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Tip Of Knife Question
- Thread starter Beulah Land
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Something like this. I have one from my dad for emergencies although I use a Ken Onion worksharp now.
Amazon sells 55 gallon drums of personal lubricant and leashes for cats, they'll have sharpening stones.
If you intend to keep the knife in collector condition, very light stone work is all that is needed at the tip. If you plan on using the knife such as an everyday carry, then you can be a bit more aggressive. But, not to the extent some of your followup posters have suggested (some of which can really wreck a good using edge).
Any hardware store or sporting goods store will carry decent stones for keeping the edge in working condition - with a little practice. Get a medium hard stone for general edge dressing. Take the time to learn the skill practicing on an old kitchen knife or such. Then dress the edge on your carry knife whenever it starts to get dull, don't wait until you can see the edge look flat. Remember a dull knife is just a crappy screwdriver with a clumsy handle.
You don't need any gimicky fancy expensive tricked out sharpening system. If you ever head over to the Cabellas in Acworth, I'm close by and would be glad to show you how.
Any hardware store or sporting goods store will carry decent stones for keeping the edge in working condition - with a little practice. Get a medium hard stone for general edge dressing. Take the time to learn the skill practicing on an old kitchen knife or such. Then dress the edge on your carry knife whenever it starts to get dull, don't wait until you can see the edge look flat. Remember a dull knife is just a crappy screwdriver with a clumsy handle.
You don't need any gimicky fancy expensive tricked out sharpening system. If you ever head over to the Cabellas in Acworth, I'm close by and would be glad to show you how.
Strop it on leather or cardboard
Also done this. Rounded edge of the door windows. Even vids on the intetnet to show you how now a days.
800grit to 2000 grit aluminum sandpaper
Got it done. Went to a buddy’s house and he gently used a polishing wheel to remove it.
The Cup n Belt works great.. I love this sharpener.. it has guides too so it help get the feel of free hand sharpening:
https://www.amazon.com/Work-Sharp-Guided-Field-Sharpener/dp/B009YKHZ96?th=1
Lots of places carry them too.
If I burn myself with my hot coffee when trying this do I sue you or McDonalds? 🙂
