Can anyone sharpen my knife

[rapidboy]

I have a convex that's geting a scandi grind at the minute but that's a different story and will have it's own thread :tapedshut

Bushcraft4life the main thing is you learn to sharpen your knife, just take it slow.

 

[British Red]

Best thing you can do with it!

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Red

 

[rapidboy]

Who have you been talking to ?

 

[Bardster]

Convex grinds are gits .

Right you have made me see that i will have to learn to do it myself. I'll try again on one of my moras using the technique Dave suggested although all comments have been taken into account :You_Rock_ .

Now to get some wet n dry...........

if you drop me a pm with your adress i will make a double sided strop for you with wet and dry on it - fine on one side and ultra fine on the other. I found some supplies in a skip outside a factory that makes abrasives for lens grinding and polishing. Best wetndry i have ever used. maintains a scary sharp edge on all my convex blades. the ultrra fine feels smooth - but still polishes steel like nothing else.

 

[Longstrider]

Bushcraft4life, It's a crying shame you'll not be able to get to the Moot. This is exactly the sort of sharpening problem I'll be hoping to help folks overcome in my workshop there.
As Chris Claycomb has said, if you can stop off "en-route" and want to meet up with me (Milton Keynes) I'll happily sort the knife out for you and show you how to do it for yourself in future.
You CAN sharpen a convex ground blade perfectly well with a flat hone despite what some might tell you. You just have to understand what it is you are trying to achieve and how to do it. The mouse-mat idea should work fine for you though if you follow the tutorials on the this forum.

Bardster, I hope you'll be taking lots of that nice abrasive to Wales ? I can feel some "swapsies" coming on....

 

[Bushcraft4life]

I decided to take Bardster up on his offer for the strop (couldn't pass up that offer ) .

I think its probably down to being ill equipped and bad technique to be honest, plus i do get very impatient .

I am going to go over all the tutorials again and hopefully i'll be able to come back and tell you all it was a success (i hope ).

Chris and Longstrider thanks for the offers to show me, if it all goes to pot and i still can't do it you may find me on your doorstep .

Cheers everyone :You_Rock_

 

[Bardster]

lots[/U] of that nice abrasive to Wales ? I can feel some "swapsies" coming on....

Oh yes will be bringing the box along

 

[jamesraykenney]

get yourself a lansky kit, you can go wrong with it

A Lansky will distroy a convex edge.

 

[jamesraykenney]

Convex grinds are gits .

Right you have made me see that i will have to learn to do it myself. I'll try again on one of my moras using the technique Dave suggested although all comments have been taken into account :You_Rock_ .

Now to get some wet n dry...........

I have a LOT of convex knives...

I first learned to sharpen them [/url=http://home.nycap.rr.com/sosak/convex.htm]HERE[/url].
And HERE are instructions on how to make a Hoodoo hone.
In general, once you have a good edge on a convex, you will not NEED to sharpen in on an average trip...
Just keep a piece of charged leather for major touch-ups, and give it a strop on your pants leg or the palm of you hand every couple of minutes of cutting, and you will never need to sharpen it, unless you actually damage the edge.

 

[woodstock]

Try here you cant fail to get a razor sharp edge with one of these
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