Sharpening knives?

[george formby]

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magnetic knife racks... use em?

Have done. Effective & hygenic. You got too think about where you put them, though. If a knife gets knocked off where does it fall, can the rack get caught on clothing or body parts etc? Otherwise never had a prob & much betterer than having your cutlery rattling around in a draw.

Oh, the bigger the knife, I'm talking cleavers & anything over 20 inches the more tenuous the grip.

[Akzle]

For clarity....you sharpen the knife on an oil stone, then a steel then you......... have a strop? What is the newspaper for? To catch the result of the strop or wipe the end?

no. newsprint ink is microabrasive. my finest stone is about 600 so the steel puts a keener edge on. (running the blade forward - no burr) the strop polishes the angle, the newspaper gives me an edge i can do brain surgery with.

[scumdog]

dunno mann... knives are more close quarter tools (IM-humble-O).
tomahawks are badass. (plus you can use the blunt end for clubbing when you're feeling less murderous)

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Jiminy cricket, you're starting to sound like a 12 year old again with that post (and letting yourself down) - and I KNOW you've got more brains than that!

And don't take a knife to a gun-fight, you'll be dead (or deaf )by the time you get close enough...

[flyingcrocodile46]

For clarity....you sharpen the knife on an oil stone, then a steel then you......... have a strop? What is the newspaper for? To catch the result of the strop or wipe the end?

Newspaper is abrasive and was often used to sharpen cut throat razors following the leather strop.

[flyingcrocodile46]

no. newsprint ink is microabrasive. my finest stone is about 600 so the steel puts a keener edge on. (running the blade forward - no burr) the strop polishes the angle, the newspaper gives me an edge i can do brain surgery with.

This may come as a surprise and contradict things you have been told about your body, but shaving your scrotum is not brain surgery

[Akzle]

This may come as a surprise and contradict things you have been told about your body, but shaving your scrotum is not brain surgery

drat.

but i'd hate to meet the woman who'd have hairy brains in her mouth.

(or is that love to )

[skippa1]

Newspaper is abrasive and was often used to sharpen cut throat razors following the leather strop.

I was just a little concerned for him that he would be stropping himself off with a sharp knife close by

[Akzle]

I was just a little concerned for him that he would be stropping himself off with a sharp knife close by

i did wonder why my strop had a handle...