Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

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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Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

On 7/1/10 10:18 AM, Canuck57 wrote:

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?



If you have a knife in your belt, it isn't because you are going fishing.

I used to use flat sharpening stones to sharpen my knives. Now, I use
a Chef's Choice model 1520. It's faster, and puts a really good edge on
our knives, household or fishing.

Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

"Canuck57" wrote in message
...

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?

--
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.

Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

On 01/07/2010 9:20 AM, Harold wrote:
wrote in message
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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?

--
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.

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

Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

On 01/07/2010 8:24 AM, Harry  wrote:
On 7/1/10 10:18 AM, Canuck57 wrote:

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?



If you have a knife in your belt, it isn't because you are going fishing.

Nothing like catching a 25" walleye and having a shore lunch. More like
a hunting knife, but good to hack off deadwood for the fire. Also for
fishing line and weeds on the prop.

I used to use flat sharpening stones to sharpen my knives. Now, I use
a Chef's Choice model 1520. It's faster, and puts a really good edge on
our knives, household or fishing.

That is what I am using now, an akansas stone or something. Gets a nice
edge but doesn't see to last long. Suspect they need a good grind.

Will look into the machines like this one. When I pick one, it will be
busy.

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

Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

"W1TEF" wrote in message
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On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:40:09 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

On 01/07/2010 9:20 AM, Harold wrote:
wrote in message
...

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?

--
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. ;-)

Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

On 7/1/10 11:47 AM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 01/07/2010 8:24 AM, Harry  wrote:
On 7/1/10 10:18 AM, Canuck57 wrote:

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?



If you have a knife in your belt, it isn't because you are going fishing.

Nothing like catching a 25" walleye and having a shore lunch. More like
a hunting knife, but good to hack off deadwood for the fire. Also for
fishing line and weeds on the prop.

I used to use flat sharpening stones to sharpen my knives. Now, I use
a Chef's Choice model 1520. It's faster, and puts a really good edge on
our knives, household or fishing.

That is what I am using now, an akansas stone or something. Gets a nice
edge but doesn't see to last long. Suspect they need a good grind.

Will look into the machines like this one. When I pick one, it will be
busy.



When we lived in Florida, I saw a step van in the parking lot of one of
our favorite restaurants. The sign on the van said something like "The
Knife Man."

Curious, I walked up to the van and saw a craftsman inside, sharpening
all sorts of knives with various kinds of equipment. I asked if he did
"household" knives. He said, sure, but I'd have to meet him at the site
of one of his commercial customers. I called him and we met up a few
weeks later, in a restaurant parking lot. He sharpened maybe a dozen
knives for for, for a couple of bucks each. What a great deal that
was...he really knew what he was doing.

Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

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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?

The one tool folks seem to forget when sharpening is "patience" it takes
hours to put a proper edge on a knife. We had a retired Merchant Marine
who worked at our club. I paid him an extra wage every week and he came
in on Sunday, had a few drinks, and sharpened all the knives at the
bar.. Spent the whole afternoon, but it was well worth it during the
week..

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Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

On 01/07/2010 10:22 AM, W1TEF wrote:
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:59:12 -0400, "Harold"
wrote:

If you have to muddle through life without cheating once in a while, you'll
never make it. ;-)

Well, I will cop to using a machine to sharpen my wood lathe shaping
tools. Then again, those are set up on a jig to get the angles right.
The cutoff tools I sharpen by hand. I also use a machine to sharpen
my chain saw blades - that task is just annoying as hell and it's
faster to use a machine.

Sharpening a knife via machine just ain't right. :)

How about both. As I have never seen a non-commercial machine do a good
job. Do it with a machine then touch it up manually.

Part of the reason I suspect I have issues is I have manually done this
enough the knife bevels are out.

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

Knives, getting them sharp like a razor blade
 

On Jul 1, 12:22*pm, W1TEF wrote:
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:59:12 -0400, "Harold"

wrote:
If you have to muddle through life without cheating once in a while, you'll
never make it. ;-)

*I also use a machine to sharpen
my chain saw blades - that task is just annoying as hell and it's
faster to use a machine.


Chain saw blades? That's why god made John Deere dealers... they
sherpen them while you wait for a few bucks. I keep a spare sharp one
for the Stihl.