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Auger Blades Sharpening

AsianSensation89

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Hey Guys,

Just curious but has anyone tried using the LAZER Auger Blade Sharpener that Strikemaster makes? Supposedly you can just buy that and sharpen your own auger blades when they are dull. However, I don't want to lose 10 dollars and find out it doesn't work, especially since I hear you have to sharpen your blades at the right angle. I've got some old blades from my MORA 6" Auger that I had to replace this season with only one of the blades being dull. Didn't want to exchange them for new blades so I figured I'd keep the old set, buy a new set... and try to fix my old blades so I will have a spare if ever needed. Any tips or advice?

***On another note, if I have the old blades installed, it seems it have a harder time pinpointing/starting my hole as the auger will tend to "slip." Seems like only one blade is cutting though, so that's why I have a feeling maybe one of them is dull. Thanks!

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I've got some old blades from my MORA 6" Auger that I had to replace this season with only one of the blades being dull. Didn't want to exchange them for new blades so I figured I'd keep the old set, buy a new set... and try to fix my old blades so I will have a spare if ever needed. Any tips or advice?

AS89 - I've asked about sharpening blades a number of times now at D-Rock. They sell the sharpeners, so I asked them about them. They said they might work in a pinch for a few holes, but new blades IS the way to go.

Also, the used blades they take in on exchanges aren't actually sharpened and re-sold, they are recycled. The blade exchange essentially is new blades without the deluxe packaging.

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If you look close there is one cutting edge with that sharpener. The other edge is like a guide.

Make sure the cutting edge is cutting the bevel of the blade an not the flat side.

In a pinch they might work but fall way short of new or resharpened blades.

Those really aren't intended for a Mora blade.

Your better off taking the Mora blades off and sharpening them on a perfectly flat surface with 1000 grit paper adhered to the flat surface. Mora has a fairly wide edges that you can hold flat. If you can see a burr do that side first till the burr is gone. Do not rock the blade when you make your strokes. Each side gets equal amounts taken off. If you have a nick in the blade just forget it because you'll be taking a lot of material off.

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Not a bad idea to have one on hand, but as stated, new blades are the way to go.

On the blade exchange, why would they take the old ones in if they weren't doing something with them? Is it due to the metal's value for recycling? I find it hard to believe that someone somewhere couldn't put a decent edge back on them with the right equipment. The swedes can do it, and the chinese suppliers can do it (although not as well, but acceptably). With the lazer blades, it is a tricky one to do with a radius on the edge and a curve on the flat.

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On the blade exchange, why would they take the old ones in if they weren't doing something with them?

That's why I keep asking every-time I get some new blades; I'm still a little confused too - anyhow it's the same price whether you give them old blades or not... It's a good service, taking them off your hands. They look to valuable to toss and probably a hazard to recycle at home.

I'm probably going to ask again next year.. LOL

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i sharpen ice auger blades , but have yet to figure out how to do strikemater blades. i think that they have figured out a way that a guy can't sharpen them, with the angles they have on them. they make you get new ones

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I've thought about possibly mix-n-matching the blades with the old and new. Keep one new blade on while with the other blade alternating it with the old blades to see which blade is actually dull. Then from there I will attempt to resharpen the dull one. Been hard to do though since I'd have to be on the ice to do that. Also seems time consuming... and when I am on the ice I'd rather be fishing. lol

My auger was actually slipping more than usual before I bought the new blades. I think I somehow must have gotten one of the blade's angle right when I attempted to resharpen them so only one of them shaves the ice. Frustrating topic...

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what I was told from the guys at strikemaster is that when they take your old blades they just recycle them. they said the blade exchange blades are new blades and have not been resharpened. the reason they offer them at a lower price over the "new blades" is because they are charging you for the new plastic pack the "new blades" come in when you by them. the blade exchange blades are just put in a padded envelope and not the plastic clam pack. the blades can be resharpened but they won't last as long as a new set.

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If the blade exchange is through Strikemaster then they have no need to sharpen them.

There are blade exchanges by individuals. Like what you might find at a bait shop where a guy will have a drop off site there.

He picks them up and drops some off.

Some do as I do. What you send it what your getting back. I sharpen and send blades back the same day I get them though.

You can grind the flat side of a flat blade to true it back up but you don't do that on a blade with a radius.

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