Have you considered Wicked Edge? Lol. You should be able to swing one of those.
I have. I just wasn't good enough, or maybe patient enough to get the edge I wanted on my knives with one.has anyone ever tried an old fashioned wet stone?
How so? Just the wider belt?
Good stone and a good steel...has anyone ever tried an old fashioned wet stone?
mine arent as sharp as i expect them to be but i have shaved fingernails and few finger tipsI have. I just wasn't good enough, or maybe patient enough to get the edge I wanted on my knives with one.
mine arent as sharp as i expect them to be but i have shaved fingernails and few finger tips
Have you considered Wicked Edge? Lol. You should be able to swing one of those.
Have you considered Wicked Edge? Lol. You should be able to swing one of those.
WTF?
Have you actually looked at one of those things?.....lol It's a glorified Lansky.
I thought we were friends?
has anyone ever tried an old fashioned wet stone?
They work. And have for thousands of years. Seems evolution may have passed you by my friendYes. And if I kept using one I would have burned through it several years ago, my Buck knife would look about as thick as a butter knife, and would be about as sharp.
Using a whetstone is an art. I am not artistic. I will never. Ever. Not in one million years, be able to use one of those god cursed things. So...lets move on to things that might actually work.
They work. And have for thousands of years. Seems evolution may have passed you by my friend
I agree. I watched a video once on cleaning the 6000 belts to get more life out of them, but they still wear out too fast for my liking. That is the belt getting 90% of the work.
I use the Edgemaker and it does an awesome job......very portable....I also have an "Edgemaker Pro".
It is a pull-through type sharpener. Unbelievably good, and the ease of use is unreal. Got it at a gun show over 20 years ago.
For serrated blades like Spyderco, I use a stiletto type hook sharpener to gently sharpen the edges of the serrations.
*Note of caution*--- if you check the sharpness with your thumb, you will need stitches or a band-aid.
Done it a many a time in a pinchI just roll my front window halfway down on the truck and sharpen away.
My kids used to work at a sushi restaurant. Those sushi chefs could flat sharpen a knife. Used to give them my filet knives and boning knives to sharpen.Used to pay a guy from the beach to do mine. $7 a knife.
Used to pay a guy from the beach to do mine. $7 a knife.
They work. And have for thousands of years. Seems evolution may have passed you by my friend
Used one of these when we teamed up to skin the bear I killed this season. I took a few cheap shots at the guy who pulled it out ...till I tried it. Worked great. As far as something you can pull out of your pocket and sit on the tailgate next to the skinning gambrel is concerned, I was impressedNot expensive made by Rada mfg here in NC I believe. Sharpens real quick, you can see metal fillings after just a few strokes. The round washers kinda puts a hollow grind edge on knives. I use it for kitchen knives as well as skinning for deer and cows and is as quick as a good steel