Seriously – just watch it. Don’t carry a dull knife, and don’t carry a tool you don’t use. Once those are in place, make sure you put the brass guide rods into the holes behind the stones. About Knives before launching Nordsmith Knives, channeling his passion for cutlery into new and original knife designs. Setting it up, giving your blade a few swipes, and packing it back up can be done in five minutes. not only for the Sharpmaker, but also for any other kind of sharpening system. If the marker has been removed completely along the apex, then you know you’re hitting the edge. Because brass is a nice, soft material it’s not going to mess up your edge even if you do hit it. If you’re getting into knife collecting or do a lot of work with your knives, a good sharpener is always a sound investment to make sure you get the most out of your blades. Aside from my EDC knife, we also have some incredibly sharp kitchen knives. The Spyderco Sharpmaker. Seriously – just watch it. Once you take the lid off you see all the different parts are right inside. These are very important because if you are moving too quickly and your knife blade does slip, the rods are going to prevent it from catching your hand. The Sharpmaker is incredibly simple to use. I decided that carrying a knife and not using it is silly. I recommend you watch the included video. The Sharpmaker is incredibly simple to use. Some people have found that those more aggressive rods work a little bit better on some of the modern, highly wear, resistant particle steels, at least when setting the bevel before you move onto the finer grits. If you’re still not sure if the Spyderco Sharpmaker is for you, you can always take a look at the many, Buck 110 Slim Pro vs Spyderco Endura (and the 112 Slim Pro vs Delica), Survival/Outdoor Knife & Gear Roundup: 11-14-2020, Happy Thanksgiving + How To Carve A Turkey The Right Way, Combat/Tactical Knife & Gear Roundup: 11/23/2020, Survival/Outdoor Knife & Gear Roundup: 11-7-2020, Survival/Outdoor Knife & Gear Roundup: 10-17-2020. After fourteen years that knife has all kinds of character. These are very important because if you are moving too quickly and your knife blade does slip, the rods are going to prevent it from catching your hand. Dec 17, 2014 #2. leafstorm. Welcome back to another short little post between regular posts. You can take a black marker and color in your edge. I checked in the spyderwiki and unfortunately nothing there. Micro-Preparedness: Store Your Gear in Ready Condition. The first thing you’ll want to do when setting up your Sharpmaker is to place the medium rods in the 40-degree slots for most knives. Simply keep the plane of your knife’s blade vertical and draw the edge along each stone to sharpen. When you are sharpening the scissors, you’re gonna get a little bit of a burr on the opposite side when. My previous knife (my first “nice” knife I ever owned) was carried for over a dozen years and used constantly, for everything, including things it probably shouldn’t have been used for. There’s a bit more to it than that, so be sure to watch the video. That’s a good number to start with but eventually, you’ll actually get a really good feel for it and you’ll know when that edge is ready to move on. Then, take the blade to your sharpening stones and perform a few strokes along eachside. Hold knife straight up and down and stroke edge of the knife in a downward motion from heel to tip on one of the stones. If you’re not quite sure of the exact edge angle on your knife, there’s a trick that works. Registrierte Benutzer sehen hier keine … Further, at least the links show, so if you prefer you can paste them in directly to the address bar without the media codes at either end, i.e. If you’re maintaining the same pressure as you were on the other side, the metal removal won’t be quite as aggressive. Swap out the brown stones with the white fine stones with the corners facing inward. One of the nice things about the Sharpmaker is it comes in a really sleek package. That 30-degree angle on the sharpmaker can also be useful if you want to thin down the shoulders behind the edge on your 40-degree inclusive blade. He spends his days at the Knife Center exploring our warehouse looking for new and interesting things to share with our audience. Place one stone in end hole of base with working surface facing upwards (hole is keyed to use both corners and flats of stones). Ist aber leider keine Bedienungsanleitung dabei (Video auch nicht - aber der soll ja eh nicht so wichtig sein!). At this point, if you’ve gotten your edge where it needs to be with the brown stones before moving to the white, your edge should be hair shaving sharp. Then, take the blade to your sharpening stones and perform a few strokes along eachside. Once you have the use of the Sharpmaker down it’s incredibly fast and easy to use. However, you will primarily sharpen only the ground side of the serrations, periodically hitting the alternate side only to remove the burr that will form. Finally take the lid and place in the slot behind the brass rods, where it forms a nice handhold to keep things stable during use. The trick is simple, though: don’t let your knives get that dull. The “V-shaped” setup of the stones is the reason that the Spyderco Sharpmaker is such an easy device to use.