sharpeing a serrated harpy?

[ftkinney]

how hard is it to sharpen a serrated harpy with the 204 sharpmaker?



FTK

[Mancer]

Its so easy its scary, I was also real worried about these ones for sharpening.
Just do it on the 40 deg angle SLOWLY!!!
Dont go fast like you would with a plain edge knife.
I do a total of 20 strokes to get the sharpness back, only use the white stones (ceramic) never ever ever ever use the grey ones, they take off too much metal and mess up your serated edge.
As I say take it slow and keep the blade straight, make sure when you cutting down to follow all the way to the tip, these things get real sharp real fast.
My Matrairch/Harpy/Civie are so sharp its actually insane, I sharpened my Matriarch for the 1st time a few months ago, I cut myself quite badly on the thumb by just rubbing it lightly, doing this before sharpening posed no threat to my hand, afterwards tho.......,lol

You'll be suprised at how well they sharpen compared to the plain-edged blades.

Good luck, if you need any help email me anytime.

Seeya

MaNcEr

It's Time To Kick @$$ 'N Chew Bubble Gum

[Joe Talmadge]

When you say "keep the blade straight", what exactly do you mean? I always say to keep the blade exactly perpendicular to the stone. That means that on a curved blade like the harpy, I would let the handle drop as I go through the curve, to make sure that the particular part of the blade that's touching the hone is perpendicular. Is that what you mean, or are you actually keeping the blade handle parallel to the floor through the entire stroke?

thanks

Joe

[Jeff/1911]

Do these same recommendations of technique apply to sharpening a serrated Police model, except w/o the curve? I'll have one soon...

Jeff/1911.

[Mancer]

Sorry guys, straight means vertical, I dont know about a strait blade like the serated police as Ive never had the opertunity to sharpen one, for serations thought you need to use the corners of the white stones and not the flat surface, and to answer the second part, I cut down (like carving a piece of meat) and then follow the blade shape as it curves, so yes I go with the curve to the tip.

With the serated police (Ive only sharpened 1 serated kitchen knife, which came out razor) I would say do it the identical way as you would set the edge on the dark stones, but ofcause do this on the white stones edges, same as the harpy but since there is no curve in the blade it would be simple cuts down the stone following to the tip.

Hope this helps guys, Im no expert but it takes some practise to get it perfect.

Good luck

MaNcEr

It's Time To Kick @$$ 'N Chew Bubble Gum

[Jeff/1911]

McNcEr,

Thank you for the tips. I'm anxious to try perfecting the serrated technique with my 204 Sharpmaker, once I take delivery of my new Police model. I have tried doing a bit of this before, with my serrated Rookie and it seemed to work pretty well, although I don't think I got it as sharp as your's get...by the sound of things. I did use only the corners of the white stone.

Jeff/1911.