Knife sharpening

[alaskagray]

bought a fancey thing from moonracker but i have to say it dose work rather well not
the sort of thing thats easy to take out inthe field though but use before u go out type thing

 

[Taff]

Has anyone else tried cardboard, or even paper? - it's surprisingly abrasive and if the knife isn't too bad it polishes an edge beautifully. It's cheap too.

i put my smurf poo on cardboard.

 

[User00035]

My idea of a good knife is one that only needs a brief stropping after each use and a visit to the Lansky about twice a year.
I often use the back of the sheath for stropping. I told a stall holder at the UK knife show at Gloucester the other week that I wasn't keen on sheaths that had been boiled in bees wax because I use the leather to strop the blade. He winced and people turned to look at me. I thought I was going to get chucked out. Perhaps he wasn't aware that some people actually use knives rather than keep them in a case.

 

[Peri]

HI HW60Sniper,

I have struggled with knife sharpening for many years and only now do I get an edge that will shave. The guided systems like the Lansky are pretty good. I would advise you to use a marker pen and colour the bevel of the knife. Set the angle to about 20 degrees and work both sides of the knife until all the pen marks have been eaten away. That ensures that you are actually sharpening the edge and not just the side of the bevel. Don't press too hard and word down from coarse to the fine stones. Wipe the blade between stones so that there is no coarse residue/particles left. Then strop on a paddle strop with white, blue or green compound. Once you have achieved a good edge regular stropping should maintain it and you should only have to go back to the lansky periodically. Even so you should fine that you only need to use the fine stones to refresh the edge.

Good luck !!!!!!