SHARPEN RAZOR BLADES YOU SAY! AM I NUTZZZ??

I ran across this guy on Youtube. For the first time in my life I can now get my knives crazy sharp. And once I get them that way they are very easy to strop back to keenness with a leather belt mounted on a belt sander.

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Now you guys come along and tell me about diamond sharpeners.

When will this ever end?

EDIT: Wow, wow, wow. I've looked up the prices on some of this diamond equipment. Ouch.

I can get a blade murderously sharp using this master's technique with only cheap, Harbor Freight stones. Yes, it does take practice. But once you get a blade edge properly shaped it takes almost no time/effort to keep it that way.
I flatten my stones on a wet sidewalk or cinder block.
 
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Shotguncoach said:
*sigh…….add to cart. This place costs me money again.
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"Our job here is done " :D

As the Scotsman said, "I'm not cheap; I'm thrifty." I sharpen my utility blades, too, both Stanley and Olfa types. I use DMT diamond plates or a folding sharpener; I have two- a Smith Industries (?) with 400/600 sides and a DMT with 600/1200. The Smith is usualy good enough.
 
Love this post! But.... the economics of time and gear spend sharpening up replaceable blades in a utility knife that cost pennys each just smacks of "old man puttering" which in itself is a VERY worthwhile endeavor but in the great scheme of things doesn't really make much sense economically.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Love this post! But.... the economics of time and gear spend sharpening up replaceable blades in a utility knife that cost pennys each just smacks of "old man puttering" which in itself is a VERY worthwhile endeavor but in the great scheme of things doesn't really make much sense economically.
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It just depends on how you do it. When I hung drywall, I was paid by the square foot of board I hung. A few stokes of a blade on sandpaper took seconds and I was back hanging board. The boys used to laugh and tell me how the blades were replaceable. I never saw one of them take less than 10 minutes to change a blade. I could hang a lot of board in 10 minutes!

Kevin
 
chief38, speaking of Arkansas stones, I bought a Soft Arkansas Oilstone by Norton at an estate sale yesterday for $5.00. It's in a wooden box and looks like it has almost no use on it. It's about 6"X2"X2". How'd I do?
 
fiasconva said:
chief38, speaking of Arkansas stones, I bought a Soft Arkansas Oilstone by Norton at an estate sale yesterday for $5.00. It's in a wooden box and looks like it has almost no use on it. It's about 6"X2"X2". How'd I do?
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The softer Arkansas stones are less expensive than the hard ones, but they are still many times more money than you paid. You did great! ;)
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Love this post! But.... the economics of time and gear spend sharpening up replaceable blades in a utility knife that cost pennys each just smacks of "old man puttering" which in itself is a VERY worthwhile endeavor but in the great scheme of things doesn't really make much sense economically.
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It's not really about saving the money! It's about getting a utility blade sharper than new in about 15 seconds. If I swapped it out for a new one it would not be as sharp and would take me longer to do. A win-win!

PLUS: I use a utility knife almost every day. I can not stand using dull blades.
 
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