The Nick Shabazz Sharpening Tutorial Video

[@KnifeKrazy.]

Thank you Nick. I very much appreciate the shout out.

[@rodrigoteresa7944]

Given how soft the steel is on the Z-Hunter I genuinely wouldn't have been surprised by a 4.5 minute sharpening vid that covered the whole process 😀

[@ogenmatic]

Rodrigo Teresa Z-Hunter & a brick - being about all it deserves!

[@ogenmatic]

When I saw this was a relatively short video I thought it would be Nick putting a knife in a box addressed to Rob Bixby! The AposleP's edges are awesome indeed but I've managed, with much practice, to get edges to my satisfaction on my KME (your mileage might vary).

[@sputumtube]

The much vaunted 'mirror edge' is indeed cosmetically beautiful and recommended for high-end collectibles/safe queens and so on. However, for a daily use knife it seems kind of pointless to me. Five minutes a day with a Sharpmaker and a (green compound) strop brings most steels back to the 'hair-shaving' benchmark we all deem necessary.

[@DeSousausmc]

paul greenwood much agreed. Some knives I'll put a mirror on but for most my cooking knives I don't go past coarse or fine as that toothy edge is far superior for things like food prep

[@mikelikesknives428]

I have had a KME for a couple of months and have had descent results. Not perfect but descent. I love the process and am determined to get better. Thanks for the honesty. Sharpening is not easy.

[@augustcancel312]

totally respect someone who can admit their limitations

[@daviddeckert]

This is in interesting conundrum. Sharpen them yourself, to save time + money (uh, long term, and especially if you have multiple knives you use often ...) But if you're ultimately not great at it, that begs the question of why not send them out for sharpening? And more to the point, who would that BE?

[@bengalvin71]

We don't need a Jedi sharpening video, just a basic tutorial on using on using the Spyderco sharpmaker. Watch and learn with the Gimpy Chimpy will be just fine for me.

[@r1w3d]

I got good at freehand sharpening and it took years but now it's my preferred method. I'm so happy with the edge that I can freehand that I worry about trying a sharpening system.

[@CaptainBuzzcooler]

Check out Rough Rooster Knife Sharpening for traditional freehand sharpening on Arkansas stones.

[@righyan]

I started sharpening with the spyderco sharpmaker about 6 months ago. I got good results from it, but It would sometimes take a really long time to get some knives sharp. recently I got the work sharp ken onion and it is fantastic! I can get a dull knife to shave in about 10-15 minutes. Takes a little longer if there are chips on the cutting edge.

[@TeddyRoooosevelt]

Your humility is inspiring

[@Watchandcutgearchannel]

I respect you 100% for this video.. I love humble truthful people. Your a knife review expert in my eyes... you have influence some of my purchases in the past so thank for what you do well ... plus very entertaining... I agree 100% in regards to apostle p... robs really honest and nice as well!!👍

[@diadora9292]

Alex Tissot Rob does a fantastic job

[@erichusayn]

Sharpening is a very personal thing. Gotta find what works for you...

[@jacobmanalang8162]

bought the kme on you and bird's recommendation. still trying to learn it. still need a strop too. i hope to get better

[@combatengineer3387]

great video Nick I've been hand sharpening used arkansaw stones, and wet stones, then switched to diamond stones. helps to have a guided system for sure.

[@Good.shepherd420]

Are you still using the strips and glass for the kme or have you moved to sandpaper?

[@petehorn6705]

Guided systems make life easy! I use the $50 lansky system and it gets hair popping sharp edges, not quite hair whittling but good enough for life

[@ogenmatic]

Pete Horn I found the rods too flimsy to get the stones at a consistent angle (from stone to stone especially). I got the KME & it's worth the cost difference to me at least.

[@LTT.Official]

Yep, I have the shitty $22 stone lanky system and it works really well, shaves hair not smoothly but for everyday life, can't ask for more, price to performance wise.

[@crf450rbulletdavid9]

I have no clue how rob apostle p uses the edge pro the way he does. I owned it and I had not very good luck at all with it so I sold it and am looking to pick up a WE pretty soon.

[@WalterW]

I needed this. You never know whom to trust on KZbin. Thanks!

[@ctaber2011]

Michael Emler is good one too, he does hand sharpening, unlike most of the rest.

[@DeSousausmc]

Chris RTW does he make videos?

[@JRKhoury18]

DeSousausmc he does. search his name on KZbin. recently recovered from a knife accident too.

[@ggabe2865]

U should do a colab with bird from birdshot IV he's great at sharpening

[@kylekeenliside]

I recently got a bemchmade 940-2 as a graduation present. however I cannot get it to easily Close without considerable blade play. would you recommend to do a full clean and polish the washers?

[@NickShabazz]

Send it to Benchmade. They'll make it right.

[@kylekeenliside]

Nick Shabazz thanks for the reply. I just didn't want to wait 4 weeks to fix it if I could do it myself

[@rodrigoteresa7944]

Kyle Keenliside I think Benchmade will take care off you if you have a QC problem like that. If modification doesn't void the warranty you could try something like that first though.

[@jayweast1306]

Thanks for this video. Sharpening is important for everybody to know about and as somebody who isn't very deep into the knife game at all (and doesn't plan to be) but has a few that I need to keep sharp, I can tell you searching youtube and google yields a lot of less than helpful results, especially for beginners. BTW do you have any thoughts on the work sharp field sharpener? It looks like a beginner-friendly sharpening system at a great price that lacks nothing necessary for maintaining an edge or resharpening a blade that's gone dull.

[@TNJRSFFS]

not mad at ya, I tend to stay in my lane with info distribution myself, although I was curious on which you used, so worth the pun for that at the least hehe

[@gambitgaming4573]

been watching forged in fire have you?

[@NickShabazz]

Indeed! It will keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel.

[@gambitgaming4573]

Nick Shabazz what do you think of it? I love the show. I think its a pretty awesome show. it would be cool to do a folding knife version of the show. but that might be a little more difficult.

[@NickShabazz]

It's deeply cheesy, but fun.

[@gambitgaming4573]

Nick Shabazz it really is kinda cheesy. but its also so much fun to watch. ill watch it and I'm like um okay. but then I can't stop watching it. Doug is my favorite one on the show. it will keeel!!! :)

[@insidehi-fi8734]

does anyone actually take Doug Marcaida seriously????? besides mall ninjas..

[@kerryrwac]

Add Razor Edge Knives to the list . You handled his work with the flat ground Nirvana . The Apostle P did one of my knives and it's excellent .

[@NickShabazz]

+kerryrwac Oh damnit. Yep. But he doesn’t have a YT channel.

[@kerryrwac]

Nick Shabazz He's too busy running a business lol

[@Jkp1321]

Buy a sharpening stone, hold blade at a 30° to stone, follow direction of grind. Wowza.

[@stephens2401]

I've owned many systems over the years and in my experience as far as the popular systems go, I like the edgepro the best and hate the sharpmaker. I've since dumped all those systems and learned freehand sharpening . There is simply no system that can recreate the beauty and sharpness of a hand sharpened edge. That being said Mike Emler is my favorite sharpener on youtube

[@ChristianSkagen]

Omg! A para 2 with m4 and carbon fibre? U so lucky! And you got the Imanshi Bester combination stone:) My favorite!

[@EldenLord84]

If you want to easily step up the quality of your edges, buy a Wicked Edge. Vastly superior to the KME, Lansky, Apex Pro, etc in my experience. I had trouble with all of those systems, but I can put a hair whittling mirror edge on any knife with the Wicked Edge.

[@camojoe83]

Widdle? Kniferbro fail.

[@EldenLord84]

Joe Blazer 😂

[@derekwhite5945]

I put a hair whittling edge on my spyderco rubicon with a Lansky system and a .5 micron strop. Sure it took a while but would I have payed $1150 canadian dollars to do it any faster? No.

[@snakalw]

Thanks much, Nick! Great video as usual.

[@GoofyTyler8P]

Apologizes man, did not see this video before. Thanks a bunch. Best of wishes

[@AlfredoRGuillen]

Honest aproach....thank you....

[@maxk5038]

You think the knife hobby is expensive think about guns

[@NoOne-ki3bm]

Thank you

[@mikejoseph8392]

You need alot of patience. I learned most of my sharpening skills on KZbin. I am not as good as any of the good guys but I can get a polished edge that is a heluvalot better than factory. It just takes forever. The better the metal the longer it takes. Some of the steels make you want to pull your hair out. By the way I have the KME sharpener and its great and Ron the owner will always talk to you and explain anything you need to know. He will never hawk anything in fact if he doesn't think you need it he will tell you not to buy it. I think the only sharpener better than the KME is the Tormek.

[@elephantricity]

Ya need to step up your sharpening game.

[@computerkid1416]

This is the only time I've ever disliked one of your videos. I can't stand clickbait.

[@bengalvin71]

Yay!

[@The50011]

why not just a vid, showing you sharpen. doesn't have to be a tutorial

[@NickShabazz]

Because I'm not that good at it! I don't want people learning bad habits :)

[@The50011]

I just love how your very focused on the little details, that other people don't notice. I think you'd make a great tutorial, when you feel like you can