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  • 12/04/2016 at 7:26 pm #36144
    Steve Vanderkolff
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    I am attempting to sharpen a dagger with the system and running into a couple of major problems. The dagger blade is 3/4 of an inch wide which means that each bevel is only 3/8 wide. The daggers have a fairly deep hollow grind. The two main problems I am having is that the pressure from the clamp forces the blade to either pop out the top of the clamp or the bottom. Even when I try and clamp right on the centre line it will force the blade either up or down. The other issue is that with only 3/8 of an inch from cntre to edge there is not enough of the blade above the clamp to enable me to sharpen it.

    I make a lot of this style of dagger and would like to find a solution so that I can use my sharpening system to sharpen these knives.

    Thanks

    Steve vanderkolff

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    12/04/2016 at 8:27 pm #36146
    cbwx34
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    Can you clamp it near the heel/handle like this?

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    (Probably want to tape yours first…)

    (From this thread)… https://knife.wickededgeusa.com/forums/topic/old-gerber-dagger/

    Just angle it up so the edge is approximately parallel to the top of the clamp.

    p.s. Ignore all the grinding on my example…it was a beater knife. 🙂

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    12/04/2016 at 9:20 pm #36148
    cbwx34
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    Another option… Tormek’s small knife jig…

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    12/05/2016 at 9:20 am #36153
    Steve Vanderkolff
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    I like the small knife jig. Where can you get one, or can you show us the componemt parts so we can make one?

    Thanks

    Steve

     

    12/05/2016 at 10:10 am #36155
    tcmeyer
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    The Tormek Small Knife Jig is available from several vendors.  I bought mine from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sharpener-Tormek-SVM-00-Pocketknives-Damaging/dp/B00CD7X1OA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480957657&sr=8-1&keywords=tormek+small+knife+jig

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