Work Sharp Sharpeners Guided Sharpening System - Page 2

TriggerGSP · 11-23-2021, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Use a leather like barbers strop when your done sharpening to get any minute burrs out. It won't necessarily feel sharper to the physical touch but it dang sure is.

I’ve been a full time maker for a couple decades. I’ve tried every strop known to man. A $3 3/16” basswood strip from Hobby Lobby, and some diamond paste beats everything, hands down.

GimpyPaw · 11-27-2021, 03:19 PM

I start with a diamond 400, then 1000
Then move to the whet stones, at 1000, 1500, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000, and 10,000
Then a leather strop with red jewler's rouge.

My wife thinks her kitchen knives get the job done.

baboon · 11-27-2021, 03:25 PM

Why are you using a sawing motion with a knife?

TriggerGSP · 11-27-2021, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by baboon

Why are you using a sawing motion with a knife?

Ever seen a knife edge under a microscope?

baboon · 11-27-2021, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TriggerGSP

Ever seen a knife edge under a microscope?

No can't say that some thing I ever pursued. I did however work with a knife for 36 years and sawing motion was pretty much the first thing you break an apprentice of doing.

I was never a surgeon nor played one on TV but I'll wager they don't saw with scapulas either.

GimpyPaw · 11-27-2021, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by baboon

Why are you using a sawing motion with a knife?

Because it's a very short knife. If it had been an 8" or longer I could have done it in a single slice.

baboon · 11-27-2021, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by GimpyPaw

Because it's a very short knife. If it had been an 8" or longer I could have done it in a single slice.

I have never sliced a tomato like that. Now I need a ripe tomato to try it.

TriggerGSP · 11-27-2021, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by baboon

No can't say that some thing I ever pursued. I did however work with a knife for 36 years and sawing motion was pretty much the first thing you break an apprentice of doing.

I was never a surgeon nor played one on TV but I'll wager they don't saw with scapulas either.

It looks like a saw blade.

baboon · 11-27-2021, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TriggerGSP

It looks like a saw blade.

IIRC the same can be said of a human hair, but you go ahead & saw with you knives.

TriggerGSP · 11-27-2021, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by baboon

IIRC the same can be said of a human hair, but you go ahead & saw with you knives.

Human hairs are hardened steel with a toothy edge? Cool.

baboon · 11-27-2021, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TriggerGSP

Human hairs are hardened steel with a toothy edge? Cool.

Yeah that's the ticket!

RedAngus · 11-30-2021, 01:25 PM

I posed a question on another forum recently about the best knife sharpener out there. Tired of using stones, and wanted something I could keep all of my daily ranch chore knives sharp with, as well as my wife’s nice kitchen knives that I’ve neglected for years.

The Work Sharp was highly recommended. I had never heard of it previously. I have one coming for Christmas from my wife.

DK-Prof · 12-02-2021, 07:42 PM

Do yourselves a favor and watch the Project Farm episode on sharpeners.

If sharpening is your job or your life's passion, stones IMO.

If sharpening is a fun hobby - work sharp and others are great.

If you just want sharp knives that have utility, nothing expensive is really needed for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEDyYJJ6f9M

dobelly · 12-06-2021, 11:11 AM

I try to keep my knives sharp at all times. I use a steel before cutting anything. I have a cheap fish hook diamond stone from Basspro that I keep in my toolbox. It beats everything for a quick and dirty way to sharpen an edge. It has a fine side and course side. It will get me through a deer or cardboard until I can sharpen the knife properly.

RedAngus · 12-06-2021, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by dobelly

I try to keep my knives sharp at all times. I use a steel before cutting anything. I have a cheap fish hook diamond stone from Basspro that I keep in my toolbox. It beats everything for a quick and dirty way to sharpen an edge. It has a fine side and course side. It will get me through a deer or cardboard until I can sharpen the knife properly.

I try to keep all my carry knives sharp, but cutting the wrap off of round bales every day and various other chores is hellacious hard on a knife.

I have admittedly neglected my wife's nice kitchen knives. Too damn many to take care of when my normal work week the past 20+ years is 85-90 hours.

11-30-2021, 01:25 PM	#27
RedAngus Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Texas Posts: 76	I posed a question on another forum recently about the best knife sharpener out there. Tired of using stones, and wanted something I could keep all of my daily ranch chore knives sharp with, as well as my wife’s nice kitchen knives that I’ve neglected for years. The Work Sharp was highly recommended. I had never heard of it previously. I have one coming for Christmas from my wife. __________________ Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Teddy Roosevelt

11-27-2021, 03:19 PM	#17
GimpyPaw Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Oregon Posts: 673	I start with a diamond 400, then 1000 Then move to the whet stones, at 1000, 1500, 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000, and 10,000 Then a leather strop with red jewler's rouge. My wife thinks her kitchen knives get the job done.

11-27-2021, 03:25 PM	#18
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,341	Why are you using a sawing motion with a knife?

12-02-2021, 07:42 PM	#28
DK-Prof "Trash Forum un-user" Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: VA, USA Posts: 175	Do yourselves a favor and watch the Project Farm episode on sharpeners. If sharpening is your job or your life's passion, stones IMO. If sharpening is a fun hobby - work sharp and others are great. If you just want sharp knives that have utility, nothing expensive is really needed for that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEDyYJJ6f9M

12-06-2021, 11:11 AM	#29
dobelly Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Earth Posts: 8	I try to keep my knives sharp at all times. I use a steel before cutting anything. I have a cheap fish hook diamond stone from Basspro that I keep in my toolbox. It beats everything for a quick and dirty way to sharpen an edge. It has a fine side and course side. It will get me through a deer or cardboard until I can sharpen the knife properly.