Patent ID: 8292701

Claim:
A blade sharpening assembly, comprising: a base member; a clamping member disposed on said base member, cooperable therewith for releasably securing a blade thereon with a cutting edge thereof protruding thereforrn; a rod removably insertable in a bore disposed in said base member, said bore has an elongated recess along a length thereof and a transversely disposed recess communicating with said elongated slot at a base thereof in said base member, and said rod is provided with a radially protruding pin relative to an axis thereof disposable in said elongated slot and angularly displaceable when positioned in alignment with said transversely disposed recess, permitting said rod to be axially inserted into and removed from said bore with said pin displaced along said elongated slot, and be rotated about its axis when said pin is disposed in alignment with said transversely disposed recess; a carrier member mounted on said rod, displaceable along a length thereof, including means for releasably securing said carrier member at selected positions along the length of said rod; and a tool for sharpening a blade secured between said base and clamping members, including a handle section, an elongated section engageable with a support surface of said carrier member and a honing section engageable with a cutting edge of a blade secured between said base and clamping members when said elongated section engages said support surface of said carrier member.