sharpening a Morakniv Eldris

[Ken S]

Rick recently sent me one of his very nicely machined modified stop collars. In order to effectively work with it effectively, I need a knife with more edge curve. My knives are essentially traditional kitchen and pocket knives with straight or gently curved edges.

I found a knife I believe would be an ideal match for Rick's jig:

https://www.bladehq.com/item--Morakniv-Eldris-Pocket-Size-Fixed--35170

It is about 4mm shorter than the minimum length of the regular Tormek knife jig. Two solutions come to mind. I have the Tormek small blade holder, which I am sure will work well.

The second, more radical solution would be to grind down the width of one of my knife jigs. With a modified knife jig and Rick's collar, I would have a dedicated jig for this one knife. While this might work very well, it seems cost ineffective for one knife for a home sharpener like me. The small blade holder seems more practical.

Any suggestions from the knife people for this old chisel sharpener?

Thanks.

Ken

[cbwx34]

Rick recently sent me one of his very nicely machined modified stop collars. In order to effectively work with it effectively, I need a knife with more edge curve. My knives are essentially traditional kitchen and pocket knives with straight or gently curved edges.

I found a knife I believe would be an ideal match for Rick's jig:

https://www.bladehq.com/item--Morakniv-Eldris-Pocket-Size-Fixed--35170

It is about 4mm shorter than the minimum length of the regular Tormek knife jig. Two solutions come to mind. I have the Tormek small blade holder, which I am sure will work well.

The second, more radical solution would be to grind down the width of one of my knife jigs. With a modified knife jig and Rick's collar, I would have a dedicated jig for this one knife. While this might work very well, it seems cost ineffective for one knife for a home sharpener like me. The small blade holder seems more practical.

Any suggestions from the knife people for this old chisel sharpener?

Thanks.

Ken

I see this knife as no different than the knife we just talked about in the other thread...



... like I said there, consider clamping the knife at an an angle... having a pivot point means you don't have to keep the knife parallel to the clamp edge (not that you have to do that anyway).

But, I think you really don't need a particular knife to appreciate the benefits of Rick's pivot collar. Try any knife with a bit of a curve... I think you'll appreciate how more natural it becomes to follow the shape of the blade.

[Ken S]

Thanks, CB.

I have two paring knives. The one I use almost all of the time is longer with a less curved blade. My second paring knife is shorter and with more curve. I will start with that knife.

Ken