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    FIU replied to the thread Coping with the heat..
    https://med.virginia.edu/ginutrition/wp-content/uploads/sites/199/2023/12/Homemade-Oral-Rehydration-Solutions-11-2023.pdf
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    FIU replied to the thread Coping with the heat..
    Sorry to read about the heat. Please tell me why you can't get air conditioning? You can cool just one room with a portable AC. Is it...
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    FIU reacted to Aristotle's post in the thread In Praise of the Svord Mini with Like Like.
    I bought this knife a few years ago, after buying the bigger one. I use it regularly, and it takes quite a hammering (literally, if...
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    FIU reacted to Aristotle's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    This is the answer. Very few people appear to be aware of it, though.
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    FIU reacted to Pattree's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    Long ago I worked for the Forestry Commission. We routinely used bill hooks sickles and scythes . We carried dual tapering carborundum...
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    FIU reacted to cave_dweller's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    The best results I've had on billhooks has been to take a round stick like a dowel and wrap wet and dry paper around it to mimic a...
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    FIU reacted to HorseGuy's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    Please excuse my noob question here. :) Would a sharpening rod be the easiest tool to use on a long curved blade such as a billhook?
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    FIU reacted to hughtrimble's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    The strop is abrasive though, so isn't just cleaning teeth, it's removing metal? Unless you're not using any compound on it?
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    FIU replied to the thread Sharpening steels.
    A strop, without any abrasive compound is acting to push tiny flakes of steel off the cutting edges, that if not removed will fold over...
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    FIU reacted to Pattree's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    I use a fine mill-saw file to repair or reshape a working knife blade. Fine it down with a carborundum block or puck. I finish it off...
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    FIU reacted to hughtrimble's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    Absolutely, I was going to post similar. There are a handful of exceptions where the 'steels' are made of ceramic, or coated in an...
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    FIU reacted to stonepark's post in the thread Sharpening steels with Like Like.
    Stones are sharpeners for removing material, reprofiling bevels and for sharpening knives from blunt to sharp. Steels are hones...
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    FIU replied to the thread Sharpening steels.
    The grooved or ribbed hones may produce steel residue. This is caused by the softer blade steel shedding debris on to the hone. Western...
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    FIU replied to the thread Best option for a slicey, 3-4” full tang stainless blade with a flat grind?.
    That's a tough carrot! On the expensive (for me) side, I've had excellent slicing results from the Joker Compero and Joker Nessmuk. I...
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    FIU replied to the thread Best option for a slicey, 3-4” full tang stainless blade with a flat grind?.
    Nothing too spectacular but the Morakniv Companion excells at slicing adventures and food preparation.
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