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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1666515" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>You know, the amount of mis-information on the internet is truly astounding. The only way you are going to make the edge "Brittle" with an electric sharpener is if you get the edge glowing cherry red hot and then rapid quench it in cold water. If you get steel hot enough and let it air cool you will actually make steel softer, not harder. You cannot temper steel at the temps you could ever obtain with friction on a belt sharpener, you would grind the blade to nothing long before it ever got that hot.</p><p></p><p>I have a ton of different sharpening tools and methods available to me. I use different tools depending on exactly what I am sharpening. For shaping a new blade or getting an edge back in shape you can't beat a belt with different grits. The consumer version of that is the Worksharp style of electric belt sharpeners. They will do a fine job with a bit of patience and practice. I would much prefer this type of electric to any driven stone type of consumer sharpener, though I do use large bench grinders for certain applications.</p><p></p><p>For finishing a knife to a razor edge, you can't beat a strop with a couple of different grit dressings.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthrumylens.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F02%2F41587_2000x2000.jpg&f=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1666515, member: 26077"] You know, the amount of mis-information on the internet is truly astounding. The only way you are going to make the edge "Brittle" with an electric sharpener is if you get the edge glowing cherry red hot and then rapid quench it in cold water. If you get steel hot enough and let it air cool you will actually make steel softer, not harder. You cannot temper steel at the temps you could ever obtain with friction on a belt sharpener, you would grind the blade to nothing long before it ever got that hot. I have a ton of different sharpening tools and methods available to me. I use different tools depending on exactly what I am sharpening. For shaping a new blade or getting an edge back in shape you can't beat a belt with different grits. The consumer version of that is the Worksharp style of electric belt sharpeners. They will do a fine job with a bit of patience and practice. I would much prefer this type of electric to any driven stone type of consumer sharpener, though I do use large bench grinders for certain applications. For finishing a knife to a razor edge, you can't beat a strop with a couple of different grit dressings. [IMG]https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthrumylens.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F02%2F41587_2000x2000.jpg&f=1[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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