The Essential Sharpening Guide for Curved and Recurve Knives

[@tedhart7708]

Very helpful. Just recently acquired an old Holub electricians knife that I cleaned up and needed some tips on sharpening that curved blade.👍🏻

[@obirato]

nice tip the one of the strop

[@JohnDoe-zb7dz]

Sharpening Supplies also carry the Norton cylindrical stone rods. I use them on my hawks/re-curves. Really surprised they weren't mentioned. They are under the oil stone selection near bottom of the page. They also have them in half cylinder, square, and tri-angular. There are different lengths, widths, and grit. Hope this helps. Cheers.

[@sammaldonado7497]

I really like the naniwa gouken. Considering purchasing the set. How would you refinish the stones' curved surface once it's starts to wear/flatten?

[@SharpeningSupplies]

That's a great question. To help maintain the shape, try to use the entire curved surface evenly, that will promote even wear. If it starts to lose shape use the same lapping plate or flattening stone you'd use for regular water stones. You'd would need to rotate the stone as you dress the surface on the flattening stone or lapping plate. Feel free to adjust the curve so that it best suits your needs, similar to how woodworkers will modify slip stones to better fit their gouges and v-tools.