Svord knives.

[tenbears10]

As for sharpening convexes the only answer has to be the starkie sharp!!

There you go again jake I can hear the royalties rolling in ):

Bill

 

[JakeR]

you knowsit!

 

[tenbears10]

Well done mate

Bill

 

[Gary]

Jake, Hoodoo is the man for convex questions - personally I have dinked my own knife just to see if it was hard to repair and I found the GB icehockey puck worked a treat.

Repair is tempered to damage I would guess some damage is easily repaired some .......... :shock:

OK WHATS THIS SHARKIE SHARP THING THEN?

 

[JakeR]

Well, it all started a few months back....

Sargey recomended me a thing called a Starkie Sharp (thats right Bill, im not completely to blame) its from here , its a small piece of leather with a secret ingredient, the starkie honing paste. It will enable you to shaving sharpen up anything with an edge in moments, not only to razor finish but also to a high polish finish as well.

Its best to order a order form and send it by snail mail. Gary, this is the perfect companion to a convex edge, perfect for the up-keep of the profile.

BTW i just removed the dent with a DC4 diamond stone and the got it razor with a starkie. One thing is though, its so sharp i have now got a bald arm, and i swore to myself that i would never do that again, another few months wait until i have matching limbs.

GET YOURSELF ONE TODAY!

Cheers,

Jake

 

[JakeR]

Oh, the dent wasnt too big, it looked like the edge had rolled, only took 15 minutes to grind it out.

Perhaps i'm somewhat of a convert now, now that i can repair edge damage.

Gary, i think i'll probably buy one of those knives when they arrive, they do look good, and you seem to like them!

 

[Gary]

Now I am going to have to get a sharkie sharp too - I have used a plain leather strop and that works well - but magic paste? Gotta try it!.

Does this thing have a name? There are lots of diamond stones ect - no magic paste? ):

 

[rapidboy]

Best value for money piece of sharpening kit out there.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=180010

 

[JakeR]

"Honing paste" doesnt quite give it the deserved effect as "magic paste". I can't believe that it isnt one of the most popular sharpeners around. ALL CONVEX BLADES SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STARKIE! (and for that matter its great for sharpening flat grinds to.)

Cheers,

Jake

 

[Andy]

how much is it? their website doesn't sem to be working for me.

 

[rapidboy]

DMT Strop-Honing Leather £2.10
DMT Honing Paste £3.35

):

 

[Lurch]

DMT Strop-Honing Leather £2.10
DMT Honing Paste £3.35

):

Wish I'd seen that when I was ordering my waterstone kit

 

[JakeR]

Lurch. Get yourself one anyways!

 

[Andy]

jake are the ones you like more or less? are they the same thing in fact?

will I save on postage if I go elsewhere.

 

[JakeR]

They look like similiar descriptions but i cant remeber anything said on the box about DMT, only starkie. Postage was about a pound if i remember correctly so very cheap. You should go on the starkie site and perhaps order it by phone, you'll speak to Judy (i think), very friendly. I couldnt say that the two items are the same, perhaps they are, but for safety go for starkie.

Cheers,

Jake

 

[tenbears10]

Best value for money piece of sharpening kit out there.
http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.asp?part=180010

These are the ones I got Jake the're the starkie ones.

Bill

 

[JakeR]

Okay, there you go!

 

[Lurch]

Lurch. Get yourself one anyways!

Probably will!
..but I'd have saved myself P&P if I'd seen it earlier

 

[JakeR]

true, but its worth 10x the p&p!

 

[jason01]

Ive become a big fan of Convex grinds too! Really tough compared to a flat grind, needs sharpening much less often and as long as the edge isnt too thick just as capable for most cutting tasks.

Jason