Love my Sharpmaker!

[enduraguy]

I've known of this sharpening system for years now, but only recently got one. Last week actually. Had my Pacific Salt that needed a sharpening and within a few minutes, I had it back to a shaving sharp edge. I also touched up my wife's Delica and got the same result. I'm no longer anxious to use my knives and am actually more excited to use them. I was never able to so easily get such great results from sharpening before now. I love it! BIG thumbs up to Spyderco for making such a wonderful, user friendly product.

[jabba359]

I'm also a big fan of the sharpmaker. Simple to use, yet you can get great results! Having a sharpmaker has also made me more excited to use my knives now that I don't have to worry about them getting dull. It sounds like you are enjoying yours as much as I enjoy mine. The kitchen knives have also never been as sharp as they are now!

[Handwrecker]

The Sharpmaker is wonderful. Very easy to learn, and provides very nice results. One of the biggest plusses has been how easy it is to keep adding new steps to. For example, I started with the medium through ultra fine rods for just touching up my edge. Then, I added the diamond rods for any chips or dings, plus I've even used them to completely reprofile a few blades. That took some time. Now, as I've learned how nice and sharp a fully reprofiled and polished bevel is, I decided to snag some of the Congress hones and binder clips, to really get my reprofile on!

Just use light pressure and try and keep your knife angle as consistent as possible, and you'll be amazed how sharp you'll be getting your blades.

[Water Bug]

Congratulations! Yes, the Spyderco Sharpmaker is such a cool piece! I've been able to resharpen the very dull edges of kitchen knives and with very good results.

If you don't have them already, the Spyderco Diamond Triangle Stones are a must, in my opinion.

[cesar]

I feel the same feeling about my Sharpmaker! Good buy!

Cesar

[CanisMajor]

Sharpmaker is fantastic. I just got the Diamond Rods, as Water Bug said, they are a must.

Canis

[Emcee Bunzing]

Getting a sharpmaker was definitely a pivotal moment for me it helped start me down the path of quality knives and scary sharp edges. i carry mine in my motorbike bag to work and i use it every day for everything from my trusty spyders to chisels to drill bits and even the kitchen knives at my local lunch spot. I have an edge pro now for re-profiling but the sharpmaker is still my go-to for touching all my edges up. And i agree the diamond rods are a must, i generally only use the diamonds and the fines. Its simple, easy to use, gets great results and is inexpensive, what's not to love?

[sal]

Thanx Enduraguy,

The goal with the Sharpmaker was not only to provide a simple versatile method of restoring an edge, but to also be a tool for "edge-u-cating" our customers on edge geometry.

sal

[Dr. Snubnose]

I'm a big fan of the sharpmaker...and I sharpen anything that has a blade to it with it.... Axes, Lawn Mower Blades, Potato peelers, paper cutting machine, darts, etc etc etc .....sometimes I use the stones free hand for certain products...Doc :D

[enduraguy]

What number designation is for these diamond triangle stones? Thanks.

[Water Bug]

What number designation is for these diamond triangle stones? Thanks.

Spyderco Triangle Sharpmaker (Diamond) - 204D

http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=79

[John_is_my_name]

I love mine too and feel the exact same way, about feeling eager to use my knife because I know I can sharpen it to a great edge when it needs it.

Thanks Sal!

[unit]

It would be interesting to know about how many of these sharpmakers are out there. I am sure there are MANY users enjoying the simplicity of the design.

[GEC]

I just got mine 2 days ago in the mail! I love this system! It's so easy so to use and I'm a guy who learned on using bench oil/ water stones! Now I just pull out the sharpmaker and go to town without the mess.
In the near future I'm going to get some diamond rods for it and reprofile most of my blades just because I can! Lol
Thanks Spyderco!

[Zatx]

I both love it and hate it.

Love the simple design and apparent ease of sharpening my knives.

Hate it because despite how easy it appears I can't sharpen my knives worth a darn.

[defenestrate]

Hate it because despite how easy it appears I can't sharpen my knives worth a darn.

Some knives have a more blunt edge than 40 degrees, and you can end up feeling that either you or the Sharpmaker are defective. Try the Sharpie trick, as described by others, and see what results you get. I have some blades (usually cheap or highly convexed) that seem at a glance like they'd work and they wont because the medium stone will fill up with steel before it really hits the edge right.

The sharpmaker is surely the easiest way to maintain a nice edge on :spyder: or other knives with most common edge geometries. for a blunted or poorly ground edge, reprofiling may be necessary and the SM204 can do this fairly well with diamond stones, but YMMV and without seeing an edge and trying it I couldn't speak to its ease with any particular non- :spyder: knife. It can also, however, be used like a benchstone and one can do pretty much whatever angle they want.