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11-23-2021, 05:24 PM | #1 | |
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I’ve been a full time maker for a couple decades. I’ve tried every strop known to man. A $3 3/16” basswood strip from Hobby Lobby, and some diamond paste beats everything, hands down. |
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01-26-2021, 05:55 AM | #2 |
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Great set up Sanders Work Sharp sharpener and superior knives Henckel.
I just use my Japanese wet stones and a diamond flat stone for touch ups. Watched a dozen vids. like the ones Merc put up tried them all and found one that worked best for me. Key I found with mine is the right amount of pressure the angle and consistency on both sides. Emergency camping no sharpener? A ceramic coffee cup knife run over the top lip or hell even the side glass widow on your truck. Razor sharp with those? Nah but sharp and good enough to skin that deer.
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Pressure and angle MERC
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11-27-2021, 03:19 PM | #4 |
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I start with a diamond 400, then 1000
Then move to the whet stones, at 1000, 1500, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000, and 10,000 Then a leather strop with red jewler's rouge. My wife thinks her kitchen knives get the job done. |
11-27-2021, 03:25 PM | #5 |
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Why are you using a sawing motion with a knife?
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11-27-2021, 03:28 PM | #6 |
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11-27-2021, 03:55 PM | #7 |
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No can't say that some thing I ever pursued. I did however work with a knife for 36 years and sawing motion was pretty much the first thing you break an apprentice of doing.
I was never a surgeon nor played one on TV but I'll wager they don't saw with scapulas either. |
11-27-2021, 04:39 PM | #8 | |
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It looks like a saw blade. |
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11-27-2021, 04:07 PM | #9 |
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11-27-2021, 04:15 PM | #10 |
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12-02-2021, 07:42 PM | #11 |
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Do yourselves a favor and watch the Project Farm episode on sharpeners.
If sharpening is your job or your life's passion, stones IMO. If sharpening is a fun hobby - work sharp and others are great. If you just want sharp knives that have utility, nothing expensive is really needed for that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEDyYJJ6f9M |
12-06-2021, 11:11 AM | #12 |
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I try to keep my knives sharp at all times. I use a steel before cutting anything. I have a cheap fish hook diamond stone from Basspro that I keep in my toolbox. It beats everything for a quick and dirty way to sharpen an edge. It has a fine side and course side. It will get me through a deer or cardboard until I can sharpen the knife properly.
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12-06-2021, 11:43 AM | #13 | |
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I have admittedly neglected my wife's nice kitchen knives. Too damn many to take care of when my normal work week the past 20+ years is 85-90 hours.
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