Afraid to Sharpen your Spydie?

[dbcad]

Before becoming comfortable with sharpening I was loath to use the edge on a new Spydie, now they're reprofiled before use

That Kiwi is a thing of beauty :D

[vaisforlovers]

I'm afraid of sharpening my H1 serrated hawkbill Ladybug. It's my only hawkbill and I'm afraid of making it worse rather than better. So far it still has a fantastic working edge, but not scary sharp like some of my others (Superblue Caly and M4 Bradley).

Every other knife has seen the Sharpmaker when needed.

[jmh58]

How can ya enjoy it if you are afraid of losing the edge?? John

[Leif]

If I have a problem with sharpening it is that I do it too frequently! :o There is just something fun about polishing an edge until it is stupid sharp, and keeping it that way.. at all times of course... :p

[chuck_roxas45]

It is hard to eff up a knife with a sharpmaker.

[xceptnl]

Paul's Kiwi was engraved by Antonio Montejano of Albacete, Spain. His website is here

[ChapmanPreferred]

There was a time when I was first getting accustomed to buying such expensive knives that I did not want to mess up the edge. I'm much more relaxed now. :) I got a 203 Sharpmaker in January of 1996. I used and improved my sharpening quite a bit between 2005 and 2007 specifically on the Sharpmaker. I now am confident in multiple ways of sharpening which I have studied since.

[w3tnz]

The first time I re-profile a knife I spend a good few hours taking my time, to align and even the bevels properly, and get a feel for the steel on the stones, a whiskey helps get through some of the tougher super steels . Once that is done sharpmaker makes it dead easy to touch up, damaging my fingers is the only concern at that point. :eek:

[CanadaDude]

I'm still very much a beginner at sharpening. I too was worried about sharpening my Spydie, until I bought a Sharpmaker and watched the videos on Youtube by jdavis882. I just got a large fine whetstone and I am successfully sharpening by hand now as well as on the Sharpmaker.
So far I have learned that VG-10 is easy to sharpen, but to re-profile a knife with something like s30v steel requires diamond grit.
I enjoy the process of sharpening and I do not rush it. It's good to be able to maintain your favorite tools yourself, and do it well.

[Leif]

I would suggest getting a DMT coarse. You can reprofile any steel ever, and you can put extremely aggressive toothy edges on a blade with that stone alone. If it clicks with you you can buy a DMT Fine etc.

[78lilred]

I have actually screwed up the bevel on more than one sprint, so that initial reprofiling always makes me nervous no matter how many times I do it. Aside from that though, I wouldn't say I'm afraid, since sharpening/profiling is usually done before I ever make a single cut with a new knife.

It's a lot more stressful when reprofiling free hand, least for me when I've had too much caffeine.

[bearfacedkiller]

I sharpen every knife I get as soon as possible and keep them very sharp. People talk about out of the box sharpness but I prefer to put my own edge on and out of the box sharpness doesn't mean much to me. Everybody who loves knives does so for different reasons. I enjoy sharpening and am a total geek so I love the science and engineering behind them. This is what drew me to spyderco.

Sharpening is a form of meditation for me.

[Buendia518]

a whiskey helps get through some of the tougher super steels .

I'll keep this in mind. Right now I'm locked in a battle with the bevel on my Chaparral.

[xceptnl]

....a whiskey helps get through some of the tougher super steels

A being the most important part of that statement. I too find it helps me relax before starting a reprofile.

[this_is_nascar]

I'll keep this in mind. Right now I'm locked in a battle with the bevel on my Chaparral.

Please explain...

[Revival]

In the beginning I was very nervous but the more I do it the more comfortable I get. I learned to slow things down which helped me focus. When I first started I didn't want to mess up any of my Spydies but I figure I gotta go for it sooner or later!