Message-Id: <97Mar11.220505est.14723-2@prufire1.prusec.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 01:47:46 -0500
From: carl_vonkleistiii <carl_vonkleistiii@prusec.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Sharpenning Crooked Knives
Masselink, Derek J. wrote:
>
> I would be interested in finding out just how one is supposed to sharpen
> a crooked knife. I recently purchased one (it didn't come with
> instructions!) along with a strop and sharpening compound. While I know
> and have used the strop it is becoming increasingly apparent that the
> knife requires some 'coarser' attention i.e. it needs a better edge.
> Would any of you folks know I might make this knife sharper?
>
> dully yours,
>
> dmSeems to me I remember that a farrier I once knew used a very fine round
steel file and one of the ceramic rods from a knife sharpening set - the
kind with two rods set in a piece of wood and sticking up in the air.
That was a long time ago, and it could be a suggestive memory.. ;)
--
Eric von Kleist We pray for one last landing
Hilton Head Island, SC On the globe that gave us birth,
USA To rest our eyes on the fleecy skies
And the cool green hills of Earth.
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more
wonderful to miss it. Mark Twain
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