hopless at knife sharpening

[sakowsm]

hi all
is there someone on here or could anyone recomend me someone that could sharpen my knifes, im hopless make them worse instead of better

atb sakowsm

 

[prudew01]

Hi Sakowsm
I was in a similar position, then I brought a lanskey sharpener kit (I think that how you spell it) it’s very simple to use and only takes a few minutes to keep the edge
best of luck Will

 

[remmy700]

Have you ever tried the Gatco or Lansky sharpener system??

Very easy to use and give great results even in the hands of the worst "sharpeners"!

http://www.gatcosharpeners.com/product/sharp_systems/edgemate_pro_sys.mgi

https://lansky.com/index.php/products/universal-system/

 

[Rotwild]

I'm hopeless at sharpening knives too but I'd love to make my own knife there's been some good posts about knife sharpening when I did a search,

Garry

 

[Eric the Red]

http://www.prosharp.co.uk are really good IMO - they do a cracking job on my kitchen knives when needed.

And my apologies for what seems like a stupid web catch on their www address with this autocomplete thing. prosharp.co.uk.....

 

[digger9523]

I can put a nice edge on them mate, got some nice bench stones to do it. PM me if you're interested. I regularly razorise my mates ones. How many and of what steels are they?

 

[devilishdave]

buy a cheff's choice 120 you can get razor (shaving) sharp your self ijust a few minutes. After the first time you can get the edge back on it it within 30-40 seconds.

Dave

 

[sakowsm]

wow
many thanks to all of you for your input, regards sakowsm

 

[oakleaf]

Not sure if posted on here elsewhere - apologies for being too lazy to look it up before posting. But there is a thread on British Blades and possibly Bushcraft UK under '£5 sharpening kit'. Aside from discussing the kit, covers a little of the theory of what you should be trying to do.
Nothing per se wrong with the Gatco/ Lansky etc type sets - they just provide a means of holding a consistant angle - which tends to be the key.

Hope that helps - good luck.

 

[Eyefor]

I've used the Lansky and until (very) recently I had a Chef's Choice 120 - but I prefer the Spyderco Tri-Angle because the blade angle is consistent for all shapes & sizes of blades plus you can sharpen curved blades like gut openers.

They are about £50 on eBay and lots of info on YouTube like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yVN9lLVPM4

 

[Z-Plex]

Another vote for the Spyderco Sharpmaker. Easy to use and excellent results.

 

[Psyxologos]

hi all
is there someone on here or could anyone recomend me someone that could sharpen my knifes, im hopless make them worse instead of better

atb sakowsm

I am hopeless with knife sharpening too. Thankfully I found a hardware store where they do it for a 5er. Maybe try something like that in your area.