Can anyone recommend a good product to use for sharpening the blade?
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I have been using a right angle grinder (4-5") with a metal grinding blade. You hold the blade down in vise and put an edge on the blade with the grinder. Need to be careful to remove equal amounts on each side to keep it in balance like a lawn mower blade or you will ruin the motor by causing an imbalance.
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You can buy the Fiskars hand held sharpener pretty cheap and that works really well!!!
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I use a diamond rod to sharpen most all my blades. It allows you to hit any dips ,curves,angles , you get the point
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Any oil will work, I use CLP because it's what I have for firearms too, Remoil or Ballistol are both at most stores and would work too. Any sharpening system with a few different stones should work.
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I personally use a simple hand sharpener for garden tools to keep a good edge that isn't so thin it curls up when used. But I recommend to keep in mind this is a survival tool and anything hard enough to wear away tool steel will work.
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Any sharpener will work. I dont get caught up in trying to get them so sharp that you can shave with a knife. Just add a light drop of oil on each side and spread it with you finger. Any gun or household oil will work. I use Ballistol because its what I haveon hand here but any oil will work.
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Folks there is a special sharpener for mower blades. Start by checking out Smith's 50119 Mower Blade Sharpener.
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Probably Japanese sharpening stones are best, but they cost almost as much as this knife. Mac Knife company(Japan) recommends the Fiskars sharpening roller which I also love. I think it is also called a "kitchen devil". They are only $12.00 and they are super quick. I know two chefs that use them on their very expensive Japanese knives. It's on the net. Jeff
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000B8IEA4?pc_redir=1407309288&robot;_redir=1Lansky 5 stage sharpening kit. This is an EXCELLENT, affordable sharpening kit.If you get the serrated version, lansky sells a separate serration stone also
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I use a Spyderco Sharpmaker for it. It's fairly inexpensive and the easiest sharpening method. As far as not needing to sharpen it because it has a "SpyderEdge," that's total nonsense. It's a blade. Blades dull with use. Blades need to be sharpened.
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Dear SG, I'm not very good either, at sharpening. So I bought one of the relatively inexpensive ceramic rod sharpeners. they have a plastic frame that holds the knife at about twenty degrees, all you have to remember is to pass the blade over the rod aproximately the same number of strokes for each side to keep them even. You can't really mess up to bad, just set the sharpener on a flat surface and run the blade it's full length on the ceramic rod, use aproximately the same presure on each side of blade. Not much pressure is required. You will notice as t he blade is sharpened it will get more and more shinny on the cutting edge. No oil or water is necessary on these types of sharpeners as would be on a traditiional stone.The edge you can get with six or seven passes on each side of blade should be plenty sharpe enough for the average job.Don't let the blade get too dull between sharpening as it lenthens the amount of time necessary to bring up a good cutting edge. Best of luck on it, start off with your cheapest blade even though the chances of doing any harm are small. Gary petersen
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Yes, I use the AccuSharp Knife Sharpener, http://amzn.com/B00004VWKQ , which works very well then I hone it with a ceramic rod, http://amzn.com/B001GW9FW0
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I use an accu-sharp knife and tool sharpener. It does a fantastic job on this particular blade. When you see one; the way it is used is pretty self-explanatory.
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It didn't work well for me either. I took off a lot of steel shavings using it but it was never razor sharp. Try a stone. I wonder if you run it through their sharpener then a stone if it doesn't sharpen up quick.
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I use the Lansky sharpening system and sharpen it by sections. I've also used the diamond edge "steel" to rought it in before I finished it. Works great for me!
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Depending on how sharp it is. If it is really dull then you will need a wet stone, shun have one with 2 sides for sharpening and one for honeing. If it is still quite you can just get a dimond steel the sharpen it after a couple of uses, Thats what I do with my old shun 25cm chefs knife and ive had that for 9 yrs.
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Hi, there is a store, near where I live, that sells knives, scissors, & other such accessories; that sharpens clipper blades.Good luck.