Kyle

Good to know! I was having trouble finding a good deal on this benchmade anyways, so I pulled the trigger on a house of blades exclusive SG spider monkey, which is on sale. For future knife purchases I now know this level of recurve should not be a problem for my flat stones, as I am far from a professional sharpener.

Thanks for digging this video up Marc! Makes me feel much better. I wasn’t entirely sold on not using the flat stones either, but was reading this thread where Josh says “You will be able to at least use the diamonds up to the 1k without issue, and the strops without issue, the only thing I can see giving you trouble is if you were to try and use…[Read more]

Thanks Marc. The shape is pretty similar. After reading all the “recurve” related questions on the forum, it sounds like there shouldn’t be a problem. It does sounds like the flat ceramic stones should not be used on a recurve like this. Can anyone else confirm or deny this?