Thread: Knife sharpeners you’d recommend

Shouted myself this. Got it from Sydney tools in chch link below.

Got my favourite pocket knife razor sharp in a couple of minutes at a 20° angle. Next knife was a cheap kitchen knife blunt as a piece of 4 by 2! Played around and found that 25° angle matched it good and it cleaned up and sharpened perfectly. I thought it was a bit flimsy at first but I'm slowly getting the hang of using it and so far brilliant. Will slowly sharpen everything in sight....


https://sydneytools.co.nz/product/wo...8aAjPEEALw_wcB

These are pretty good
Bit out of price range though.
I just give the guys my knives and they magically cut things again lol

Originally Posted by csmiffy

These are pretty good
Bit out of price range though.
I just give the guys my knives and they magically cut things again lol

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Where are they based? And is that their business?

Originally Posted by Billbob

Shouted myself this. Got it from Sydney tools in chch link below.

Got my favourite pocket knife razor sharp in a couple of minutes at a 20° angle. Next knife was a cheap kitchen knife blunt as a piece of 4 by 2! Played around and found that 25° angle matched it good and it cleaned up and sharpened perfectly. I thought it was a bit flimsy at first but I'm slowly getting the hang of using it and so far brilliant. Will slowly sharpen everything in sight....

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https://sydneytools.co.nz/product/wo...8aAjPEEALw_wcB

Looks good for the price. I'm still happy with my Warthog for everything apart from very thick stainless blades, but this looks like a competitor.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

These are pretty good
Bit out of price range though.
I just give the guys my knives and they magically cut things again lol

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yes iendorse smiffys sentiments -one of his knives -almost as sharp as my wit and tongue with bloody idiots!

I bought a ezesharp on Andyanimals recommendation, and he was right.

Pretty good, verging on excellent, I'd say.

Originally Posted by Kudu

Where are they based? And is that their business?

Nah. The bonus of where I work.
About 800k for the knife sharpening robot and the room.
The small handheld does the same thing for the ones that can't be picked up by the robot or the blade profile doesn't match

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

I bought a ezesharp on Andyanimals recommendation, and he was right.

Pretty good, verging on excellent, I'd say.

Happy stories!

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Originally Posted by csmiffy

Nah. The bonus of where I work.
About 800k for the knife sharpening robot and the room.
The small handheld does the same thing for the ones that can't be picked up by the robot or the blade profile doesn't match

Aaah so the robot made that tool. LOL.

For some reason i need up with 3 pics of the same thing and not the small unit.
Think they are set at 18 degrees

I will add that the robot can do a knife in about a minute give or take.
If the owner hasn't blunted the crap put of it or been touching it up at a different angle, then it might take 2 or 3 goes to get it back to scratch.
It's a pretty cool thing to watch.
Robot picks it up, scans the plase, puts it though the sharpening belts then through the buffing wheels to take off the feather, then puts it back.
Not much slower than reading that out aloud.
Think they do over 400 a day.
Put a cartridge full of knives in it in and let
it go.

There was a programme on SKY about a company doing fine cut meats ; back steaks etc and they had 1 dude full time doing all the knives. Think it was an Italian machine which had 2 bevels for cuts then a honing to finish. Looked pretty slick.

And I will say if anyone wants their knife sharpened by this give me a yell.
At the least it goes though the small jobbie.
If you've got a few the worst it will cost you is an ale.
Can't say I can get hundreds through but I can get the a few done.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

And I will say if anyone wants their knife sharpened by this give me a yell.
At the least it goes though the small jobbie.
If you've got a few the worst it will cost you is an ale.
Can't say I can get hundreds through but I can get the a few done.

Dude, I'm sending a pm....I live 5 minutes away and pretty sure we're gonna meet in Springs Junction soon lol. I've got a couple of knives that need some finesse...beersies, no problem.