Thread: Show me your knives

Originally Posted by Callum

My new bark river, fox river elmax knife the Mrs brought me
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The sheath is fine.

My advice is not to go grinding at the edge unless you chip it, which is unlikely if you treat it as a hunting knife. I use 2000 and 6000 grit water stones. The factory edge is fine, and if you make it too thin you loose the advantage of the convex grind supporting the edge.

Strop it on the rough side of leather glued to a piece of ply. You rub stropping compound onto the leather (get it from DLT or KSF in the States. I use Black (course) and white (fine) - most people use black and green - green isn't as fine as white). You can buy stropping paddles too. For in the field you can get little stiff leather strops.
Don't use a steel on it.

You have a fantastic knife there and it will give you a lifetime of pleasure.

Elmax is great, and one sharpening will do a few deer.

That's one at the top:



And embarrassingly, here's another with a blue CTec handle.



Treat your wife well too, she's a gem. They mostly are.