Blade Sharpening

[pfinn]

I need to get a few blades sharpened for a hunting trip in about two weeks. Any recommendations around Lincoln for a good knife sharpener?

[sparky0068]

Serrated or not?

[pfinn]

Non--serrated mainly. There are serrations on the bottom quarter of the blade, but I'm not worried about those as much as the main blade.

[bkoenig]

If you want to do it yourself buy a Lansky sharpening kit.  Pretty much foolproof.

[whatsit]

I'm pretty sure Derek over at DE Guns sharpens knives.

[sparky0068]

I have a landline kit you wanna try or I can show you.

[pfinn]

Tried Lansky before, and a few others DIY sharpeners... never quite seem to get a good enough edge. I'll check with DE.

[AWick]

I am just getting into custom knife making and in fact, finished my first blade today... well, I still have to do a final 2000 grit wet sand and polish of the blade, but other than that I'm done. I got into it because a buddy has been doing them for about a year and i thought "heck, i could do that!"

Anyways, my buddy uses the Work Shop Tool and Knife sharpener. He got his from the bargain cave at Cabela's, but Amazon sells them for $20 cheaper than Cabela's standard price. It hones it to a 6000 grit edge.

http://www.amazon.com/Work-Sharp-WSKTS-Knife-Sharpener/dp/B003IT5F14

I use a hand-me-down Smith's sharpening system with the three stone jig and honing oil. I then follow that up with a piece of ceramic tile scrap that I got from work and then strop it on an old fine leather belt that I kept around just for that purpose. I shaved a little bit of my scruff off today with this blade

here is my first blade and the second in progress. As a fun tie-in with firearms, the lanyard thong tube is lined with a russian 7.62 nagant pistol brass casing

[Lmbass14]

How much do you sell the knives for?  Looking for a bigger one (like a survivor type) to carry in the vehicle.  Right now I carry a skinning knife in the truck but need something a little stouter. Lesson learned since my brother's house got flooded in CO.  He was at work and at lunch time, he couldn't get to his house.  Luckily he had food and water but no firearm in the truck, but lost pretty much everything.  Going there to help clean up.  Yesterday there was still 8 feet of water in his basement.

[AWick]

I'm not selling any quite yet. I'm giving the first ones as gifts and in fact my entire family doesn't even know that I am making these so that they are good and surprised come Christmas time. I also want to hone my craft a bit before I feel like I could actually ask money for them, but i tend to be a perfectionist...

Sorry to hear about your brother! Glad he is OK!

 I also wanted to note with regards to sharpening that it is really common for guys to try to go too fine too quick. A good edge has to be established with coarser grits of stones and then slowly worked up to a fine edge. And do both sides evenly. I also lighten my pressure with each stone so that it can "transition" to the next grit.

[bkoenig]

That looks fantastic.  I've always wanted to try my hand at blade making.

[pfinn]

Just a follow up. Took them to DE, and Derek did a great job on them... better than new.