All About Pocket Knives

A guy at work had a benchmade half serrated knife and he said it was no good and he could not sharpen it. I told him I thought they were good knives and he said "Give me 5 bucks for it". I did

The question I have is how do I sharpen the knife? Do you just sharpen the serrated part on the flat back part or is this not advised?

I figured 5 bucks for a benchmade had to be a good deal. I would not normally buy one but a good deal is a good deal.

I think spyderco makes a sharpener for serrations or a round diamond stone is what I used depending on the type of serrations.

You can send it back to Benchmade and they will sharpen it and make it look brand new! Here is the link that tells you how to return the knife.

http://www.benchmade.com/about_knives/l ... ervice.asp

Buck has one too. The serrations may have different sizes, so a sharpener really must be tapered to fit them.
I must admit that I have no experience sharpening serrated edges. I may be old fashioned, but I prefer straight edges except for blades made for some specific purposes…

How do you feel about serrated edges?

One of the catalogs, Jantz I think it is sells round Arkanasa stones. Lansky also makes a serrated hone. Quite a few ways to go about it.