How I Sharpen a Fixed Blade (Ka-Bar Becker BK-16) Free Hand
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Being able to re-sharpen a knife is absolutely fundamental. Many people have the good taste to pick out a high quality knife, but can they perform the necessary maintenance? I believe the more primative technology of free hand sharpening fits better with fixed blade knives, whereas a Spyderco sharpmaker may work better with a rushed, urban, folding knife type personality. Definitely not proclaiming to be an expert, but thought you might want to see my approach to free hand sharpening.
I've 2 16s and I've collected knives most of my life and I've always free handed sharpened my knives it's definately an art and lots of practice
I rarely do it anymore - totally agree it's an art and takes some practice to get good. I really enjoyed playing around with free hand, and may come back to it. But usually I'm in a hurry and it's easier just to use the Spyderco sharpmaker.
A little constructive criticism:
1. Your stone is hopping all over the place because you have it on top of too many towels. Try using a fewer towels, a stone holder, mouse pad, or a bench vice.
2. Position the tip of your index finger on your off hand between the spine of the blade and the surface of the stone touching the stone. This creates a fulcrum which will enable you to maintain a consistent angle.
3. Raise the handle as you approach the end of your stroke in order to achieve the proper angle at the tip. When you do this position your fulcrum at the center of the radius formed by the tip of the blade.
4. Use the entire surface of the stone with equal attention to the corners and ends of the stone, otherwise you will end up dishing the stone.
5. Try stropping to finish the edge. You don't need an expensive strop to learn the technique...cardboard works just fine.
and remember...... "Don't cut yourself"- Gavko
Good results for the first time using a waterstone! Grats ;)
Its only gonna get better
I like the BK-16, I bought one, stripped it and acid etched it then gave it to my wife for her pack and she loves it. I learned to use a stone early on and use ceramic stones from a Spyderco Sharpmaker in the field, but at home I use the Lansky. I also take a strop with me in my backpack to keep my edges up to par. Great video!
good work...i'm gonna give it a go.cheers
took me more than 48 hours of practice time to get to an amateurish level. here's just a suggestion.
Use a square piece of paper. fold one corner over to the opposite corner diagonally so that you are left with a triangle. now fold one side of the triangle in half. once you've done that, you're left with an angle of approximately 22 degrees. you can use that to roughly gauge the angle of your grind.
oh you do that by slotting that side of the triangle between the knife and your stone.
What happened to your left hand?
+HealthSupercharger birth mark.
Ohh ok, good so not an accident of some sort.
Buy a strop and use it after you loose the edge. Never sharpen again unless you chip or roll the edge.
Buy a hatchet stop batoning your knife