How To Sharpen a Recurved Knife or any curved knife blade.

[@willk5413]

I learned a cool trick from Kyle Noseworthy, another knife guy on KZbin. Take some wet-dry sandpaper and wrap it around a wooden dowel. The size can differ depending on the size of the curve in the blade. You can staple the sandpaper to the wood to make it stay tight. Nice vid! God bless!!

[@OUTDOORS55]

Yes I was going to include that but I really don’t like sand paper for sharpening anything other than scandi grinds. Just personal preference. It’s a great method if it works for you!👍👍

[@tharunmax4406]

@@OUTDOORS55 0iaaoa

[@szanujmysie]

​@@OUTDOORS55why you do not like sand paper for sharpening? I know you said that 6 years ago. Did it change since then?

[@youwanahug8549]

​@@szanujmysie.I don't think bro is going to answer.

[@Tonympiotrowski]

I commented a while back about how good your videos are, the way you explain things make it easy for all the numb nuts (including me) to understand, you have a knack for what you do and I appreciate all your vids, keep up the great work brother.

[@2011musashi]

Incredible your ability to sharpen, I am learning a lot with your videos, my friend. A hug, my friend.

[@MikeNielsen1147]

As an aspiring master blade sharpener. This helped greatly with the next step of my sharpening ability. Much Gratitude

[@lauracolorstoo]

Thank you! Got my first curved whittling blade this year and it's getting dull! I appreciate this video

[@BatPoolz]

Just bought this knife for $45! Super stoked, I like the blade shape and how big the knife is. I’m gonna use the Lansky 4 rod technique to sharpen it.

[@McGowanForge]

Where did you get it from?

[@Warzac83]

Would a good diamond Stone remedy the wear problem of a traditional wet stone when using the corner?

[@OUTDOORS55]

yes, diamond stones still wear though just not as fast.

[@rudychavira5558]

Hey great video, I just bought a sog tiku different blade what method would you use? Looks like the ceramic stones would work best. Thanks again

[@SHADOW-ke6xz]

Awesome channel man!

[@diji5071]

Would the dulling cup work as well?

[@tonayo27]

Can you tell me something specific for sharpening curve knife???? Something for dull knife or damaged blade and something for polishing.. thanks

[@mouseutopiadystopia24601]

Do you mean a regular curve vs a recurve? Obviously, everything in this video pertains to recurve. For a regular curve, sharpen like a straight blade, but work in sections. For a damaged blade, use a lower grit stone (100-400) to reestablish the bevel. Then, use a higher grit stone (400-1000) to sharpen. For polishing, you can use 1000-2000 grit stone/sandpaper.

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

Can u do a review on a dollar tree sharpening stone

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

William Lytle yea I bought one but I want to see what he thinks about it

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

I have a ruko with a slight recurve to it with a nick in the middle just wondering if the same method should be applied or just treat it as a flat?

[@benchpressbandit]

You should try a scythe sharepning stone

[@Dread99]

What angle do you normally sharpen your knife at

[@lemonnboi]

Can u do a review on hand held sharpner

[@wmcwane01]

I really like the technique you use in sharpening knives. How would you sharpen a knife with a real scandi grind?

[@OUTDOORS55]

I use sand paper for scandis. It’s the only grind I use sand paper for. Mainly because I can put the paper on something flat and never have to worry about the stones cupping. A super flat surface is what your after. The flatter the better for scandis.

[@wmcwane01]

OUTDOORS55 ok. Now I need a video please sir

[@the1jamman]

Thanks for this excellent tip . I bought a cheap recurve bladed knife and needed to get it sharp . this post gives a lot of insight about how to get it sharp .

[@Griff33]

Nice. Great tip, thanks

[@thisismychannel5831]

any tips for sharpening d2 steel? im using a simple 2 grit stone or ceramic rod

[@fitzdevlin]

thanks fren, always informative, even for a furniture/cabinet maker. also y'all, if you have a thick plate of glass or section of granite countertop (Lee Valley sells granite surface plates) and some wet/dry, best way to flatten your stones other than a diamond honing plate.

[@hemimies]

Greetins from Finland.

[@OUTDOORS55]

Greetings from Pennsylvania 👍 Thanks for watching 😀👍

[@nem1249]

Can a drum pad be used as an alternative to stropping?

[@OUTDOORS55]

Not sure..are they leather?

[@nem1249]

OUTDOORS55 the hq “realfeel” practice pad I own is made out of gum rubber that has a canvas texture.

[@OUTDOORS55]

Not sure...it might. depends on how the compound sticks to it. Give it a try!

[@aray9628]

Great tip thanks 👊

[@r1w3d]

This is what I did for many years on the same knife haha. I liked the spartan for several reasons mainly just cool factor. I'd get another one but I got mine years ago for $40 brand new and recently I was in a pawn shop looking for a cheap concrete saw and they had a rajah 2 for forty bucks so I nabbed it. In all honesty using that thing to chop brush and sticks up can go to your head when your camping. Makes you feel like you have all power when you pull a huge folding kukri that opens on its own out of your pocket haha. Great vid

[@OUTDOORS55]

I like the spartan and actually carried it for a couple years. Decided to not carry it anymore due to weight. It is cool though! The huge folders are awesome. Especially if a particular state has weird laws saying fixed blades are out, but doesn’t have length limits on folders.

[@r1w3d]

OUTDOORS55 California is weird that so many knives are restricted but you can carry any sized fixed blade on your belt openly. Can't wait to get back to the east coast where I'm from though so I can carry whatever I want👍

[@OUTDOORS55]

Maryland is the same as California weird laws. Unfortunately I am in Maryland a lot so it limits what I can carry ☹️ Oh well.

[@r1w3d]

OUTDOORS55 I think some laws are just pretty dumb looked at from the outside. In Florida you can carry any knife you want unless it's an OTF and then you need a concealed weapons permit for it which is just strange to me. Yet in California if it's under two inches it's fine to carry just like a balisong/butterfly knife. I don't see why any knife is seen as more deadly than another other than something like a bayonet or dagger.

[@OUTDOORS55]

Yeah it doesn’t make sense. Automatic knives are pretty much illegal everywhere and the are no more dangerous than any other folder. Probably less so, as most of them have safeties that need to be switched off in order to open them. It’s stupid..

[@survivorkg4606]

I have a few curved/recurved knifes and i had no idea how to sharpen them properly (never really had to until now). Very helpful, thx for sharing

[@mohdzaudikhasni8829]

Nice. Last week i already booking this Spartan cold steel. Just wait come in my hand. Now you give some tips how to sharpening this blade. Great.

[@OUTDOORS55]

Nice👍 I’m sure you’ll like it! It’s a beast!

[@mohdzaudikhasni8829]

OUTDOORS55 I bought this spartan today. The real beast, I very like it!!! 😁😁😁😁

[@dimitrizaitsew1988]

Any tips on sharpening big kukris?

[@OUTDOORS55]

Set aside a lot of time! Haha, yeah it’s pretty much the same other than time. I would get some stones specifically for the kukris. You can shape the stone to the blade and it will be much easier. Just my thoughts 😀

[@shavefan12]

Using the edge pro stones (freehand) I can get a hair whittling edge. But if I use those norton stones it’s really hard to get that extremely sharp edge. I’ve made sure the stones are flat too. Any ideas?

[@OUTDOORS55]

The Norton stones are soft stones compared to the edge pro stones. Light pressure is best, and they do take longer to use/remove metal. They kinda take some practice on their own to use but once you get it they are awesome. I don't like the 220 grit Norton stone though. It works, but is too soft for a coarse stone, and hard work on the blade.

[@happymaddog]

How useful are recurve blade, and what are they primarily used for? Are they up for many bushcraft/survival task? I think they are very pretty, would it be okay if i could only own/carry one type of knife which is a recurve? Good choice or bad? What are your thoughts as someone with much more experience using many different types of knifes?

[@mutasimaldory]

Look up "kukri" or "khukuri" knives if you don't know what they are, they are the most spectacular type of recurve but if you go beyond the 'showy' or 'how they're made' videos and into the better-made, more knowledgeable ones on usage, they give you a scientific reason why a recurve blade is a much superior cutter..they are, however, much harder to make well and to sharpen properly & maintain, even down to how much more craft goes into making their scabbards or indeed how to sheath/unsheath them..! I must warn you though, it's an expensive rabbit hole to go down, you're gonna end up wanting to buy one or three! 🤣

[@rontorrence7905]

My Lansky system stones are only 1/2" wide. I don't use it, except for on recurves. I use them freehand, which is how my daddy taught me with a round whetstone about 9 or 10.

[@tikkidaddy]

My grandfather could sharpen a dang cue ball. He taught me hand sharpening from about age 8. He carried a small ceramic rod in his pocket...everywhere. Honed CONSTANTLY...rarely sharpened. See this was back before super steels, as you know...the man HATED stainless. One of his tools was a 5 inch ceramic rod that was dipped in a glaze like a coffee cup...son of a biscuit eater! I MEAN STUPID razor edges on HC STEEL. I've got SCARS to prove it. Hence, I can hone your knife on a coffee cup too...LOL

[@sethadam4266]

I have found if you just profile the edge of a stone {bull nose} with sandpaper or any grinding product it will make it super easy to sharpen any shape blade, easy, cheep & effective.

[@ottmountain733]

The knife guru! Always enjoy watching your vids and I promise, one of these days I'll actually try and sharpen one of my knives. Slowly getting motivated thanks to you!

[@OUTDOORS55]

Haha! If you dont already have one get a mora, they are easy to sharpen and learn on😀

[@zackslaststand]

Hey, Outdoors55 I have a suggestion for something you could test. Super cheap amazon diamond paste from the amazon seller TEEMO specifically. In Canada where I'm based, they sell the tubes of past for 7.50CAD so it's actually even cheaper to buy in Canada for some reason. Anyways what I do Is I take a piece of plate glass (I took one from my cabinet) then I take I tough old piece of denim I cut from an old pair of jeans and then I just stretch it across the glass and strop on it. I think you can also just replace sharpening stones with these which I'm going to try in the future by taking a piece of soft metal that's been flattened (cast iron works best but mild steel is good too) and then just scuffing it up slightly so there is some texture for the diamond to embed themselves in. I actually think it's a fantastic value and a really cheap method of sharpening that I discovered and tested myself. In fact, it worked so well I mirror polished my whole homemade knife that I made. Honestly I was really doubtful because I'd heard that cheap diamond pastes tend to have duper low concentration of actual diamonds but this stuff starts taking steel off so fast it's amazing. The 0.5 micron paste after stropping 10 times back in forth left the denim I was using black with metal shavings. The amazon link to the stuff is down below. www.amazon.com/TEMO-Diamond-Polishing-Lapping-Compound/dp/B004GTU0UQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

[@Nibaly]

Good vid. Can you make a special vid for karambit knife? Greetings from Italy :)

[@mohdzaudikhasni8829]

Nibaly get a bottle stick with 3m blue and sandpaper 1200 grit or higher. Work slowly

[@OUTDOORS55]

This method with work with a karambit too. Sand paper wrapped around something round works as well😀

[@taitrunkl7086]

I use sandpaper and my maths workbook to sharpen my spartan, it's easy, cheap and it gets you shaving sharp even with 1200 grit as the grit smooths out throughout the process. I got 180, 300, 500, 1200 and 2000 sandpaper for only 7.90, they don't last that long but it's still very cheap, i did like 12 sharpening and even the higher grits that I mostly use are still very usable.

[@collinkump308]

How would you sharpen a tanto blade

[@macsmitty1171]

Collin Kump 1 edge at a time. Sharpen it while keeping the blade flat and do the front grind like a chisel ( look up a vid of it to see what i mean

[@andrettibark]

Now he's just showing off. Those little pigtails

[@JETJOOBOY]

WillNye TheMusicGuy I know Right!

[@uptrail7169]

Very good tips for sharpening a recurved blade.

[@OUTDOORS55]

Thanks for watching Bob!

[@omargebara8287]

video starts making sense at 5:34 :)

[@johnbarnasevitch3546]

I sharpen my friends Kershaw Blur for him occasionally . I bought a cheap Diamond rod that’s oval in shape. It works wonderfully on the recurve area, and then I finish it on the Lansky ceramic rods.

[@alonsomunoz7584]

Video suggestion: Sharpen an edge fishing line splitting sharp with the stone submerged underwater.

[@OUTDOORS55]

Haha, interesting video idea 🤔 it might actually help keep the stone clean😉

[@mladenvojinovic]

Outdoors55 how do you like that Spartan steel, if it is that CDS b51 or whatever it is? If mine was not in the mail already I would so order one after seeing it here, I like it so much ☺

[@OUTDOORS55]

This is an old spartan with aus8 steel. I don’t know if they make the spartan in aus8 anymore 🤔. I’m honestly not familiar with the new ones. The aus8 is OK not great edge holding but sharpens easily and takes a wicked edge. I imagine the new ones are similar😀

[@jorgefernandez6407]

Subscribed!!!

[@loganfisher9638]

the exact blade i got lol perfect

[@BornIn1500]

Instead of using a separate stone for the recurve blade, you can use the same one and just use one edge for the recurve, and keep the other edge square for your regular knives. Just remember which edge is which.

[@lighteningwawa]

Or use the other side :-)

[@stevecobratei8538]

Or you can turn the stone over. 1 side for concave, 1 side for convex or straight edges

[@MislavM1]

Damn, If I only saw this video before sharpening karambit hahaha

[@PinetreeLine]

Great stuff brother! Thanks

[@kingdomculture5743]

Thanks! I found your video! I just bought a recurve!

[@phydeux]

Thanks for the video. I've got a tiny Kershaw with a rounded blade and hadn't found a good way to sharpen it on an India stone.

[@dickjohnson8636]

God i love your videos bro

[@stevecobratei8538]

That first sharpening kit you showed, those are ceramic Roda. Good for touchups and refining an edge

[@scottyj6226]

I feel validated now

[@eranpagaduan536]

Same here haha

[@worker2004]

i'd say look up wranglerstar the videos with title 'this box from russia changed my life' it's where he tests a sharpening system that gets every single knife to really sharp without skill

[@willk5413]

Lord Tachanka outdoors55 saw Wranglerstar’s vid. He commented on it. I agree, it does take some of skill out of it. Awfully expensive as well

[@worker2004]

Will K i don't know how much it costs, i just know it works well

[@willk5413]

Lord Tachanka yeah, it looks pretty cool and works very well. I heard that it costs something like 400$ though. Maybe I’m off, idk

[@AdventuringTheVoid]

Lord Tachanka the wranglerstar kit (actual name) costs around $400 USD

[@AdventuringTheVoid]

Matthew M that's pretty bad business in my opinion. I'm not gonna shell out $100+ on a sharpening system personally, so I just opted for the lansky sharpener. Works fine for me and puts an alright edge on my knives

[@8thsinner]

Why are you using the long edge dude, the problems you mention don't come in to effect when you use the shorter edge, you can keep it curved with no ill effect on other blades. Either that or you take a hacksaw and cut half inch off the end of the stone. but i'd only do that if you need it for field use.

[@DaleLoope]

Outstanding!!! Thank you!!!

[@Xxxero42]

Great video as always! I was going to ask what Strop you use (I have a straight razor strop I use for my straight razor, but nothing for a knife (I prefer to keep them seperated)) but you answered it in this video. Thanks!!

[@TACHILL]

I am Definitely not a fan of sharpening recurve blades. Great info

[@OUTDOORS55]

Me either! Thanks Rick👍

[@okay8202]

How to thin a recurve...?

[@U2BER2012]

I use harbor freight's diamond sharpeners. They work great!

[@1joshjosh1]

Was going to buy a Buck Pursuit to go with my other buck knives. But....no. No thanks to the curved blade. But good video.

[@KevinsAdventures]

Awesome instruction Alex even though I don't own a recurve blade this was easy to watch and I learned the technique. Just a heads up as your anally retentive friend, I did notice that your end screen & annotation outro wasn't completed on this video. Thanks for sharing!

[@OUTDOORS55]

Thanks for the heads up, just fixed. Haha sometimes I forget👍 Thanks for watching man!

[@rodeosound]

You either have a super talent sharpening or you have a paper shaving talent😎 i just cant gettum that sharp great video ..

[@mt_baldwin]

Yeah I do this too, when I don't have a rod available. But rods a pretty cheap, if you have recurve you should get a rod (Arkansas brand rods are like $5). I also don't think that worrying about how to sharpen a recurve should stop someone from getting one, I don't know how that thinking got started because it's such a minor inconvenience.

[@scottecooke]

True, especially sinse the majority of the population has knives and they don't know how to sharpen.

[@loganfisher7325]

I trynna sharpen my spartan and i seen this video with the thumb nail i smiled

[@disturbedlife5691]

Just got mine in the mail 2 days ago and I did the same.

[@kengamble8595]

Guess I never really thought of it being a big deal, just took longer ! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@wross5961]

The work sharp travel set that has a option to use firm set flat or set to move with curves of blade. I love the recurved blade and I hate them at the same time.

[@macsmitty1171]

Do a top 10 knives series of different types of knives ( prices, folders, fixedblades, etc.)

[@bringer-of-change]

This is what i figured but I wanted to make sure seeing as i do only have this one set of stones. Thankfully this blade is of a higher cabon content, so I probably wont need to sharpen it again for quite some time. Especially since I don't use it much. I mainly got it for bush craft and self defence purposes. I figure if I ever do need it in a deadly fight I should be sure of its effectiveness and ease of use beforehand.

[@marshmoreland8365]

Is it sharp? Check again...Still sharp? jk it's hypnotic

[@jamessethmoore]

You're a fuckin' wizard

[@jeanstravinsky6579]

Impressive result. Not a fan of the recurve fad, but you did get that one sharp.

[@astrazenica7783]

Ceramic rods probably best bet

[@logner]

this is what 10/10 dexterity stat looks like IRL

[@blackfaithdoom9018]

how would you sharpen a knife on the go that has a curved blade (420 steel) , and is frequently used .. ?

[@vermine18]

Goddamnit man I can't get a sharp edge for the life of me. Using a 600 grit wet stone with this technique literally for an hour and nothing

[@tuiflies5869]

👏🙏

[@alexh.h9259]

🔪👍

[@jackgarand7284]

Holy shit, that is a lot of words before you show what to do.

[@bigbadwolfcutlery2611]

I won't buy a curved blade, just for that reason. Its hard enough to keep a straight edge in tune

[@OUTDOORS55]

I agree!😀👍

[@mirceacostineanu4103]

Or you could youse sandpaper on something round 😜...simpler...and cheaper...am disposable 😁

[@petersmith5233]

But sandpaper won’t sharpen a knife.

[@ozmobozo]

FIST

[@xandersteuten900]

Second

[@bigbadwolfcutlery2611]

Alex, I spent most of the weekend looking at reviews on EDC....i launch the vid and in two seconds i x out. I hope you will make a vid on EDC that has a beginning, middle and end. Thanks for getting to the point and leaving out your dirty house, sweat pants and poor audio. Im out!

[@OUTDOORS55]

I go back and forth on edc. I’ll carry one knife for months, then switch for no particular reason lol. I do have pretty particular needs for an edc though. The knife needs to be able to handle anything, as I am tough on blades. Some would probably consider it abuse. I will do a video on it at some point 😀 Haha, I have plenty of videos with bad audio/video , and maybe sweatpants, but I think I’m past that now 😉 Thanks for watching my friend!

[@tikkidaddy]

IF you can get these...the bulbs out of big street lights have some kind of filament rod inside them. Carefully break the glass bulb WITHOUT BREAKING THE QUARTZ (or whatever it is IDK??) Inside THE BULB. Remove the excess metal junk and those are EXCELLENT round honing rods. Wrap the bulb in a thin towel and break with a tap hammer or auto glass (orange) emergency hammer. The bulb will release gasses and shatter loudly...do this outdoors and be careful😃😃😃😃 This is not florecent btw.

[@tikkidaddy]

Get a Spyderco TSM, round ceramics. Dmt serrated edge rat tails, sand paper, leather, dowel and compound. Done. The huge round crock sticks from SMKW work great for years and are cheap. They have a wooden handle. Clean your ceramics, and pretty much anything else but strops with Beekeepers Friend cleanser and a terricloth rag or green worn out kitchen scrubby or 3m pad. BKF is a finer abrasive than Comet cleanser. You can glue a thinner piece of leather around a wooden dowel, use Bark River black and green compounds.