need a good sharpener

[ahairymole]

hey guys just got my rc-5 yesterday and i am looking for a pocket sharpener that will keep my blade at a 20 degee angle and still shave hair with no effort anyone know of one???

[culpeper]

The RC-5 should hold that edge for a very long time. Nevertheless, Moore's double sided sharpener comes to mind....

http://catalog.mooremaker.com/viewProduct.cfm?item_id=393299

I have one and gets the job done.

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[Madnumforce]

I repost here the answer i made in the other topic.

It depends what is your edge condition. Personnaly, 98% of the time i deal with pocket knives i use in everyday light tasks. The better and simplier sharpener i've found to fulfill my needs at the moment is the Lansky mini sharpener with ceramic rods. I killed two or three diamond stones cause i confused whet with wet, and i thought wet meant dry (i'm french, actually, english's not my mother tongue), and thus i used them without water, which is not good AT ALL! Though this misuse, i found the Fallkniven diamond/ceramic pocket stones very efficient for edges in good condition. I guess the diamond side has a 400 grit or so. I never tried to hand resharpen edges with much denting, chiping or dulling, as i have knifemaking tools that make this work fast and easy, so i can't give you any serious advise for edges in bad condition.

[G. Scott H.]

As far as I know diamond plates can be used dry. A little water will help collect and wash away the steel particles that get scraped off the edge of the blade, but I don't think it's necessary. What I've heard really kills diamond plates is too much pressure. You can actually break the little bits of diamond out of the metal backing of the plate. Diamonds are aggressive enough anyway that only light pressure is needed.

Any of the small pocket V sharpeners with either round diamond or ceramic rods should do the trick for field sharpening. I'm not fond of the flat carbide bit V shapreners though. I find they can really tear up an edge even when used carefully.

[Madnumforce]

I always tend to make too much pressure also. It's really not a problem on ceramic. I don't like carbide sharpeners much neither, i got one i use only for rough blades, like machetes and axes, but wouldn't use it on a good knife. It really takes away much matter, and the one i have leaves like tracks on the edge, certainly cause it's a cheap one though.

[G. Scott H.]

Me too. Fortunately, I learned about not using too much pressure on a (relatively) cheap DMT Diamond V sharpener. The rods on that thing got smooth as glass in no time, thanks to my heavy handed technique. :o