204 Improvement?

[dePaul]

I´ve been thinking, wouldn´t it be rather conveniant to somewhat prolong the length of the sharpening stones? That would allow one to even sharpen knives with a greater length of the blade more effectively. As it is now, I´m having some troubles sharpening large blades in a single stroke.

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[Joyce Laituri]

dePaul,
It has been discussed. The 204 (and it's predecessor the 203) were designed to be small enough to put in a pack or pocket for travel and use in the field. Spyderco does make a sharpener called the 600F Galley V. The stones are 12&quot; long (fine only) in an elliptical cat's eye shape. It was designed for kitchen knives, the base bolts or clamps to a countertop (pretty permanent) and has a fixed 15 degree angle for a 30 degree knife bevel. It runs about 50 bucks.

Always thought I'd put one in my garage.

Joyce
Joyce

[dePaul]

Hm, have to take a look. Thx Joyce

[JD Spydo]

If anyone knows where I can purchase another GALLEY V 600F sharpening kit then please let me know. I agree that there maybe also should be longer stones for the 204 sharpmaker kit to accomodate the bigger, longer kitchen type & bowie knives. Just a suggestion. I really love my GALLEY V. It is almost like a lost piece of art.

[dialex]

Hmmm... that would mean a new plastic case and longer brass rods too. Could be expensive and the return of the investment is unsure
OTOH, I was wondering if there would be possible to make some rounded sticks for sharpening the large serrations one by one. For the small serrations, the triangles are fine, but I could really use some rounded ones.

[dePaul]

Wow Alex, that's an old post of mine! Don't even recall writing it Still think it's a good idea though. The regular 204 for travel and outdoor and another sharpmaker for the home, sporting longer rods (for kitchen knives).

~Paul~

[sal]

Hi depaul. Actually it was a safety issue.

We found that with larger sticks, combined with speed, it was possible for a person to actually miss the top of the stone (going too fast) and in the downward stroke, actually cut their wrist or forearm.

The size was designed to keep- your "holding the sharperner" hand tucked in under the saftey guards, and the stones short enough to cause you to hit the guard if you missed.

The Galley V is ideal for kitchen knives, especially if mounted. I like to mount them above my head at a little less than a 90 degree angle to the cabinet. I can sharpen the kitchen knives above my head without hitting my head on the sharpener. It's always out and set up. very convenient.

The galley V prob was high cost of mfr. It needs to sell for $50 a set and the market wouldn't cover that.

sal

[dePaul]

for the answer. I can see your point regarding the safety issue. I guess, the only solution would be hollow rods with a retractable safety guard

~Paul~

[JD Spydo]

Hmmm... that would mean a new plastic case and longer brass rods too. Could be expensive and the return of the investment is unsure
OTOH, I was wondering if there would be possible to make some rounded sticks for sharpening the large serrations one by one. For the small serrations, the triangles are fine, but I could really use some rounded ones.

Hello there Dialex. I think I might have come up with a solution for your desire for sharpening the big parts of the serrations. You actually challenged me when you said the above about some rounded type file to hone the big parts of the serrations. I have a Spyderco file called the 701 Profile. You can take the smaller radius on those files ( medium or fine) and they seem to fit the bigger dips on the serrations. Let me know what you think. The SFO told me that they have quite a few of them in stock