"W1TEF" wrote in message
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On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:40:09 -0600, Canuck57
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On 01/07/2010 9:20 AM, Harold wrote:
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Going boating, regs or no regs every sane boater brings a good knife.
In
fact I don't remember seeing knive in our regs, but it is a good
practice.
Expecially if you have to cut others line out of the prop.

Maybe even 2 or 3. Me, I have one on my belt and another in the tackle
box as a minimum. Usually a couple more at the fish cleaning station.
Need to cut rope or a fish, or fishing line, only a quick reach away.

But keeping them shape. Same problem in the home. Real pain in the
crack. What experiences work best to get these things sharp enough to
shave with? Not gimick solutions, I mean get knives real
professionally
sharp but do it at home or the cottage. What methods are people using?

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We all work for government, they ceased working for us a long time ago.

I have this one.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/181-2861161-8936718?asin=B001CR10RC&AFID=msncashback_df&LNM=|B 001CR10RC&CPNG=&ref=tgt_adv_XSB10001
It works great. Edges hold for a long time. After the first sharpening,
where you have to get the edges to the right angle, touch up is a
breeze.

Just what I wanted to know. I have had machines in the past, but they
seemed pretty bad other than grinding them down. But do suspect good
ones out there, just which ones.

Using a machine is cheating. :)

I find the whole practice of hand sharpening to be a very zen like
experience. You just get into a rhythm and eventually you get to the
zone where you can see what you are doing to the steel.
If you have to muddle through life without cheating once in a while, you'll
never make it. ;-)