Knife Sharpening & Safe use & proper knife handleing

These are great how to & 101 on handeling a knife and sharpening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQN4jcXDjbE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a2Jm3pkXqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aBEdi-xH3U

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good videos dave. Very Happy

I need some sharpening stones. I have a crappy one and a good steel. I liked the bit about the cord making at the end. I didn't know you could use wet nettles, I thought they had to be dead and dry. That's a new cord making technique I learned too. I like making rope, one time I made my curtains into a big rope. Laughing

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got a couple of questions bought a gerber diamond sharpener anybody know if they are any good? also anyone know any good offshore fishing spots around regina sk

Any diamond sharpener should be could. I had one for years, have no idea who made it.
I now use a combination Carbon & Ceramic sharpener, works great.
Can't answer the other question though. Northern Hunter might be able to.

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	d wrote:
	got a couple of questions bought a gerber diamond sharpener anybody know if they are any good?

I'm assuming you mean the one shaped like a pen? The diamond part telescopes out of it. I have one, and although I wouldn't use it on my good blades as a everyday sharpening system, if I was in the backcountry and had no way of sharpening it would come in handy. Cool

GATCO Sharpeners are good quality. Very Happy

I'm going to get the Diamond Hone System and Ultra Fine Ceramic Hone for my sharpening needs. Cool

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thanks for the info guys sorry it took me so long to reply had to work all weekend

Glad to be of service, d. Cool

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Never buy EZE-LAP diamond steel knife sharpener. Shocked

The thing almost ruined my blade. Mad

It's very coarse, and will scratch your blade bad.

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Yeah, you have to do your research on sharpening systems. If you don't you can get burned. Shocked

Or scratched, in your case. Confused

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I was looking at stones and I saw this one. Is this a little overkill? 3000 grit. Shocked

http://houserice.stores.yahoo.net/exficowh.html

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	Mystik Spiral wrote:
	I was looking at stones and I saw this one. Is this a little overkill? 3000 grit. http://houserice.stores.yahoo.net/exficowh.html

If you have an edge thats been well worked, and your finishing the edge, that will work, but its a little over kill to me. I use a $5 stone from the hardware and I get my knives crazy sharp. free hand and with a stone is the way for me, I have total control.

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God I love comedy. Very Happy

If its not shaving, its not sharp.

The 2 Japanese wet stones i have are 1000 grit and 4000. And as Fonly said, its for maintaining an already some what sharp edge.
Look for a 800 grit stone. Now ,if the blade is hacked & has dents well,.........you should be useing a hammer, instaed of a knife, lol.

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I think I might need a slip form stone because one of my blades are curved, and it's a bugger to sharpen with a flat stone. Mad

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