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Hey Cliff,

Thank you so much for taking the time to dialog on this topic. I have learned so much from your postings and your videos! Also, you prevented my purchasing something I did not necessarily need and probably would have ruined while sharpening.

I think your question about the other chef's ...

Hey Cliff,

Well, my wife chopped a moderate amount of veggies. Now the blade will barely slice a telephone book page. I followed your steps above and thought I did it correctly. Please take a look at the attached photos and see if you can spot what I am doing wrong.

I did notice that my wife used ...

Hey Cliff,

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all of this for me! Late last night I followed the steps you have recommended and today or tomorrow my wife will test to see if I have completed them correctly. I will let you now the out come.

Also, I have a USB microscope on order ...

[Before you invest in a new knife there is likely some issues with the sharpening if they are going blunt that fast. I would suspect that the edge is rolled and it is being aligned and not actually sharpened on the Sharpmaker as the knives are behaving just like they were steeled.]

I think you may ...

Wow! There is so much Knife Knowledge & Experience on this forum. I have learned so much from you folks and have begun applying this new knowledge to my own sharpening efforts. Below is a composite of what you have shared on this thread.

Rule# 1: Safety First
Use the Safety Rods. Murphy's Laws ...

Oh, please don't laugh. I am using a block set of Oster's that are about 6 years old. Both the drop point and curved 8" chef's knives have what looks to be rust under the microscope (40X) about an inch from the tips. Okay, now avert your eyes... Before I became enlightened to Spyderco knives and the ...

I would like to upgrade my chef's knife at home to something that will better hold an edge. At the same time I would like to use my SharpMaker to keep it sharp. Unless I am missing something Spyderco does not make kitchen cutlery so I am looking for a recommendation that will run me less than, let's ...

Thank you all so much for all the tips and tricks. I have attempted to summarize your responses, adding a few of my own, in the list below. Please let me know if I have missed any. Later I will expand on each point and post on the forum for further feed-back.


-Keep the triangle rods clean ...

Thank you so much for this tip. I typically use the island top in my kitchen as it is just about waist level. I will have to re-think where I am doing my sharpening or perhaps mount the Sharpmaker to a board of some size for stabilization.

It is interesting that you use two hands. For my 8" kitchen ...

As I shared in another earlier post in the forum I am just begining to learn how to use the Sharpmaker. I re-profiled two kitchen/chef's knives that I "mangled" earlier with a very cheap sharpener and was able to get pretty good results all the way through the Ultra Fine Triangle Rods.

Later this ...

Fortunately I fly very little any more so this is not a problem. However, if I run a contract that requires that kind of travel in the future I will place a knife in my suit case and check it the first time as opposed to carry-on just to get one on-site.

God'sMyJudge wrote:that is a cool story. so... what is the knife?

I am not sure of the brand as the only markings are on the blade with "440" on one side and "China" on the other.

I though some of you might enjoy this true story:

Most of last year I was contracted as a civilian consultant to a major metropolitan police department. This required me to fly from my home-base each week to the client city and, you guessed correctly, I was unable to take my EDC folder with me on ...

Thank you so much for your rapid responses. Being so new to Spyderco products and sharpening in general I am certain I will have more questions. So, please be patient with my novice-ness. (smile)

I have the SharpMaker and while I am brand new to sharpening knives I have used it get my kitchen knives much sharper. I recently ordered a Tenacious plain edge and know that at some point it will need to be sharpened. What angle should I use on the Tenacious with the SharpMaker? What other tips do ...