What to use to sharpen knives

[BILLY D.]

i use dmt diamond hones. they produce one about the size evan posted about. they also make one that folds up to go in your gear bag when you hunt or fish. all you need is water to make them work. i'm sure we all carry water when we hunt, don't we.

just whip out that designer bottle of genuine neu yawk city refiltered water and go to work.

they also make a great broadhead sharpener. it's trangular and sharpens two sides at a time. neatest thing since sliced bread. and no i am not a dmt sales representative.

i really like their products. give 'em a try.

[BILLY D.]

fabs

dmt also has a basic ojt lesson on sharpening classes at their site www.dmtsharp.com.

they also have sharpening advice for tools such as saws, routers gardening tools etc if your interested. i would think you have a built in gene fer knife sharpening. the italians and spanish produced some of the finest swords in the world at one time. their rapiers were second to none.

[TKO]

I use a diamond steel, it fits into a pack nicely.

[gun_nut2]

The best thing I have found is an old telephone protection fuse. These were made of ceramic and were about 3/8th inch in diameter and about 6 inches long. I gathered some of the blown ones up before I retired from the phone company. They put on a shaving edge with just a little work.

[Talon]

I use a scary sharp technique that woodworkers use to sharpen thier jack planes.

Google "Scary Sharp technique"

you need a plate of window glass, Some spray sticky and varying grits of wet/dry its easy to master