Thread: Knife sharpening gear

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

My grandfather was a butcher during the depression. My older brother has his steel - a long and slender super smooth carbon steel that was ‘conditioned’ with an iodine etch.

Nice it is easy to restore an old pitted one just soak it in a thermos of acid for a day or 2 then take to it with some wet and dry to smooth then soak it in iodine for a day or 2 to get the desired bite you want

Originally Posted by country cuts

Nice it is easy to restore an old pitted one just soak it in a thermos of acid for a day or 2 then take to it with some wet and dry to smooth then soak it in iodine for a day or 2 to get the desired bite you want

Absolutely. Old steels are one of those items I look for when foraging small town second hand shops