Blunt knives

[User00021]

Have a look at the edge under a jewellers magnifying glass. It can often help to diagnose the problem like a rolled edge, uneven sharpening or sharpening at a different angle to the original grind.

 

[Ranger22]

The Gerber ones I have used hold a good edge. At the other end is a Puma skinner that will not take an edge - expensive wall hanger !

 

[tackb]

iam in stoke I gave a joiner who I worked with a load of pigeons last weekend ,he said in return he would sharpen a couple of knives he tried to sharpen them on a grinding wheel and made a total mess of them , like I said not expensive knives to tight to throw away.

that could be your problem , bin them and start again , don't let your joiner mate near them again !

 

[Rasputin]

opinel

X2 on this. I have an Opinal that I spent about an hour on the stone with and its razor sharp. Can take the hairs off my arms with it and even after cutting ties for popping birds up just takes a few swipes and its back to razor sharp again.

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

get some wet and dry on a piece of glass,i use an old bathroom scale set,,, squirt w/d 40 try a thousand first get rid of your mates work and then 2000A ,,,worth a go for pennies,

 

[muddy42]

I find real carbon steel is best. Even the cheap Mora ones get sharp. I use a butchers steel. I hold it vertically and pointing down and resting on the worktop. Perhaps a bit of oil and I run the blade downwards and along the steel at an angle. I have never not been able to get a blade very sharp yet.

 

[devon deer stalker]

Bin them, contact Chickenman on here, he will sell you a quality knife and strop to keep it sharp.
Cheers
Richard

 

[aris]

Moras are pretty easy to sharpen with its scandi grind - it has a flat bevel - no secondary. Just put the bevel flat on a stone, and grind away on both sides. You need a flat stone to do it like this though. This may help:

How To Sharpen A Bushcraft Knife

If your mate ruined the bevel - that could make it more difficult for you.

 

[bigoak]

Im not being condescending. The Scandi grind knives are not hard to sharpen. Just maintain the angle

 

[adbirdy]

Just go on you tube and put in sharpening bushcraft knives there are loads of tutorials on there from expensive stones to bits of wet and dry sandpaper and everything in between. There is no need to bin them you should be able to shave your arm with a frosts or a mora they are quality blades at a reasonable price just practice your technique.

 

[Taff]

Anyone can sharpen a blade you can shave with, but not every knife will hold the edge, I expect to dress at least seven deer/ goats per sharpening.

 

[jubnut]

Im not being condescending. The Scandi grind knives are not hard to sharpen. Just maintain the angle

This.

I can never understand when these threads come up.

All the fancy gadgets under the sun get mentioned...

Do this do that.

Get a coarse and a fine stone. Maintain your edge.

If someone has put your knives on a wheel then like someone has said before there could be a heavy burr. Coarse stone, fine stone, sharp.

Or he's made a mess of the edge. Lots of coarse stone, fine stone, sharp.

That's all there is to it.

Does nobody else think binning a knife is bloody wasteful?

 

[countrryboy]

opinel

I'm with dan here
Love the opinels, only problem with them is if they get wet can sometimes be hard to open. My present 1 is so old hardly got any blade left on it now.
Great thing about an opinel is u can just sharpen it on any flat stone if u really have too mid butcher.

Must admit far prefer sharpening carbon steel and do strugle a bit with stainless blades.
But only got the 1 stainless knife and i found it, mibee thrown away fro a reason?

 

[td]

This.

I can never understand when these threads come up.

All the fancy gadgets under the sun get mentioned...

Do this do that.

Get a coarse and a fine stone. Maintain your edge.

If someone has put your knives on a wheel then like someone has said before there could be a heavy burr. Coarse stone, fine stone, sharp.

Or he's made a mess of the edge. Lots of coarse stone, fine stone, sharp.

That's all there is to it.

Does nobody else think binning a knife is bloody wasteful?

As I said at the start of this thread the last thing I wanted to do was bin the knives I've since bought a coarse and fine stone , spending a couple of hours on Friday and couple of hours yesterday working on the knives only a small amount of fine work on one knife and I will be happy thanks for everyone's input . Trevor

 

[Brimfire]

Maintain your edge.

This is all that needs to be done. I've just purchased a MoraKniv and I will maintain the edge on the same steel I use for my kitchen knives, some of which I have had for 20 years and they will do any required task without fuss.

 

[Shabz]

The problem with Scandi grind knives is that they're guff. They're for running about in the woods chopping logs and building shelters and other such nonsense. They aren't supposed to be very sharp.

A flat grind knife is what you want for deer. I have a mora craft line flexi. It's the best knife I've ever owned. You can't cut ribs with it (keep your blunt Scandi knife for that) but they gut and skin effortlessly. If you buy one and a lansky type sharpener and leather strop then you'll get it shaving sharp every time.

http://www.bushgear.co.uk/products/mora-craftline-flex-knife

 

[kev69r]

Lanskys are good but like most things you pay for what you get

 

[baguio]

Lanskys are good but like most things you pay for what you get

But you also get hundreds if not thousands of sharpenings without ever having to bin a knife! Value for money IMO!

 

[jubnut]

This is ********.