916 Triage Sharpening Woes

smurfpiss

• October 30, 2013 04:02

My first Benchmade is a 916 Triage with the combo edge on it. After a few months of use the plain edge portion has become quite dull. So I decided to invest in a Lansky Universal Sharpening System, assuming that the blade angle on the 916 is 30 degrees.

Long story short I just can't seem to get the right angle on the blade to sharpen it! I've tried 30 degrees but it seems too shallow. It feels like the 916 has like a 35 degree angle and I've searched high and low for the 916 specs and nowhere does it state the blade angle... To make things worst the opposing bevel design makes it hard for the clamp to bite down on the blade itself too...

Does anyone know what the blade angle on 916 is? And please give me some tips on sharpening this opposing bevel chisel grind handful of a blade...

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  ketch

  • October 30, 2013 13:52

  smurfpiss! take a black magic marker with a slant cut tip and mark both bevel edges of the knife and let it dry. then use the lansky and adjust the 90 degree bend in the rod so that it takes the marker off the bevel evenly on both side. to put the stones or steels in the lansky the same every time insert the rod in the hole and set the stone face down on a counter or table top. the long end of the rod and stone should then both sit level on the surface and then tighten the set screw. the lansky I have came with enough rods to set the 90 degree angles for different knives and then leave them that way. also before you start the edge sharpening make sure the blade is set at 90 degrees in the clamp/holder. any left over marker ink can be remove with rubbing alcohol.

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  skimo

  • November 02, 2013 01:22

  Yes, magic marker really is 'magic' for sharpening.

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  loonybin

  • November 07, 2013 17:56

  quote:

  Originally posted by smurfpiss:
  My first Benchmade is a 916 Triage with the combo edge on it. After a few months of use the plain edge portion has become quite dull. So I decided to invest in a Lansky Universal Sharpening System, assuming that the blade angle on the 916 is 30 degrees.
  
  Long story short I just can't seem to get the right angle on the blade to sharpen it! I've tried 30 degrees but it seems too shallow. It feels like the 916 has like a 35 degree angle and I've searched high and low for the 916 specs and nowhere does it state the blade angle... To make things worst the opposing bevel design makes it hard for the clamp to bite down on the blade itself too...
  
  Does anyone know what the blade angle on 916 is? And please give me some tips on sharpening this opposing bevel chisel grind handful of a blade...

  
  There is no specific bevel angle specs. Benchmade knives are hand sharpened at the factory, and experience has taught many of us that it is at least 40º inclusive, not closer to 30º. Use the sharpie trick alreay mentioned, or set a new bevel to whatever angle you want/can with your Lansky.
  
  As for getting the blade to clamp down, I don't have an answer really. The offsetting bevel makes it hard. Perhaps make a wedge of some kind to fit under the blade to give it a level surface for the clamp to grab?

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