204 Improvement?

[dePaul]

I´ve been thinking, wouldn´t it be rather conveniant to somewhat prolong the length of the sharpening stones? That would allow one to even sharpen knives with a greater length of the blade more effectively. As it is now, I´m having some troubles sharpening large blades in a single stroke.

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[Joyce Laituri]

dePaul,
It has been discussed. The 204 (and it's predecessor the 203) were designed to be small enough to put in a pack or pocket for travel and use in the field. Spyderco does make a sharpener called the 600F Galley V. The stones are 12&quot; long (fine only) in an elliptical cat's eye shape. It was designed for kitchen knives, the base bolts or clamps to a countertop (pretty permanent) and has a fixed 15 degree angle for a 30 degree knife bevel. It runs about 50 bucks.

Always thought I'd put one in my garage.

Joyce
Joyce

[dePaul]

Hm, have to take a look. Thx Joyce

[JD Spydo]

If anyone knows where I can purchase another GALLEY V 600F sharpening kit then please let me know. I agree that there maybe also should be longer stones for the 204 sharpmaker kit to accomodate the bigger, longer kitchen type & bowie knives. Just a suggestion. I really love my GALLEY V. It is almost like a lost piece of art. :) :spyder:

[dialex]

Hmmm... that would mean a new plastic case and longer brass rods too. Could be expensive and the return of the investment is unsure :(
OTOH, I was wondering if there would be possible to make some rounded sticks for sharpening the large serrations one by one. For the small serrations, the triangles are fine, but I could really use some rounded ones.

[dePaul]

Wow Alex, that's an old post of mine! Don't even recall writing it :) Still think it's a good idea though. The regular 204 for travel and outdoor and another sharpmaker for the home, sporting longer rods (for kitchen knives).

~Paul~

[sal]

Hi depaul. Actually it was a safety issue.

We found that with larger sticks, combined with speed, it was possible for a person to actually miss the top of the stone (going too fast) and in the downward stroke, actually cut their wrist or forearm.

The size was designed to keep- your "holding the sharperner" hand tucked in under the saftey guards, and the stones short enough to cause you to hit the guard if you missed.

The Galley V is ideal for kitchen knives, especially if mounted. I like to mount them above my head at a little less than a 90 degree angle to the cabinet. I can sharpen the kitchen knives above my head without hitting my head on the sharpener. It's always out and set up. very convenient.

The galley V prob was high cost of mfr. It needs to sell for $50 a set and the market wouldn't cover that.

sal

[dePaul]

for the answer. I can see your point regarding the safety issue. I guess, the only solution would be hollow rods with a retractable safety guard ;)

~Paul~

[JD Spydo]

Hmmm... that would mean a new plastic case and longer brass rods too. Could be expensive and the return of the investment is unsure :(
OTOH, I was wondering if there would be possible to make some rounded sticks for sharpening the large serrations one by one. For the small serrations, the triangles are fine, but I could really use some rounded ones.
Hello there Dialex. I think I might have come up with a solution for your desire for sharpening the big parts of the :spyder: serrations. You actually challenged me when you said the above about some rounded type file to hone the big parts of the serrations. I have a Spyderco file called the 701 Profile. You can take the smaller radius on those files ( medium or fine) and they seem to fit the bigger dips on the :spyder: serrations. Let me know what you think. The SFO told me that they have quite a few of them in stock :) :spyder: