Sharpening a spoon knife

[Grebby]

I have a standard Frosts 164 single edge spoon knife and I can't work out a sensible way to sharpen it

I manage OK with my other knives but this one has got me stumped.

I have a 2" wide whetstone(1000/6000) and a DC4 + a edge pro apex system but I just can't work out how to sharpen the spoon knife.

Can anyone give me any pointers? It's doing my nut

Cheers

Grebby

 

[MartiniDave]

I've recently had really good results just lately with a diamond sharpener from B&Q, sort of a 'D' shaped rod thing in a pen-like holder, cost about a fiver I think, found amongst the garden stuff, along with the 4 sided diamond stone.

Dave

 

[Native Justice]

Get a round ceramic rod like you see on crock stick sharpening sets and use that to hone the edge. Very fast, very easy, very sharp. I think someone is advertising giving rods away for free on this site, might be worth a look see ...

 

[Hoodoo]

Get a round ceramic rod like you see on crock stick sharpening sets and use that to hone the edge. Very fast, very easy, very sharp. I think someone is advertising giving rods away for free on this site, might be worth a look see ...

Since the bevel is on the outside, I'd have to disagree on that one. Get rid of the secondary bevel and sharpen with a flat stone or sandpaper.

I like to use sandpaper backed by hard rubber to smooth the bevels.

 

[Grebby]

It's the secondary bevel that's causing me grief. The answer would apear to be get rid of it.

The inside of blade is not a major problem as I just run ceramic steel over it to clean off the burs as I try to sharpen the outside.

I'll have to see what I can do about removing that secondary bevel from the outside.

Cheers

Grebby

 

[Hoodoo]

It's the secondary bevel that's causing me grief. The answer would apear to be get rid of it.

The inside of blade is not a major problem as I just run ceramic steel over it to clean off the burs as I try to sharpen the outside.

I'll have to see what I can do about removing that secondary bevel from the outside.

Cheers

Grebby

Exactly! Just don't put a bevel on the inside edge. Keep the ceramic rod flat. Glue a piece of leather to a wooden dowel, smear with compound, and use that to strop the inside edge. Keep the strop flat too.

 

[davefish]

Hi all, first post here!
I have the same problem with a spoon knife and am thinking of removing the bevel on it. Does anyone have any simple way of doing this? The curved blade makes it very tricky.

Matt

 

[Tadpole]

Does anyone have any simple way of doing this?
Matt

Simple as pie. Send it to Dave Budd, he's Brrrrrrilliant, and cheap.