Reeder Custom Guns - Sharpening question

How do you sharpen your knives. I am having trouble getting a burr and I am using hand bench stones. I think I am trying to get them around 10 to 12 degree on each side. I only want a skinning, slicing type edge and I am not going to cut bone or wood. Should I use a belt sander carefully or just spend more elbow grease.

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10 to 12 degrees is too thin, it would take hours to achieve a burr. Try a Lansky or a Ruixin Pro. It is easy to establish and maintain the correct angle with either of these systems. Maintaining a 17 to 20 degree angle by hand using a diamond or Arkansas bench stone takes years of practice.

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Heed Randy's advice and try the Lansky system, nearly foolproof.

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Lansky works great, but I build knives and use the work sharp belt sharpener, when you get into some of harder steel it will save you a lot of time and 3 or 4 passes on the fine belt and they will shave again. I also process wild game we did over 600 deer ,antelope and several elk,so I sharpen alot of knives

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I have diamond and bench stones and I have a KME fixture and also 3 strops. I can with work get a wonderful edge, but that is not what I was looking for. I was just overwhelmed with 4 new knives and I should have gotten a belt machine to get the proper burr. Doing it by hand is work and I am sure too old for that to be fun. I really like what you said about maintenance and doing it fast on many knives.

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Get the work sharp Ken Onion edition ,it has 1 inch wide belts and you will absolutely love it, they have industrial belts that fit it. You can also sharpen axes ,lawn mower blades, you name it, promise you will love it

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You want a 17 to 20 degree edge

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I am going to go to a belt

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