Benchmade sharpening angle

No. Its just a knife, you can use whatever angle tickles your pickle. I sharpen mine (benchmade mini grip) at 30* just because I find it holds up a little better than 20 or 25. Sharpened it at 20* for a really long time though.

If you sharpen to let’s say a 20 deg it will require a good bit of metal to be removed. One thing to watch for is on the intial rebevel you do not allow the blade to heat up and damage the heat treat.
Make a pass and dip in water dry and repeat

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Fun fact- bemchmade will put a factory edge on it for free if you send it back. Their customer service is great

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Not automatics unless you are a LEO or you have to follow some other process. Mine is an automatic open.

They are manually sharpened on belts.

ETA: there is not a standard angle for a Benchmade. It depends on the model, and a few degrees on the person sharpening it.

FYI, if you have a sharpening system where you can set the angle, you can determine the original angle with a sharpie. Cover the sharpened portion, and adjust until it completely takes the marker off the steel.

Not sure what you are asking.

Guess you just figure out the angle by setting the belt parallel with your specific edge. Never seen one of these before.



Everyone who I’ve seen give a shite about putting a nice edge on a knife used a wet stone.

Nah. I have one of those, it looks much different than the factory edge.

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Everyone who I’ve seen give a shite about putting a nice edge on a knife used a wet stone.

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frick a wet stone. Those belt sharpeners are the shite. They are stupidly fast and do very well.

I won’t get in an argument, but benchmade sharpens with a large belt grinder. They use a medium/course grit followed by a fine grit to knock the burr off. You don’t have to have a scalpel edge to have a sharp edge, a super fine serrated edge (if you looked at it under a magnifying glass) will cut as well or better than a perfectly fine edge depending on what you are cutting. And yes, you can determine the original angle with a worksharp. If it takes the sharpie off the edge only, you need a shallower angle. If it takes the marker off at the shoulder but not the cutting edge vice versa. A worksharp ken onion is the at home version of what knife makers use to sharpen knives. You can get an attachment for the ken onion to sharpen lawn mower blades, axes, etc. it has a wider belt.. It is actually pretty much a light version of how most knife makers put the edge on a knife.

Ken Onion Belt Attachment

All my Benchmade’s I put a 20 degree angle on them with my wicked edge.

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BM’s edge is bizarre anyway (cuts well so I’m not complaining)…and this is just after getting it back from lifesharp:

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It's functional and depends on the steel used. M4, S90V, and the like do not like a finely polished edge for optimal cutting and edge retention. They are steels with a high amount of vanadium and tungsten in the alloy matrix, very hard carbides that favor a toothier edge. My 20CV Crooked River was sharpened to a finer degree but it and my S90V 904-1 will shave hair off my arm exactly the same.