Thread: Show me your knives

How to sharpen a knife is like a mine field, like what’s the best caliber.
I’m a fan of a wet stone and learning to do it by hand but I maybe about to change my mind having see what Puffin has achieved with a simple home made jig.
The other change is types of steel that maybe too hard to sharpen with a wet stone and need diamond stones?
https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....v-steel-52926/

By overdoing the downward pressure the mouse pad method can easily end up taking too much off at the edge, taking the edge angle out to where you'd lose some of the slicey attributes that are supported with that thin blade stock and convex profile. Best if wanting to use a flexible abrasive to start out with a firmer backing material I'd say.

well Ive got some very good old oil stones...and a lansky set of ceramic rods...and a fancy wee jig thingy that holds small stones of various grades at correct angles too...what have I sharpened my knives with lately???? a piece of rangitata area rock/boulder that had been run over by tractor and heavy roller and split fairy straightly...Ive been looking at these for ages and finally stopped and picked one up....its that plurry hard you get no sandy grit off it when honing a knife,it polishes as it goes,if I change to a rougher piece of the face I can take more material off....the novelty factor hasnt worn off yet and knives are very sharp....might just be correct technique,but Im able to get stainless knives sharp too which has always been an issue with oil stones.

That’s pretty much how it was done in the dark ages Micky Duck, these days though diamonds are a sharpeners best friend, nothing wrong with what you are doing though, I have seen people sharpen knibes on the bottom of a coffee cup too!

yeah its hard case just how many of them are split so straight,,,Ive been known to pick up a river stone as desperate measure before when knife got very blunt but this is whole new level. being about 8" each way makes it easy to keep grind angle constant and not worry about off hand slipping over edge of knife (that hurts and takes 8-9 weeks for tip of finger to heal over).... the best bit of knife related kit I own is a mesh glove for off hand....Mrs got sick of carting me off to be sticthed up LOL.

Latest one, based on a Bark River but I can't remember which model.
Make a great hunting knife.
Might have it sold but if not it could be available.
Kitchen knife for my lovely wife next.

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that is very nice indeed.

Representing the ugly brigade. 22" OKC machete with ugly handcrafted handle, 14" blade Condor Barong with ugly marine ply handle and Becker Bk5 camp magnum knife. The original handles were too small for me. All high use ,the machete gets flogged doing fence clearing work,( most tools in the tropics get the 'rust patina' lol so I don't care) the barong goes on my backpack for hiking, the becker magnum for general use. I think the barong and becker are now out of production.

My Silver Stag Bowie. Made in the USA has stabbed an chopped a few things.

That’s certainly different, not sure I would call it a Bowie though, looks like a spearpoint to me...the handle looks good to slash and hack with, is it comfortable for delicate or reverse grip stuff?

Originally Posted by Magnus

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My Silver Stag Bowie. Made in the USA has stabbed an chopped a few things.

Originally Posted by Shelley

That’s certainly different, not sure I would call it a Bowie though, looks like a spearpoint to me...the handle looks good to slash and hack with, is it comfortable for delicate or reverse grip stuff?

What we visualize when we think of bowies is not necessarily true but more about whats be made popular through the ages.
https://www.relentlessknives.com/bow...e-history.html

Got a few knives but none come close to these ones handed Dow. A few generations. Hold their edge really well and stay sharp as f**k

My new knife arrived in the post today, it was made for me by my friend Mark Bird.
Mark is a custom knife maker in the UK and this is number 112 that he has produced.
Made from 3mm 01 tool steel with a Scandi grind and Kirinite Venom handles with G10 liners and brass pins.
He is on both Facebook and Instagram as mbblades and produces some very nice work.
He makes his own custom knife sheaths too.

At the Sika Show there was a recurring comment from women as their husbands looked at knives... what a waste of time because you can't sharpen a knife. One lady was in raptures as her husband looked at the Scary Sharp stand. She said to hubby "I mend your hunting clothes at least you can learn to sharpen our knives." She looked daggers at me but smiled once I told her I had the old model as well as the new kit.