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I,ve put this up somewhere else regarding knife sharpening and this is what I use most of the time had it years and it's still doing the biz if I want to go absolutely paper slicing mental I do it on my belt sander, nice thing about the blade tech it just goes round your neck on a lanyard so you can have a few rubs over your blade if your doing your field dressing or skinning out and about trouble is as I get older I have so many great gadgets to hang round my neck I can't move to catch anything

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Bladetec will strip the outer layer, exposing the core on any decent multi layer knife and fuuck it up!

Brilliant things for cheap knives though ;)

but does,nt all sharpening methods remove metal ?
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after trying lots of sharpeners i am having good success with spyderco sharpmaker, the secret seems to be dont let it get blunt i give it a sweeten up regular

I'll second a Spyderco sharpmaker if your knife has the right edge profile. If not you can buy diamond stones for the set to regrind the edges. It keeps my folding knives razor sharp.
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I use the lansky system these days as using an oil stone took me too long to get a suitable edge. It locks the blade at a few different angles, depending on type of knife, purpose, etc and uses a guide so it is basically idiot proof. It gets the blades shaving sharp, which is good but I have seen some people get a much better edge hand sharpening. I believe a good stone makes a big difference. Some stones are ridiculously expensive.

Edited to add the lansky system's sharpening surface is synthetic oil stones with different grades of grit.

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oil stone and a good steel is the best way to get the sharpest knife and it will stay sharp for longer.anything else is only good for not alot of work.basically there shit.

Spot on! If you have a cheap field knife crack on with all your knive sharpeners but if you value your knife learn how to use the correct grade of stones and keep sharp with regular use of a steel.

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oil stone and a good steel is the best way to get the sharpest knife and it will stay sharp for longer.anything else is only good for not alot of work.basically there shit.

ive recently brought a dry stone thats done the job tidy. do you think a oil stone would be any better?

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I use a DMT diamond bench whetstone (red one/fine) if the knife has really lost it's edge, and use a good butchers steel to keep them sharp. Use the whetstone for all my chisels, plane blades etc. Had it about 15 years and it has done a lot of work but is almost worn out now.

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oil stone and a good steel is the best way to get the sharpest knife and it will stay sharp for longer.anything else is only good for not alot of work.basically there shit.

Spot on! If you have a cheap field knife crack on with all your knive sharpeners but if you value your knife learn how to use the correct grade of stones and keep sharp with regular use of a steel.

 

GOD knows ive tried Dido,cant get the hang of getting a real sharp edge,i get them reasonably ok but never 100%...the best result ive had was from rubbing the blades on the top of the car window lol..

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