choice is good for large knives with straight edges, kitchen knives, boning knives,large fillet knives, fast and puts a good edge on. For intermediate sized knives(i.e buck 110 folder to 7 inch fillet knives) a simple wood block with angled holes for ceramic crock sticks works good and is cheap. This is the simplest method and most foolproof for a beginner and probably what you should get. Just move in a straight down slicing motion and it sharpens the knife at the right angle, just takes time. But for smaller knives and knives with variable edges the sandpaper and mouse pad seem to work best and you get all you need for 5 bucks. All of the other methods require some cash outlays, some quite sizeable.Stay away from those carbide cutter sharpeners, they can really screw up a good blade. They are only good for bait knives or chinese kitchen knives and such which will be tossed at the end of their short useful lives. IMO

This isn't cheap but it works wonders.

I bought one almost a year ago.

http://www.truhone.com/store/pc/view...3&idproduct=92

I could just throw my knife away and buy a new one every time I kill a deer and I would still be money ahead over buying that!:lolabove:

That maybe. It depends what you want or need that sharpener for. I plan on making money with it.

You can also find it allot cheaper searching on line for a dealer. It was 919.00 when I got mine last Dec. I used www.surehatch.com

Kirch, I just purchased a LANSKY 5-stone precision knife sharpener set. The sytem is easy to use & costs around $35. It works great on all our knives. If you spend about 10 extra minutes using the fine and extra fine (yellow) on each knife, the edge comes out pretty close to factory sharp.
To resharpen say 3 or four knives (after an elk for example) it takes me about 45-60 minutes or two beers, and all knives are ready again for next years hunt.
Hope this helps. Jimsmokepole

Lansky Precision Sharpening system with 5 stones (ex. course, course, Med. Fine and ex. fine) costs about $35 and works great on all our knives. Give the fine & ex. fine an extra 10 minutes and the edge is pretty close to factory sharp.
jimsmokepole

+1 for the Lansky 5 stone kit. I sharpened a knife for my roommate sunday to shave your arm sharp in about 10-15 minutes and only got down to the 4th stone did not use the 5th one. Takes a little bit to figure it out but once you do it is an awesome kit. I am usually happy with the sharpness I get out of it just going to the 4th stone, but a friend of mine was jacking around with his knife and used the 15 degree edge and went all the way to the 5th stone and it was scary sharp when he was done. Highly recommend the Lansky.

Arkansas shapening stones can make a knife
 

It's the old way. Learned from a professional cutlery man on one visit and never looked back.
Got the urge today. Resharpened, many very quickly, some fishing, hunting and personal knives today. Moved on to two butcher knives and three paring knives. I'd rather sharpen a knife than look at an expensive one.

What are ya considering the old way. To me it would mean an arkansas stone.

I use sandpaper and a leather strop.

I use the Spyderco Sharpmaker for Everything. I have been sharpening knives for 25+ years and always used the vintage crock stick style sharpeners. The sharpmaker is just an improvement of a tried and true design. It offers a 30 degree and a 40 degree sharpening angles. You can also sharpen scissors, fish hooks, etc. They run about $50, but well worth it. I also picked up the ultra fine stones and these put a mirror polish on the edge and also add that extra hair popping edge. The also make diamond coated rods for heavy reprofiling, but I never got them. The rough brown stones will work for that, just takes some extra time.

knife sharpeners are usually hard surfaces as well as soft ones with hard granules or particles used to polish and edge of the knife. You can choose from diamond sharpeners, electrics ones and many others from a hardware store easily..

an arkansas stone and a butcher steel is the best way I know how to sharpen a knife and is the cheapest. I bought a set of 3 stones mounted on cider block with a stand for 15.00 about 18 yrs ago and have yet to sharpen a knife that wasnt better than the factory edge. I learned years ago that its not the stones but how you hold the knife and the angle that puts the best edge on the knife.

I have a Spyderco Sharpmaker. I will never look at anything else, well maybe a leather strop.

wet stone and leather strap for me.

Lansky or gatco sharpeners are both easy and effective.

A good steel is a must for touching up any knife IMO

Some like the belt ones they sell Stay sharp or something I saw was selling at cabelas for 100 bucks. A friend has a commercial version it does a nice job but he has to change the belts which to me seems kinda time consuming when I can just hone and lathe or steel. Each his own though

The sharpener I got for Christmas is a smiths precision sharpening kit. Takes about 10 mins to sharpen to a razor edge but you won't get much better I guarantee it

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blad...hey-worth.html Didn't feel like retyping this message, but I just got the Work Sharp WSKTS, and typed about it in this thread.

I have a lansky and a smiths system, they will both get a knife scary sharp in about 10 mins once you figure it out, I have the bald spot on my arm to prove it lol.


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I've found the best knife sharpening system is the Lansky Kit and I follow that with a ceramic or diamond stone and a leather strop. When finished your knife will be shaving sharp. And once done, it will be much easier to resharpen with just the diamond or ceramic.

In my opinion, the best sharpening system is the Chef's Choice electrical sharpener M130 model. It's quite expensive, beware, at abou 200$ I think, but it enabled even a novice to have razor sharp edges with minimal effort involved - the instructions are pretty clear.

An "Arkansas" stone .... one medium and one fine .... any light weight oil from a special honing type oil to 3-in-1. A well designed diamond sust sharpener will work well too.

A key is to not let the blade dull out in the first place ... learn to hold the proper angle ... doesn't take a lot of pressure. Take you time with the stroke, keeping it precise and develop a "feel" the metal against the stone and you'll have a super sharp knife in only a few strokes. There are lots of good instructions on how to use a stone sharpener.

Either crock sticks , like all good auto stores have or a Spyderco sharpmaker. With either setup all you do is keep your knife straight and drag the blade down the stone.

I use one for my cheap-o cooking knives, but wouldn't touch it to my nice knives.

+1

I've tried some other much more expspensive systems and the Accusharp works as well as most and better than quite a few fancier sharpeners. For any knife you use a a tool (meaning, not a collectable), this is the way to go. Incredibly simple to use and puts close to a razor edge on my hunting knives.

Buck used to make a small version of the Accusharp that you can carry with you. Don't know if they still do.

I got a Chef's Choice electric sharpener for Xmas last year. It works great without taking too much off of the blade. It even allows you to select the bevel angle for different blades. Works well on my chef and paring knives. Here's a review I found of it if you're interested.

I've used work sharp and can easily say it's one of the best to sharpen all the types of knife blades that you have. I've seen it sharpening a blade the size of a sword and it works really well.

There are really some very good reviews @ http://www.bestknifesharpeners.net

Use the bottom rim of a ceramic coffee cup. Works for me

Lansky diamond system.

The same great Lansky edge but accomplished quite a bit quicker. The deluxe 5 stone kit is about 100 bucks and less fancy models ( 3 stone ) can be had for much less. Actually the 3 stone unit will do everything you need.

I have both the lansky and the spyderco ...the lansky has not been out of the box for years.
Then I bought a Havalon.... not looking back...
heavy work knives I use the spyderco
Skinning and caping havalon all the way

Best Sharpener
 

It may sound funny to some, but I went to Ace hardware and, on a whim, purchased an Accu-Sharp sharpener for $9.99. I'll tell you what, it was the best $10 bucks I ever spent. I had a new Ontario Airforce survival knife that I'd left in the box for a couple years because when I got it, the edge was very dull, and I knew that putting a good edge on it takes awhile. I tried the Accu-Sharp on it, and BAMM!!! It's like a razor after several strokes. I use it on all my hunting/skinning/filet knives now. Also bought an extra for my hunting bag. $10, you get a good sharpener, and save money. What more could we ask for?

Accusharp keeps knife makers in business by eating knives for breakfast. I got when when I was a teenager because it did put a decent edge on my knives very quickly, but I failed to realize how quickly you can eat through tough steel with tungsten carbide. I severely wore out many of my knives before I even realized what I was doing was so egregious. I use my WSKTS for big blades like axe, hatchet, etc. and Arkansas stones on anything I care about lasting for a while. I do however, have a new KME system en route that I am extremely excited about. It seems to be the most consistent and cost effective solution to take the human error out of sharpening. If you guys want to take a look at it, go to http://KMEsharp.com and watch the videos on youtube. BB