Blade sharpening

[StagLefty]

I recently picked up a few of the diamond hones and have been real pleased with them.

[earplug]

Harbor Freight sells a four sided diamond sharpening block each side has a different grit and it comes with a decent holder.
I have had fine results with this.

[spleify]

Harbor Freight sells a four sided diamond sharpening block each side has a different grit and it comes with a decent holder.
I have had fine results with this.

I will have to check this out, but most Harbor Freight tools are not very inmressive.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Troublco]

I would highly recommend the Lansky sharpening system. It takes nearly all the guesswork out of the process, gives you a sharp knife every time and if you have the right stones you can actually sharpen X-Acto blades if you're careful. This setup has a blade holder that clamps to the blades and provides a guide for the stones, which along with a guide rod you put on the stone (you'd have to see it to really understand what I mean, look at this http://www.lanskysharpeners.com/LKC03.php) gives you repeatable results and you have the choice of ceramic, natural arkansas or diamond stones. You can also get stones specifically for serrated blades. Someone who knows what they're doing can get awesome results just as Greenscout described, but I like this system because it makes it easy for someone who doesn't do this much to get a good edge. I think it's a good system, and mine with the Arkansas stones has served me well for over 15 years. I've considered getting the ceramic stone set just to eliminate the oil, but the natural stones work so well I just haven't bothered.

[Marlin]

^^^^^ I'll second this.. Great system, I have one..

[spleify]

I recently picked up a few of the diamond hones and have been real pleased with them.

Where did you pick this up?

[StagLefty]

Spleify-A 2 sided Smith's with fine and coarse at Gander-about $20. A fine and coarse credit card size and thinness at Woodcrafter's (great for wallet carry) I think these were about $12 each. I'd never used diamond hones until I bought these and have found them to be real good for novice sharpeners like myself. I also have the Lansky system at my house for more detail sharpening.