Work sharp???????????

[Aeron]

I use the ken onion system for all of my knives, scissors, shovel blades, axe heads, hatchets, even splitting mauls and wedges, and anything else that needs a fresh edge. 
I used it on my lawn mower blades once, and it worked well, however, now I am lazy and buy new blades every year or so.

[KFhunter]

I love my ken onion work sharp and use it for all of my knives.  Gonna buy some of the off brand belts as I'm sure they will work great for good cost savings.

I've had good luck with offbrand, Red Label Abrasives


Ken Onion only:
https://www.redlabelabrasives.com/products/12-x-12-inch-knife-sharpener-sanding-belts

give em your email get 15% off your first order.

I wouldn't get the 80 grit unless you're doing lawn mower blades or making knives 



This is for the smaller sharpeners
https://www.redlabelabrasives.com/products/10-x-10-inch-knife-sharpener-sanding-belts


Please double check your model number of your sharpener before you order, I don't know the model numbers off the top of my head but I think its correct

[hunter399]

I use the ken onion system for all of my knives, scissors, shovel blades, axe heads, hatchets, even splitting mauls and wedges, and anything else that needs a fresh edge. 
I used it on my lawn mower blades once, and it worked well, however, now I am lazy and buy new blades every year or so.

Don't get me wrong ,the work sharp pretty darn cool.
But for me,I can't do shovel ,spiltting mails ,or lawn mower blades.
I got kids,they break at least one axe handle a year,the wife will run over rocks with the mower,and the shovel is about the same. I just hit those with an angle grinder here and there.
But don't blame ya one bit. Some people like there tools sharp and ready to work,and the work sharp does that pretty dang good.
But tools the kids and wife use ,I just keep those a little dull,they dull them in one usage anyway ,so no point for me.

[KFhunter]

I did my truck axe with a work sharp, it would pop hair off your arm.

scary as heck chopping a tree, but I figured I could use it on a road kill in a pinch 


The edge rolled though on the first dry tree I chopped that was across the road, so it's still sharp for an axe, but not enough to skin/gut a deer. 


My bro was flat amazed when we had a big fir tree down length wise in the road.  He's like aw crap we gotta go back to camp for a chainsaw...

I took that sharp axe and popped the limbs off one side in about 5 minutes flat, one swing and the limb the size of your wrist would pop off in an instant,  2 swings for the arm size limbs. 

he was dumbstruck it was so quick, limbed basically one side of a tree in around 5 mins, drove over the limbs that were laying nice and flat and away we go a huntin

[jeffro]

My grandfather was a knife maker and wood carver who made his own tools out of high carbon steel straight razors.
He taught me his way of forming, shaping tools and sharpening.
My father and I inherited all his tools and knowledge.
Vertical belt sander, various grinding wheels and buffer wheels, leather strops and aluminum oxide.
He had many stones, never saw him use them, except on a pocket knife.
The key is bevel angle, for its intended use.
Then I got a worksharp and it combines most of those tools into one, that I can take to camp. Less the strop. Which my belt works just fine for.
I also carry a havalon in the field for convenience and detail work, but the buck knife he made me is still a razor.

[KFhunter]

they make a strop for the work sharp too (Ken Onion version only)

[b23]

Been using the Ken Onion Work Sharp for years now and it has served me well.  I bought the arm attachment, not sure they sell it anymore, a few years ago and it works excellent for utility stuff like lawn mower blades and axes/hatchets.  I bought the blade grinding attachment awhile back but haven't really used it much yet.

We have some ceramic kitchen knives and they are CRAZY razor sharp new but like anything will dull over time.  Work Sharp makes a special belt for the ceramic knives but I'll be honest I didn't really think they'd work very well because this ceramic sh1t is freakin HARD but much to my surprise those special ceramic belts worked great and I can touch up the edge good as new and don't have to send them back to the factory to be sharpened now.

I know some people can put a razor sharp edge on a blade using stones but I've never been one of those people so the Work Sharp works great for people like me. 

[KFhunter]

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[hunter399]

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Thanks for heads up ,my belts are getting pretty 💩.

[jjness11]

I use the ken onion work sharp, it takes a larger belt 3/4 x 12"

https://www.redlabelabrasives.com/products/34-x-12-inch-knife-sharpener-sanding-belts

The regular work sharp uses a different belt, think its 1/2" x 12" or so, do your researching


I buy the assortment, then when I got lots of spare ultra fine or 8p grit but lack 300-800  grit I order a bunch of those.

 

I bought a knife from Siembida Custom Knives this year. Evan recommended the Ken Onion, and said its the closest thing to his "professional sharpener". Thing works great, and I couldn't be happier. I can sharpen a wood chisel so good I could shave with it, but for whatever reason, I couldn't sharpen a butter knife if my life depended on it. However, I have filleted myself enough times with my Havalon, that I am trying to get away from them when I can.

[Rainier10]

On sale at camofire today

https://www.camofire.com/index.php/Deals/4