Dr Blazer
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Please don't yell at me, but feel free to make fun of me or laugh at me. I'm happy just to see other people laughing. I don't care if you're laughing with me or if you're laughing at me, as long as you are laughing.
Anyway, I have been using a Spyderco Sharpmaker for a couple months. I've been practicing with cheap steel knives (440C, 420HC, 14C28N, Aus 8, etc.) In general, I mainly use it to touch-up my knives (along with stropping). It's worked really well for resharpening/re-polishing/touching-up (I'm terrible at remembering the names of everything) my knives, even my knives with M390. I think the Spyderco Sharpmaker does that very well, with some help from stropping after I'm done using the Sharpmaker. I have not tried using it to resurface knives with anything better than 14C28N. That being said, I'd like to resurface my Kershaw Launch 4 Damascus because it came extremely dull with a micro-edge. I'd prefer the edge to be a little deeper/wider. I also have the CBN rods for the Sharpmaker but I haven't used them too many times.
That brings me to my question. I can't remember the name of the company(s) (I know there's at least one) that make(s) rods that fit and work with the Spyderco Sharpmaker. I tried doing a search, but I failed at finding it. I think the name was something like Edge Master (I know it's not Wicked Edge) or something like that. I remember reading about them being relatively cheap, like $5 or $6. I would like to know the names of the rods & where I can buy them. I'd like to get more rods with smaller differences in grit sizes between rods (I.E. 10 micron, 20 micron, 40 micron, 100 micron, 200 micron, 400 micron, 600 micron, 800 micron, etc). I know that it's not necessary, but I'd like to start using more rods to observe the differences that small changes in grit provide, although sometimes it will be unnoticeable. I have the CBN rods and one of the Ultra Fine Grit Rods as well as the medium & fine grit rods that came with the Sharpmaker. I want to know if any rods are made with lower & higher grit and if there are any rods with different grit than the rods that Spyderco makes.
I highly appreciate any help that you can give me.
Thanks,
Blair
Anyway, I have been using a Spyderco Sharpmaker for a couple months. I've been practicing with cheap steel knives (440C, 420HC, 14C28N, Aus 8, etc.) In general, I mainly use it to touch-up my knives (along with stropping). It's worked really well for resharpening/re-polishing/touching-up (I'm terrible at remembering the names of everything) my knives, even my knives with M390. I think the Spyderco Sharpmaker does that very well, with some help from stropping after I'm done using the Sharpmaker. I have not tried using it to resurface knives with anything better than 14C28N. That being said, I'd like to resurface my Kershaw Launch 4 Damascus because it came extremely dull with a micro-edge. I'd prefer the edge to be a little deeper/wider. I also have the CBN rods for the Sharpmaker but I haven't used them too many times.
That brings me to my question. I can't remember the name of the company(s) (I know there's at least one) that make(s) rods that fit and work with the Spyderco Sharpmaker. I tried doing a search, but I failed at finding it. I think the name was something like Edge Master (I know it's not Wicked Edge) or something like that. I remember reading about them being relatively cheap, like $5 or $6. I would like to know the names of the rods & where I can buy them. I'd like to get more rods with smaller differences in grit sizes between rods (I.E. 10 micron, 20 micron, 40 micron, 100 micron, 200 micron, 400 micron, 600 micron, 800 micron, etc). I know that it's not necessary, but I'd like to start using more rods to observe the differences that small changes in grit provide, although sometimes it will be unnoticeable. I have the CBN rods and one of the Ultra Fine Grit Rods as well as the medium & fine grit rods that came with the Sharpmaker. I want to know if any rods are made with lower & higher grit and if there are any rods with different grit than the rods that Spyderco makes.
I highly appreciate any help that you can give me.
Thanks,
Blair
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