Home-Made Sharpening Contraption!

dazcon

Well-Known Member

• Jun 11, 2012

• #1

I made this a while ago just to satisfy my own curiosity. Perhaps a little over-engineered but i like overkill and it works quite well. I'm particularly happy with the gimbal!

Fully adjustable for any bevel angle. Will accept most sizes of hone.

The jaw section removes with the knife still clamped in place so that it can be flipped over and re-inserted to sharpen the other bevel without the angle changing.

Thanks for looking! Comments welcome

Darren.

 

BossDog

KnifeDogs.com & USAknifemaker.com Owner

Staff member

• Jun 11, 2012

• #2

nice engineering. you should be proud of that...

 

SC_Knives

Well-Known Member

• Jun 13, 2012

• #3

Looks like a good setup.

 

rhinoknives

Well-Known Member

• Jun 14, 2012

• #4

That is quite the mouse trap you have made there!

YES! You should be proud of it!

Laurence

www.westsidesharpening.com/

 

Lagrange

Well-Known Member

• Jun 14, 2012

• #5

I dont suppose you'd want to share some drawings of that getup...?

 

dazcon

Well-Known Member

• Jun 14, 2012

• #6

I don't have any drawings i'm afraid.It was just thrown together from bits of scrap.

 

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RSCoffey

Well-Known Member

• Jun 15, 2012

• #7

That's really slick! Kind of like a Lansky on steroids!

 

dazcon

Well-Known Member

• Jun 15, 2012

• #8

Thanks for the comments guys,very much appreciated! I made this as an experiment and a bit of fun really but i'm surprised at how well it works and the bevel symmetry speaks for itself. I don't use it very often as i prefer sharpening by hand on my waterstone, but it is an interesting tool that gives very good results.

Darren.

 

scott.livesey

Dealer - Purveyor

• Jun 18, 2012

• #9

good looking rig.
scott

 

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timekeeper

Well-Known Member

• Jun 20, 2012

• #10

That looks like it was a great weekend project,,,and done with scrap too......job well done.