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I found my 110 buck (got lost year) came sharp enough to shave...
that being said.. i bought this cheap plastic sharpener from bass pro.. pull it through the ceramic for a quick sharpen.. the metal side if you waited to long... it also does fish hooks. very small.. keep it in my field bag.
i also use a stone... nothing gets a knife as sharp as stone IMHO
Hey did you find my knife? Mine also went missing last year, still haven't found it yet. Paid 60 for that.
This year I purchased a Old Timer from Amazon same quality and only cost me 30 bucks.
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Originally Posted by topher
Looking for a good 4-5" fixed blade for my next knife purchase. Also looking for a smaller 2" edc blade.. the 110 is a little bulky to carry at work every dayQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
I purchased this for regular use cost me 4.00 bucks I would say it is a decent knife. I purchased it the same time as the Old Timer knife. If you buy more then 25 bucks delivery is free.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B001...f_rd_i=desktop
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Originally Posted by topher
Quick open?Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Well I consider quick open to be a switch blade or butterfly knife (I remember when they were legal). But I guess it opens pretty quick it has a small nib on the it to aide in opening. Seems the knife when down since I bought it last week. I paid 4 bucks and now it is 3 bucks I might buy a few more it's not bad for 4 bucks I have seen some pretty crappy knifes for far more. I put this one in the car and the Old Timer is in the truck.
I've tried/used just about every sharpening kit on the market, including $1200 commercial butcher's electric systems. I can't stand the Lansky or Gatco systems where you have to waste all that time chucking the blade in a holder. The holder wears, the holder screw wears, and the quality of the stones that come in the kit are shee-ite. Here's what I've found to be the very best system, for ease of use/speed, and quality of produced edge. I use it all on my trapping knives, axes, machetes, Sandviks, sythes, plane blades, carving tools, chisels, etc.
Go online at Lee Valley Tools. Order a Norton fine grinder wheel for your bench grinder. This is not like your normal corrundum type that will overheat/ruin your blade. Also order a felt wheel for the grinder, and a stick of chromium dioxide lapping compound (looks like plastercine. It's like jeweller's rouge that is used on a straight razor strop). These three items will last you a lifetime.
Get a cheap bench grinder for $30 at Crap Tire. Put the Norton stone on one side, and the felt wheel on the other.
You are wasting a massive pile of time trying to put a quality edge on anything if the blade does not have the prelim. blade angle pre-ground. That's where the Norton grind wheel is used. You remove the shoulders of the blade edge very quickly with the wheel. You will only have to do this once with the knife, unless you totally abuse it in future. You can also purchase a grinding jig from Lee Valley if you don't trust your hands and eye to set the shoulder angle.
You have to "load" a brand new felt wheels with fat when you get them, otherwise they do not hold/absorb the CrO2 lapping paste well. Turn on the bench grinder and load the wheel with a piece of vegetable lard. Now you can hold the CrO2 block against the wheel and it will take and hold the lap. The felt wheel is now green. Twenty seconds with your blade on this wheel will yield a polished blade edge that is sharper than a commercial scalpel blade. You can now go skin three beaver, then when your knife needs a touch-up, you just turn on the grinder, touch the lapping stick to the felt wheel for two seconds, then hone your knife for another 10 secs. It will be sharper than a razor again. If you cut yourself with anything sharpened this way, I assure you that you will be going to Emergency for stitches!
For portable use - Spyderco Sharpmaker is the ONLY way to go. Nothing else comes close to ease of use, versatility, and it easily sharpens serrated blades. I use it all the time at home to keep my Rapala electric fillet blades and electric carving blades sharp.
x2 Those inexpensive (on sale) stupid little things do work pretty well (even if they do take a bit of steel in the process). A couple of strokes on the honing rod afterwards and you got a decent edge for work.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
A bit depends on the knife. What edge do you have, the steel used, etc. During the times of the year where I don't use the knives Ill sharpen them with three whetstones and finish with the back side of a leather belt. Soak the stones for about 30 minutes before using and then enjoy some BB King while sharpening. Lots of good videos on youtube explaining how to use a whetstone. Once its razor sharp it'll hold that edge for some time. Longer than if it was a bit dull. If it starts to dull Ill run the edge over some ceramic stick or the bottom of a ceramic cup until I can use the whetstones again.