Patent ID: 8267750
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: B24D

Abstract:
1. A knife edge enhancing apparatus for manually modifying the physical structure along an elongated edge of a knife blade, the apparatus comprising a support having a generally horizontal support surface, an upstanding rigid holder positioned slidably on said support, a sharpening member having a sharpening surface, said sharpening member being structurally mounted to said holder above and spaced from said generally horizontal support surface, blade clamping structure mounted to said support releasably stationarily mounting the knife blade with the plane of a facet of the blade at a fixed non-variable first angle A with respect to a reference plane whereby the blade is maintained in a fixed orientation, said sharpening member being rigidly mounted to said holder and having its angular orientation with respect to said holder selectively adjustable at a selected angular orientation whereby said sharpening member is angularly adjustably mounted to said holder to dispose said sharpening surface at an adjustable angle C with respect to the reference plane during use, said sharpening member being supported solely by said holder, and said holder and said sharpening member being jointly freely slidable in an unconfined manner on said support surface whereby a user may selectively manually move and maintain said sharpening member into contact with the stationarily held blade facet at a controlled constant angle and move said sharpening member over the length of the facet for sharpening the blade with the blade fixed at angle A and said sharpening surface fixed at angle C.