CRKT Ignitor T - Sharpening

[fitz19d]

So I picked up one of these with the straight edge. Nice looking blade but not quite as sharp as I'd like. Is it possible to have it sharpened by like the guy at Sportsmans or something and not get all marred up? IE only sharpen the thin sliver of silver blade but leave the grey coating on the sides untarnished?

[StagLefty]

If you have something like the Lansky sharpening system you can do it yourself. Take a magic marker along the silver edge your talking about and then adjust the angle of your sharpener so your only removing material along that edge and not the coating. Otherwise I guess you'll need to get someone to do it for you. GL

[Whistler]

Throw it on a stone and sharpen it, take your time and watch your angles it's not that hard. If you're unsure of the angles start with about 20-22 degrees or so (total), take a square of paper and fold it corner to corner three times, the resulting angle will be roughly 11 degrees and you can use that to guesstimate your angle on each side. There is a thread on here someplace describing how to use a very fine sand paper on a mouse pad to create a convex edge but is probably all you need to touch up the factory edge on a new blade. As my Dad was fond of saying "you'll never learn any younger".