jimbo1 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 as per title gents.....whats every ones preference on a half decent sharpener?? wet stone? oil stone? ceramic? carbide? diamond? loads out there to choose from, so...... any advice is much obliged. atb jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 I use a kitchen devil £6 roller on my global kitchen knives, it makes them into shaving razors. It is useless on a folding/hunter/general use knife. For them - Get yourself an A4 piece of marine ply and glue a sheet of course wet and dry on one side and fine on the other. It's surprising what you can do with that for a few pence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Japanese water stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Have a look at the Lansky sharpening kit. It holds the knife still allowing you to use different oil-stones kept at a consistent angle, resulting in a very good edge on all blades. Here is one. Depending on how much your happy to spend you can buy a set with extra stones, either extra course for sorting out blades that are in a bad way, extra fine for an even better finish, or a stone for serrated blades. Edited June 14, 2012 by bedwards1966 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 carbon steel resharpens well,stainless resharpens badley i use a kitchen devill 2 stone wheel sharpener its most xcellent,on our stainless kitchen knives and my chepo crapeeo penknives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 I use a fakaniven DC4 (i think its called), I only use the ceramic side and you can shave with the knife afterwards. It's small though so not good for big blades but It's easy to carry with you. I'm a bit put off by the roller sharpeners as you can't control the angle of the edge unlike stones, which allow you to sharpen different blades easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Take a look at the Lansky kit. It gives you a choice of cutting edge angles and is very easy to use. I've been using Lansky for 6 years now on all my knives (stalking, kitchen & general purpose). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moors Man Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 For nice knives I like japanese water stones but for kitchen and pen knives I use a £10 bladetech. You can easily get on E-bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereside Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 wet stone for me a good one on evilbay is welsh slate its not really expensive. atb wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 I use a fakaniven DC4 (i think its called), I only use the ceramic side and you can shave with the knife afterwards. It's small though so not good for big blades but It's easy to carry with you. I'm a bit put off by the roller sharpeners as you can't control the angle of the edge unlike stones, which allow you to sharpen different blades easily. I've just bought a Fallkniven DC4 from the auction site but it's not arrived yet. I only intend to use it if I'm out, but I've read good things about them. For nice knives I like japanese water stones but for kitchen and pen knives I use a £10 bladetech. You can easily get on E-bay. I agree re the Japanese waterstone, Axminster Tools do some excellent deals on them, much cheaper than anywhere else I've seen. I bought a blade tech a game fair but found it awful - it chewed chunks out the blade and blunted it! Maybe I just got a bad one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halight Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 For nice knives I like japanese water stones but for kitchen and pen knives I use a £10 bladetech. You can easily get on E-bay. Same here mate. The bladetech knife sharpener has been the best one that I have so far come across. It uses carbide to sharpen your blade. I found this to work good on stainless and carbon steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 I use a bladetech but then I also use pretty cheap knives like carbon Opinels. The bladetech puts a lovely edge on them, just don't go too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1 Posted June 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 cheers for the responses lads.....looks like its gonna be the DC4 i reckon !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 cheers for the responses lads.....looks like its gonna be the DC4 i reckon !! My DC4 arrived yesterday and it's brilliant. I've tried all sorts of stones and sharpening systems and it's the best portable one by far. Puts a superb edge on the dullest knife really quickly. All my kitchen knives are now razor sharp after testing it! From now on it will be my Japanese Waterstone for sharpening at home and the DC4 as a back up when I'm out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 I use a martindale file for my Scandigrind knife and a cheap thing I got online which sticks to your work top with a sucker pad for everything else and so far so good the file was about £3 posted and the other thing was £10 posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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