As a beginner, I have watched dozens of knife sharpening video, this one tops the lot. Clear, simple and practical, thank you Ben! Now...to find me a decent combi-waterstone!

Great lesson Ben. You've taken a process that is daunting to most of us and made it much more manageable. Thank you.

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

So pleased you enjoyed it. We try to make it as simple as possible so folks can have a go and learn a simple technique that gives great results Many thanks cheers Ben

It was Great 👍 thank you 😊 🙏

Best knife sharping video on the net . no bullshit grate video mate well done

@sdriza

5 ай бұрын

not bad on sharpening either

Thanks for this clear and well-explained upload.

Great video, and fantastic knives - got one, absolute favourite! Recommended.

Finest example of knife sharpening available.

As ever Ben, great tutorial

great vid mate finally got my knife extremely sharp!

By far the best sharpening vids I've ever seen. Genuine thanks!

Excellent video mate, really easy to follow through.

Excellent advice as always Ben. Thankyou Sandy

Excellent tutorial!

Well laid out tutorial. Thank you. Atb.

Great video. Brilliant idea with the pen.

Very nicely done, clear simple instructions

Top video. Very clear. Thanks.

Outstanding video!

Nice vid! Great Step by step walk through

Loved all of your knife sharpening videos. So clear and simple yet very effective. Didn't know about the marker pen or newspaper. You have just got yourself another subscriber.

Good job at explaining the sharping process. This is exactly how I do it. These are wicked sharp after this.

awsome vid straight to the point easy to understand one of the best sharpening vids on youtube

Very informative and excellent videos. Thank you.

Nice and actually instructive video. Thx

Great stuff - thanks

Fantastic Scandi grind sharpening tutorial. Thank-you very much...

Hats off to you, by far the best sharpening video I have seen.

Very helpful, one of my weaknesses is knife sharpenening, so found this very helpful. Appreciated

Excellent thank you.

Thanks Ben. I have a sharpening stone, but was a bit lost trying to use it. The tip with the pen is great.

Very helpful. Thanks.

Perfect explanation thank you 👍🏼

Bloody lovely knife

Amazing channel! I love looking earth, explore and loosen up...

Excellent video my friend,that's how it's done.Thats how we did the wood planes and the chisels back in the day,rough sharp edge.Stay safe.

Brilliant. Thanks mate

Very helpful - Thank you

Well explained, liked the tip of using the marker. Subbed. All the best from Scotland. Garry

great vid thanks!

Hands of craftsman

Amazing channel! Excellent tutorial! will definitely follow the channel. Many thanks !

Brilliant!

Awesome. Thanks. Peace from Berkshire.

Loved ur video. First one of ur vids I watched and instantly subscribed. Very helpful thank you

This is great

great video

Thank u

Brilliant! I employ many of your techniques when sharpening my blades, however, most have a double bevel with approximately a 20 degree finish edge. Have you a video showing the best way to sharpen this style of blade as well as other types, like full flat grind and the like? You earned a dedicated subscriber, as learning is the backbone of survival. Cheers!! Zip~

Nice one Ben

this guy makes vids that are so terrifically helpful...detail tips so you can really do the things he showa....cheers..laphant1.....if i had teachers like that i would have taken a gillion shop classes...lol

good stuff Ben. Love your work dude

@mrstephenporter

7 жыл бұрын

what type of stones do you use?

ty!!

This is the best sharpening video I have seen so far on the net Ben.... perfect Scandinavian edging... Old news paper wrapping around the board for a final strop is also a good tip... and in the field use the flat part of the car door window as a honing steal for a quick straighten up... there are a couple of videos on KZread which demonstrate this and it really does work.. Cool Beans mate.. Cheers Ben T

Nice Vid.

Bravo

very nice, thanks 👍✌🥃

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed it. cheers Ben

Bingo, well done! Howdy from the Rocky Mountains.

That nice is a beauty.

Thank you so much!! Ive had my mora for a while and i couldn't figure how to sharpen the tip. Now its razor sharp! Also how do you clean your water stone? Mine is white but has this weird green hue to it..this should also come in handy with my new wetterlings.

Axe puck to the bevel, spiderco whetstone ceramic 850 to the leading edge.

Hey man great vids! Love em! What brand stone would u recommend ?

your fingers tell a story, I bet you could strike a match with them.....nice presentation, ta

Thanks Ben. I think I recognise you from the Bushcraft show.? In any case, great video. Thank you for helping us noobies.

@BenOrford

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thats great glad you enjoyed the video and hope to see you at the show next year. come over and say hi. many thanks cheers, Ben

really interested stuff you have on here Ben. I'll hit the sub button in a moment. Atvb dave

The back & forth technique was bad I thought, but maybe its not as the results you have are first class!

excellent video, and one of the best I have seen on scandi edge sharpening, verry similar to the technique I use. You might want to lighten up on the strop pressure a bit though.

@randalflagg9086

8 жыл бұрын

lol he's a top bladesmith that knife he's sharpening is one of his it won best in class two years running at the blade show and your giving him advuce on stropping pmsl

@shonuffisthemaster

8 жыл бұрын

+Randal Flagg well "top baldesmith" or not, he's stropping wrong. and as far as the knife,.its too thick to have a scandi grind on it, typical of bushcrafters thinking a scandi grind is the be all end all but also wanting a thick sturdy blade, but not understanding that with a thicker blade the angle becomes too steep to be really practical. I see this all the time nowdays, people just getting into knives due to anoter intrest and getting drawn in by "this is the best" etc. while not understanding why a scandi grind works great, but only on a thinner knife.

This is really helpful, Ben; thank you. Please use some Vaseline petroleum jelly on your hands, ya hear!

Really good video. This is all the info you need to get a knife razor sharp. Sad to see how many gadget, which tries to help you over-complicate things...

top notch quality again just a quick question is it needed to use a nagura stone? Also does this method get rid or dinks on the edge because i have a couple nasty ones from some real hard ebony

Hi Ben, I have been really enjoying watching your videos. In particular, I watched your video on how to sharpen a bushcraft knife and tried to sharpen my Companion Mora carbon steel knife using a King Ice Bear water stone (250/1000 grit). In 3-4 years I have owned this knife, I have mostly used it for whittling green wood and I never sharpened it until it became completely blunt... I tried using a Fiskars knife sharpening tool to little real avail, and prior on a sharpening stone not knowing what I was doing except it didn't help much. The blade which should be 2 cm wide is now 1.6 cm wide, the blade looks worn... So I had a go whilst watching your video. I started with 250 grit and noticed that each time the line I made with my marker pen would only half disappear which made me wonder whether perhaps I wasn't following the grind and somehow rounding the grind. I did both sides twice on the 250 grit, and at some point I felt the blade was less dull, so I went to the 1000 grit. Each time I would do more and then I felt the blade keep reverting to being dull again. I went back and forth between 250 and 1000 for almost six hours before I stopped. Your video makes it look so very simple... so where am I ballsing it up? In the middle of a pandemic might seem like not the best time to enquire about courses but I am beginning to wonder whether watching videos will be enough... Do you run courses in knife sharpening? Either when courses can be attended again or perhaps online? Oliver

Thanks Ben.I would not use WD-40!!. We used it at work just before we shut down for christmas.it was sprayed on roller belt lines.when Christmas break was over the rollers were coated ln RUST!!!.this was done ever year that I worked there.about. 10 years.thought you should wood like to know.my kids and I like your videos.. Hope this helps.

An excellent informative video. I've often thought on the oil to protect the blade but what if you're using the blade for food preparation? I wouldn't like an oily tang to my cheese sandwich.

would you do this same technique for just standard pocket knives?

What do you think is the best make of 4" sanding belts, and wet n dry paper. I have made the sharpening jig you showed, with corian. Thanks for showing it. I have several pieces of perfectly flat granit, just need good wet n dry paper.

Do you apply pressure on both strokes or just the pull stroke?

Mineral oil is good for rust protection and is cheap, does not go rancid.

Where did you get the wet stone, and the strop?

Would the same process apply to a scandi mod ? Scandi convex specifically?

Please, same information about that "marking-pen"

what oil would you recommend? Great tutorial. thanks

@Greg_Chock

9 жыл бұрын

Rob Rees He actually mentioned his first choice: Camellia oil. Often used on Japanese sushi knifes as it's foodsafe.

Do you soak the Water-stone over night ? On the instructions with mine it said to do so but I wasn't sure... Also have do you feel about blade angle clips (knife guides I believe they are called) that you place on the blade for sharpening to get the right angle ?

There's another channel that says not to use a strop on a scandi grind

How to sharpen a Scandi grind? I have a morakniv, and I am afraid to damage the knife!

@TarnishUK

5 жыл бұрын

The knife in the video is a Scandi grind so it's perfectly applicable to a Morakniv.

0:23 hello beni fod thanks for video informacion

good shit

Is the process the same with a oil stone? And is 123 oil good for a carbon steel blade?

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

You can use the same technique on any stone really, oil, diamond or even ceramic. Any oil on the blade is better than none but it will be a little thick and make the inside of your sheath pretty nasty. Try using a light wipe of olive oil. Least it will be food safe 👍

What knife is that?

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

This is one of our Woodlander 4” classic knives we make. If you would like one drop us a line Many thanks cheers Ben info@benandloisorford.com

For some reason I am incapable of using a whetstone. My knife couldn't cut butter now.

У вас можно топоры преобрести ?новые

nice trick with the marker. where can i get that stone subbed

What exactly am I looking for to know when I'm done on a side?

@daknyaz

4 жыл бұрын

If there is a burr full length of the blade - you are done with side.

im kinda new to bushcraft and survival knives but somewhat understand the grinds and from what i could tell wouldnt this work with any type of grind? plz help im confused

hi

WD-40 is only good for replacing water or to penetrate hinges etc. that won't budge due to rust. It is a rather poor choice for knife maintenance: It won't protect the blade very well against rust, it is not food safe and an environmental hazard if it gets into bodies of water. It is also a less than average lubricant for folders and may affect certain glues and plastics b/c of the solvents it contains. Your average 3in1-oil is a better - and cheaper - choice. Better yet would be a food-safe variety if you intend to cut food with it. Actually, if you live in a rather dry climate, you can just clean the knife - even carbon steel ones - with dishwashing liquid, dry it thoroughly and be done with it. I only oil knives for long-term storage.

@moorshound3243

9 жыл бұрын

kaizoebara WD is a form of acid not an all out oil!

@kaizoebara

9 жыл бұрын

I don't even know what to respond to that... look up the spec sheet of WD40 and you'll see that it's oil/petroleum and solvents.

@TheKimjoh560

7 жыл бұрын

While what you say is true, I use it alot and I think its great for knife maintenance. I have alot of 1095 knives that rust if you look at them funny and WD40 helps me remove traces of rust and protect them short term. (Long term, they dont need protecting as I keep them in the house) I also use it on folders and alot by giving them a good clean with soap and water then spaying them down. It gets in where it needs to go, lubricates and pushes the water out. It saves me alot of time compared to dissassembling. Its also good for removing and protecting knife and saw blade from sticky sap. It alsp prevents clogging of fine grit ceramic stones. Basically its a 10/10 maintenance product if used with some sense.

@kaizoebara

7 жыл бұрын

It can get the job done alright, but why bother when there are better products for said application?

@TheKimjoh560

7 жыл бұрын

Well, I can only speak for myself but I use it because its cheap, flamable and available everywhere from gas stations to grocery stores. It does what I need it to and comes in a a pocket size 100ml spray can. Point me to another product that does all that just as cheaper and better and I'll likely switch.

So why do so many dudes pull the blade sideways instead of like you do it? I like your way better i just wonder why they do it?i mean the way you do it on the strop is how they use the stone

Would it be easier to work without wearing those chewed up leather gloves............oh..........wait a minute...........my mistake.

So basically just copying a Ray Mears video about a year before. Very original.

@BenOrford

3 жыл бұрын

We are showing how to sharpen a scandi grind using a flat sharpening bench stone which is similar, but we show a different technique to help folks who struggle with maintaining the angle of the bevel. Breaking it down into these two sections I have found really helps people who aren’t getting good results with other techniques and gives them the confidence and results they are after.

I don't much care for Japanese water stones. Too messy, too expensive, and completely unnecessary for me. I greatly prefer Quality Arkansas Oilstones. I don't know how often you look at you knives under a microscope, but I can't see any difference in edge quality at all, and find 6000 and higher grits do nothing more that an extra hard Arkansas Oilstone and a good strop does. But what people really need to learn is how to sharpen a bushcraft knife in the field. It could save their lives, and Japanese water stones, and not much good in the field unless you have a mule. Arkansas stones are far easier to carry and use in the field, but people need to know how to keep a knife sharp without any commercial stone. If you can't pluck a rock from a stream and turn a dull knife into a sharp knife, you aren't ready for a survival situation. "Razor sharp is also KZread, marketing nonsense. No woodsman ever put a razor bevel on his knife, and neither did knife companies until know nothings on KZread started demanding such an edge. It's a silly, silly, silly thing to do to a good knife, and unless al you intend to do with your knife is shave hair and perform surgery, it's goes beyond silly and passes dumb. "Sharp" has nothing to do with whether a knife will shave hair or slice paper. Nothing at all, but KZread still teaches that it does, and those who learned from KZread actually believe it. "Sharp" is simply the condition of the edge. Period. An edge with a ten degree bevel per side will shave hair, but it isn't one bit sharper than an edge with a twenty-five degree bevel which will not shave hair. The ten degree bevel simply has more metal behind the edge which prevents the edge from slicing through tiny, unstable thing such as hair. Both edges will do all the real world cutting you need to do, but the twenty-five degree bevel per side will keep its edge up to five times as long. There have been standards for bevel degrees since the early twentieth century, and they still work far better than the "sharp as a razor" crowd knives. Scalpels, Japanese sushi knives, and razors----ten to twelve degrees per side. Pocketknives----fifteen degrees per side. Kitchen and food prep knives---seventeen degrees per side. General, all around use knives, and most belt knives for outdoor use----twenty degrees per side. Hunting knives intended for large game----twenty-five degrees per side. Unfortunately, KZread has taught people that only the incredibly silly "razor sharp" is a good edge. It isn't good, it's silly, and because of how much easier it dulls, it can be deadly in a survival situation. At the very best, it takes decades off a knife that's used early and often.

@seanb6986

6 жыл бұрын

The only difference between Arkansas stones and Japanese stones is how fast they sharpen a knife. I find that good Japanese water stones cut a lot of metal, and are effective for sharpening supersteels.