Last night I went through my entire collection and pulled any knife that didn't feel freshly sharpened. Also pulled any knife with a rough pivot, blade play, loose clip etc.
I had some knives I hadn't been carrying because the pivots were rough and gritty. Others that weren't being carried because the edge was pretty dull. Others that had too thick of a microbevel and needed the edge reset.
Addressed issues in 18 different knives.
Got 15 of them knocked out in a little over an hour last night, and had 3 to finish up tonight.
Last nights maintenance:
Street Bowie - Dull edge - touched up on a 180 grit diamond stone until it shaved.
Aqua Salt - Dull edge - touched up on a 180 grit diamond stone until it shaved.
Ronin 2 - Slightly dull - touched up on the 180 grit stone, minimized the burr, then gave it one stroke per side on the medium stone.
Perrin Baby Bowie - Slightly dull. One of the few knives I keep with a polished apex. 10 strokes per side on the fine white rods. Laser.
Street Beat - Microbevel wasn't so micro, edge wasn't too sharp. 50 strokes per side on the 180 grit stone completely reset the edge. 10 feather light strokes on my 260 grit diamond stone gave it an aggressive, toothy edge that will not slip off materials being cut like the thicker, more polished edge I ground off. Best edge this street beat has ever had applied.
PE H1 Pacific Salt - Dulled edge. Carried frequently on the job, the edge had been dulled after repeated contact with bone. Still cut ok, but could be better. 10 strokes per side on the 180 grit stone gave it an aggressive, hair popping sharp edge so I didn't follow up past that.
M4 Native Chief - side to side play and a not so great edge. Tightened up the pivot and gave it loc-tite. Edge is still a factory angled bevel I've been touching up at 20 degrees on the sharpmaker. I'll reprofile it another day - for now 20 strokes per side on the white rods got it sharp enough to send hairs flying without touching my skin.
Police 3 PE - Just needed touched up. Another knife I keep polished. It got 10 strokes per side on the fine rods.
Police 4 K390 / Pakkawood - Dull. Completely ground off the microbevel on the 180 grit, then refined the bevel up to 260 grit. Nothing beyond that. Very toothy and aggressive shaving sharp edge. Based on experience this should be the last time I sharpen this knife in 2021 - K390 holds toothy edges extremely long.
G10 PE Resilience - A bit dull. Did about 8-10 strokes per side on the 180 grit stone, then one stroke per side on the medium sharpmaker rods. Spydercos 8Cr takes an extremely aggressive edge for me - it's a pleasure to sharpen.
FRN CE Resilience - Bevels needed work. When I reprofile this one last week there was a small part in the belly that wasn't completely apexed. Finished it up on the 180 grit stone, deburred as best I could, then gave the entire edge two strokes per side on the corner of the white rods. I've got highly polished serrations that push cut or slice with ease, and a toothy / polished PE portion that does the same. Extremely versatile edge.
DLC Military - Just needed a touch-up. Apex was quite toothy but slightly dull - one stroke per side on the brown rods at 20 degrees got it much sharper without grinding out the microserrations.
SE H1 Pacific Salt 2 - Needed a touch-up. 5 strokes per side on the white rods got it back to cleanly shaving. This is my most used Pacific 2 so the serrations are fairly rounded off, so I can check this one for shaving sharpness easily.
Modded Manix XL S30V - Needed a touch up. 10 strokes per side on the medium rods got it right.
Manix XL M4 DLC - Needed lots of love. Have a good bevel set but had been sharpened repeatedly at 20 degrees since. Apex was dull, overly polished, and too thick. Ground it on the 180 grit plate until there was no trace of a microbevel. Apexed with feather light strokes on the same stone, then followed up with one stroke per side on the fine rod corners. Polished enough to send hairs flying without touching my skin but very jagged and rough feeling apex if I run my nail along it. Excited to put this edge to work, it turned out really good.
Yojumbo DLC - Needed touched up. Originally sharpened it to 15 degrees on the sharpmaker diamond rods then stropped. This time used my 180 grit plate as it leavesa more aggressive edge than the sharpmaker rods, though the latter is likely just worn from use. Followed up with one stroke per side on the white rods. Very toothy and aggressive edge - love how this knife cuts with that sort of finish.
Todays maintenance:
Native Chief Rex45 - Oh man....rough pivot, tons of play, dull edge. First I reset the edge on the 180 grit stone then followed up with one stroke per side on the medium rods. Very toothy and aggressive while also cleanly shaving. Then I stripped it down, soaked everything in rubbing alcohol, and scrubbed every part. Put it back together dry, then once assembled put one generous drop of mineral oil into the pivot and worked the blade back and forth.
Police 4 K390 FRN - Never did put a good bevel on this one. Got it 90% of the way there but there's still a hint of microbevel on the show side to grind off. Once the apex is reset I plan to put a high polish on this one to contrast with the toothy pakkawood Police.
SE LC200N Pacific Salt - Basically haven't ever carried this one because the SE was so spikey it snagged on anything I've ever cut with it. I'm about 80% done taking it down to 15 degrees on the diamond rods and rounding out the serration pattern in the process. I plan to give it a lot of pocket time once I get a good edge on it.
Normally I like carrying the same knife day to day. Carried the Yojumbo from the day I got it to the day I got my CE Resilience, then carried the Resilience every day since.
But man, going through all these nice knives sure made me feel guilty for not carrying some of them more often. Rocked the K390/pakkawood Police this morning, cut a few things with the M4 Manix this afternoon, and have been carrying thr Rex45 Chief all evening
's in 10 different steels
Spyderco : Resilience, Tenacious, Persistence, Manix 2 G10, Para 3 G10, Para 3 LW, Paramilitary 2, 
