Abused D2 Knives - Impossible to sharpen? 

I did a thing Good one. Make sure they’re cut short enough so the pockets hang out the bottom.

You mean, Jorts?

Joerg Jorts? Jorting Joerg? How about a new channel: JoergNJorts!

Hey i did a thing nice seeing you your a cool guy dooing nice stuff

Hey! You did the thing!!!!!!! :)

When the safety T-shirt not cut it anymore 😂.

Average Joe wait until you hear that buying in the UK needs a licence.

Its pretty stupid, especially if you consider that carrying a fixed blade up to 12cm blade length is totally fine in Germany (no "fighting knifes" of course). I can also carry a giant folding knife with safety as long as you have to use 2 hands for opening.

In Germany, you can't carry a knife that is BOTH lockable and one hand openning. If your knife is one handed but non locking, it's ok. If it has a locking mechanism but is not one handed openning, it's also ok.

Most laws are written for prosecuters.

@@user-zb6gt7og9q No licence is required, don't talk nonsense.

Amen to that.. I'm mediocre at sharpening but I would never sharpen a loved knife like that.... only my shit

Sinister Thoughts That is what they’re branded as but you can sharpen a knife with them

Zumindest bei den Messern, die so gut wie nichts angekriegt haben beim Stahlnagelschneiden, kann ich ausschließebn das sie aus 440er gemacht sind. Ob es D2 oder ein anderer extrem harter Stahl ist kann ich natürlich nicht sagen. Aber diese Klingen sind wirklich viel besser als 440er.

Echt ? Du hast einen gehärteten Stahlnagel benutzt ? Glaub ich jetzt mal nicht. :) Und ja, D2 ist so was besonderes ja nicht.

@@Slingshotchannel Der Preis hat mich auch stutzig gemacht wenn man andere D2 Messer zb. von Loinsteel anschaut....ich bleibe skeptisch bis der DHL da war. : )

Schau mal auf seine Facebook Seite. Er hat die Messer prüfen lassen.

Fix It von *gehärtetem* Stahlnagel hat er nie was gesagt oder doch?

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I have bought other products too after being introduced by these videos. The quality vs price really is impressive.

No, those are whetstones and not wet stones.

Thanks for the instruction, Joerg. I just learned the whet means to sharpen or to hone.

check out ganzo firebird knives they’re really cheap for the quality and materials your getting. The blades are real D2 and have been tested unlike some blades in this video that were tested and turned out to be some other cheaper metal. The ganzos are amazing and you can find a lot of their models on Gearbest. If you want more information on ganzos search up LuvThemKnives Ganzos. He tests knife to see if the knife steels are real.

When you sharpen a knife, you are grinding away metal (and stone) and that stuff needs to be cleaned off periodically or it will interfere with the process. You can use water or a rag or both. To whet something is, to sharpen, and has nothing to do with moisture of any kind.

Dystopian Paradise then why do so many professional sharpeners say it needs to soak up for 24 hours ?

Yes. It definitely shouldn’t be able to let the knife sharp and to ever contact the handle ever.

There's likely specialised tools for it but sandpaper wrapped around some kind if rod or half-round would work.

Seven Proxies the downside of a coffeemug or the egde of a car window work just great

Seven Proxies natural round stone.

I saw someone break a whetstone and use a shard of it, and I also once saw a sharpener the size of a guitar pick that had a small ceramic rod for sharpening

ANTIMATTER THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS: But my cigar cutter still needs sharpening. And it's a pretty luxurious model, so I want to be able to maintain it.

Nailed it. The fake Edge Pro (Ruixin) with the diamond stones is fairly good for a tight budget. Can get that for about $70 (with 4 diamond stones) straight from China.

Against a tungsten alloy steel knife would be nice.

This "d2" vs real d2. I'd like to see that.

The one clearly labelled "CERAMIC"? Righty...

I have the exact same one and the manual is very clear on that. Google it if you're indeed interested.

And btw, if you use it for a ceramic blade, it will immediately break, believe me...

@@Rabidum the sharpener itself is using ceramic stones thats why it says it

I like my A2 patina.

D2 can have a nice patina

No that doesn't work. I have the same sharpening kit and i tried it, the clamping force is way to weak to hold a blade in the same position. The way Jörg used it works absolutely fine and the manual also says this is the way it is intended.

That is not a clamp, that is to position the spine of the knife, clamping can be done separately and the results will vary depending on your method.

Whet stones are best if you want a fine edge put on your knife. but if you just want them sharpened yes sharpening tools work well and are easy to use. I do both ways

The question is, what is normal? D2 is a very common steel for knives. So I consider it normal. It's a budget steel, but quite hard and with very good edge retention for low cost. The downside is it's not really stainless, but doesn't rust easily. Semi stainless, due to under 13% chromium and fairly high carbon content. The chromium bits are fairly large, so for a truly sharp and long lasting edge, it should be sharpened on diamond or silicon carbide. It's not S30V, but performance is close enough for a game of hand grenades, for much less money... and less corrosion resistance. I wouldn't aggressively sharpen D2 on a belt sander, since it doesn't tolerate overheating well.

Ich habe mir vor einiger Zeit das Ruixin set gekauft und mittlerweile einige Messer geschärft. Das System lässt sich super auf einer glatten Oberfläche befestigen. Selbst mit den mitgelieferten Steinen lässt sich eine gute Schärfe herstellen, nach dem feinsten Stein ziehe ich die Messer über einen Lederriemen ab und die Messer sind für meinen Bedarf scharf genug. Der Stein ist zumindest so fein dass die Schneide poliert wird. Vielleicht sind die Steine bei dem Gatco System von höherer Qualität aber da das Ruixin ein Klon des edge pro apex ist hat man eine große Auswahl an Steinen in verschiedenen Qualitätsstufen falls die mitgelieferten mal abgenutzt sind oder du was besseres willst. Die Verarbeitung des Schärfers würde ich als robust bezeichnen, kein billiger Kunststoff, Gewinde aus Metall, wenn man es richtig aufbaut wackelt da nichts und der Saugnapf löst sich nicht von selbst. Im Gegenzug zum Gatco kannst du hier auch den Winkel frei wählen. Kurz gesagt mit dem Ruixin machst du meiner Meinung nach nichts falsch, Preis Leistung stimmt hier absolut.

Das Gatco ist auch ziemlich gut, kostet aber beinahe das doppelte... Beim Gatco lässt sich der Schleifwinkel nicht stufenlos verstellen, die Steine sind deutlich kürzer und das Messer muss eingespannt werden. Zudem ist der Original-Klingenhalter sehr schwabbelig (ich habe ihn mit einem Flacheisen verstärkt). Das Gatco Set ist dafür kompakter und man kann den Halter auch in der Hand halten bzw. im Schraubstock einspannen. Wenn ich wählen müsste - würde ich den Ruixin nehmen. Aber nur knapp.

Glad I wasn't the only one cringing when he started sawing on the sharpener.

@@RubixB0y Yes, you're right. When it come to knife sharpening, I know many things but not everything. I really like sharpening a knife properly even though I'm just 15 years old. All the knife I sharpen is razor sharp, I assume you maybe have the same skill as me or maybe more.

Man..you dont get it or ? Maybe he knows that ? I know it too, every "knifeguy" know it, ( And they would never use a pull through sharpener for their own knifes ) but he wont do it 100 times. The task was to resharp a knife ONCE that had a little dull at one point. So he did it the most effective way to remove it ONCE.

Exactly. The blade was blunt at exactly that spot. Why grinding away the rest of the edge?

@@Slingshotchannel Your fine. It worked. It's not a sushi knife.

They get dull it might just take a longer time than with a softer steel. As often there are no easy answers to this as it gets quite complicated when you go into detail.

A whet stone, not a wet stone. Usually no lubrication is needed and recommended for whetstone sharpening, although there are exceptions.