D.B. Cooper
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What is your preferred system or method for sharpening knives, and why?
I've used a Lansky System for...well, forever. I like it. I usually get good results. However, it is horribly, painstakingly, slowwwwwwwwwwwww. Additionally, long blades are difficult and a hatchet, axe, saw is right out. Thus, I'm looking for something else.
Has anyone used either those Workshop belt sanders on a Dremel tool those diamond-impregnated paper wheels that go on a bench grinder?
I don't wish to sacrifice results for speed, but lately I just don't want to take the time to do it properly on the Lansky. I recently spent 2 hrs sharpening all my kitchen knives before butchering up some caribou, and they were dull in quick order. (Partly due to poor steel, partly due to me just being in a hurry.) The Lansky requires set up time, so I usually wait until I have a lot of dull knives and do them all at once-which makes me not want to do them at all.
I've used a Lansky System for...well, forever. I like it. I usually get good results. However, it is horribly, painstakingly, slowwwwwwwwwwwww. Additionally, long blades are difficult and a hatchet, axe, saw is right out. Thus, I'm looking for something else.
Has anyone used either those Workshop belt sanders on a Dremel tool those diamond-impregnated paper wheels that go on a bench grinder?
I don't wish to sacrifice results for speed, but lately I just don't want to take the time to do it properly on the Lansky. I recently spent 2 hrs sharpening all my kitchen knives before butchering up some caribou, and they were dull in quick order. (Partly due to poor steel, partly due to me just being in a hurry.) The Lansky requires set up time, so I usually wait until I have a lot of dull knives and do them all at once-which makes me not want to do them at all.