Sharpening Made Easy

MORE SHARPENING INFORMATION

• INTRODUCTION

• STONES
• • Table comparing grits of stones, grinding wheels and abrasives 
  • Chart of Abrasive cutting speed vs. sharpness 
  • USING OIL AND WATER ON STONES
  
  
• GUIDES
• • ROD-GUIDED SYSTEMS
  • EdgePal
  • Warthog Hunter, Elite, Prestige and Diamond
  • EdgePro
  • SKARB
  
  
• CROCK STICKS

• SLOT GADGETS
• • Warthog V-Sharp
  • Henckels Twinsharp 
  • FireStone 1302 Knife Sharpener
  • Chef'sChoice Model 450
  • Global Shinkansen Sharpener
  • Meyerco Sharpen-It
  • Furi Tech Edge Pro
  • Edgemaker 4-step Sharpening System
    

• MINI SHARPENERS

• ELECTRIC SHARPENING MACHINES

• • FireStone / Diamond Stone
  • Chef'sChoice
  • Wet Wheels
  • Tormek
  • Paper Wheels
  • How to use paper wheels
  • Belt Sanders
    
  • Professional
  
  
• USING STEELS

• CONVEX EDGES

• SHARPENING SERRATED KNIVES

• SHARPENING AN AX
  

• SHARPENING SYSTEMS WE HAVE USED

• RECOMMENDATIONS 
  

• SHARPENING AS A BUSINESS
• • Prices
  • Sharpening at Farmer's Markets
  • Produce harvesting in California
  • The 12V portable field sharpener

• LINKS and TABLES

• HISTORICAL SHARPENERS
• • Blankner's Knife Sharpener - Cleveland, OH 1930s
  • Loray sharpener instructions for manual models 2B2 and 2B3
  • Loray sharpener instructions for M190 motorized belt sharpener
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• ARTICLES BY OTHER AUTHORS

• • Sharpening Knives on the Tormek by Curtis Womack
  • The original Sharpening Secrets of a Pro article by John Juranitch
  • TORMEK: Why a blade needs to be re-ground to maintain the proper angle*
  • Chad Ward's eGullet Tutorial
    
  • Wayne Goddard's Edge Holding Tests.
  • Steels used by Knife makers by Bob Engnath
  • Build your own low-speed belt sander/sharpener back home magazine 62_article3.pdf
  • Dave Martell's excellent article on sharpening serrated knives http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/760830/
  
  
• PUBLICITY

• http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/02/on-the-cutting-edge-of-sharpening/
  http://sharpeningmadeeasy.com/sunpress.htm
  
• http://sharpeningmadeeasy.com/CleveMag.htm
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• MISCELLANEOUS
  

• Mail Order - I no longer accept mail order sharpening, but here is a list of those who do.
• Photos of knife sharpeners around the world
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• • If your sharpening interests include beauty shears and clippers, consider subscribing to
    On The Edge newsletter by Jim O'Donnell  http://www.ontheedgenews.com/ 
    If your interest also includes saws, router blades, etc. try the
    Sharpeners Report from Judy Brenner at <sharpenersreport@comcast.net> 
    Both newsletters advertise new and used equipment.

  • There are several interesting discussion groups about sharpening on Yahoo Groups
  • • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharpnet/ - a group of professional sharpeners, very active, largely about beauty shears and clipper blades
      
    • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tormekusers/ - like it says, Tormek users.  Moderately active
      
    • http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/howtosharpen/ - a group for people with general sharpening questions.  Low activity
      
    • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharpeningmadeeasy/ - a group to discuss sharpening with the author and readers of Sharpening Made Easy. Low activity
      
    • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharpening/ - a general sharpening group, low activity
      

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