Pocketknives/Kitchen Knives/Fixed Blades
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It can start to look weird if you're sharpening it at too acute an angle
The most surefire way of getting it sharp if you're sharpening incompetent is to use a Spyderco Sharpmaker
I either freehand it or use my belt sander (which I don't recommend if you don't know what you're doing, you can really screw up a knife this way)
Getting the angle right is as finding a piece of paper. Find a sticky note (or something small with a right angle). Fold it in half diagonally. Thats 45 degrees. Fold it again. Now it's 22.5 degrees. That's the angle you should be sharpening at
Alternatively, take a sharpie, color in the edge bevel, and take a couple light licks on the stone. If you see that the color is being removed off the edge bevel, you've hit the right angle. Now just maintain it
Seul, if your knife ever gets dull and chewed up to the point it needs to be professionally sharpened, send it back to Chris Reeve, or send it to me. I'll make sure you're taken care of
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I probably should take more time sharpening it… Can you harm your knife at all in the process?..
Nothing that can't be fixed by sending it back to Chris Reeve for a professional resharpen if needed.
For freehand sharpening, practice makes perfect. You'll be able to get great results with it, but you need to maintain the angle that you sharpen at precisely. The more you do it, the more your muscle memory will allow you to hold that angle.
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Anybody here going to the knife show in Vegas during Labor Day weekend? Should be a good one, and I'd love to meet up and say hi to anyone from here going.
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I'm a big fan of knives, guns, etc. I carry this as a cheap workhorse:
Just a simple S&W HRT knife, holds its edge great and was inexpensive so if it breaks I don't really give a fuck.. I also own this:
A Dark Ops Stratofighter, amazing knife.. expensive though so I'm a little more careful with it. -
my two favorite brands are Laguiole from France and Buck from the US. Everywhere I go, I try to buy a nice knife. The only place I fucked up was in Japan. I was in the plane flying back and I realized that I had totally forgotten to look for a knife there.
Laguiole: I probably have like 10 of those, since my dad had them delivered in the 70's by boxes of 25 which he gave as gifts when the brand was not famous at all. The last one I bought has a mammoth tusk handle which is absolutely fabulous looking. I went overboard with the blade and instead of a plain steel one, I got a damas steel which looks nice but too much with the mammoth handle. I might return it to the knife maker for a simpler blade.
Buck: I have a crapload of those, all folding knives. All MADE IN THE USA, fuck the Chinese outsourced models. They are big, look menacing, American in a word!!! Just kidding.
I also brought myself a nice machete from Kingston, just a regular one that farmers use down in Jamaica.
For cooking, I have a nice little ceramic blade (white blade) that cuts real nicely. I love it. But my favorite cooking knife is a traditional 12cm Opinel (from France) folding knife. Simple as fuck, but great wood handle, wicked blade, very cheap.
Its getting riskier to walk around with knives with the safety and security bullshit politicians force down our throats, so I mostly keep them at home.
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Not a pocketknife, but I thought I would throw this in here:
I got this for Jody last Christmas. Made in Japan, damascus, pakkawood handle. Between the thin bevel and my belt sharpener, this thing goes through meat/vegetables/bone like a lightsaber. The best part is the handle though. It feels like a well used piece of soap in your hand. No sharp angles at all, just super comfy
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What's the make Dougng, off to Japan soooooooon…G
Giles, that is a Kershaw Shun knife from the Ken Onion design line. As far as I know, that particular brand has pretty good worldwide distribution. You'll be able to find it when you go to Japan, but you'd probably find it just as easily in higher end kitchen stores in the UK. I know that they are pretty common in nicer kitchen stores out here in the US.
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Nice, the Spyderco UKPK is def a hot model right now
Went to Lowes over the weekend, was really tempted to buy another Sodbuster, but managed to resist the urge. At less than $20, it's hard not to justify having one around at all times (front door to open boxes, kitchen to open packaging/cut cooking twine, car just in case, office for envelopes/bagels). I just put one in each location
I much prefer the yellow handled ones with the carbon blades over the black handles with stainless blades though
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Ok so I'm getting a Hubertus leverlock switchblade hopefully in the next week. Any thoughts?
I like those, they are fun to play with. Are they legal to carry where you live?
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…mmmm not pursay.
LOL, I know a lot of people who carry autos and balis illegally as well.
