Re: Knife Sharpener
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Anyone recommend a good knife sharpener? Not really wanting a mechanical one, want one that can get a knife shaving sharp. I've been using a Lansky system for many years. I was never any good at holding a precise angle and the Lansky does that for me. It won't take too much steel off like some mechanicals can either. I have one at home and one at camp. I recently starting using a honing steel to touch up my knives and an amazed by how much longer I can go between sharpenings. I liked it so much I bought a second one just for the fur shed.
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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I have always had a hard time getting knives sharp. I've tried the work sharp grinder, lansky five stone set, and a few other ones. I recently bought a lansky four rod turn box. It will put a really sharp edge on a knife. The knife needs to be close because it doesn't have a very coarse stone, but it can sharpen the really easily really fast. It's also less than $20 and is small so it can get packed anywhere.
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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Get a good old Norton oil stone.
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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My suggestion would be to learn how to use whetstones. Diamond plates or water stones in different grits. I have them from 600 to 10000 use them for all sorts of blades from knives to planes and wood chisels and axes. Both the stones / plates and the skill are a good investment
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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I just pick up old oilstones at garge sales and such. And steels. If you touch then up regularly, you don't need anything else.
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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My suggestion would be to learn how to use whetstones. Diamond plates or water stones in different grits. I have them from 600 to 10000 use them for all sorts of blades from knives to planes and wood chisels and axes. Both the stones / plates and the skill are a good investment I have to agree with scuba in that if you take the time to learn how nothing beats a good set of stones I have them up to 40,000 and after using that the edge looks like it has been polished I also have a work sharp for when I am in a hurry and it will do an acceptable job but nothing like a set of stones will even the common 3 stone sets if you know how to use them I have a friend that has a wicked edge with the 40000 grit stone and it will do a good job but in my opinion I do better by hand if I do say so myself but then I have 40 years of practice to draw on
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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You folks that talk about the F Dick steel, what model do you recommend? I went to their web page and got the thousand mile stare looking at their lineup.
Zim
When I looked at them I got sticker shocked! I got a Victorinox fine cut. I liked it so much I bought another just for the fur shed. The two together were less than an F.Dick.
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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I've tried a few over the years. Got a Lansky and they work real good but are very slow to get the job done. I have a Dunn wheel outfit that works great once you get the eye for it. It does not work so much for longer blade knives, like a fillet knife as the other wheel tends to get in my way. I use an Accu Sharp a lot on my cheaper knives and the give them a couple licks on the steel and they are more than sharp enough for anything I do, they remove a good bit of steel though. You folks that talk about the F Dick steel, what model do you recommend? I went to their web page and got the thousand mile stare looking at their lineup.
Zim
I bought a couple of Accu Sharp's based on a recommendation from a previous post- they really do a nice job for a quick sharp edge. Typically wet stone all my hunting knives
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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You folks that talk about the F Dick steel, what model do you recommend? I went to their web page and got the thousand mile stare looking at their lineup.
Zim
When I looked at them I got sticker shocked! OI got a Victorinox fine cut. I liked it so much I bought another just for the fur shed. The two together were less than an F.Dick. I use a Victorinox steel also, and I really like it.
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Re: Knife Sharpener
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