Sharpening knives?

[Driftin]

I’ve been using the Chefschoice 120 electric sharpener. Works good, knifes are sharp.

 

[Jmort1754]

So 6mm can we connect after hunting season to have you sharpen ?

 

[MTHunt]

Just got a work sharp and like it. I've tried Knife Aid and wasn't impressed.

 

[NVVAHunt]

I’ve used a bunch of different systems/stones.

Arkansas’s stones, blandly angle guide, diamond stones, work sharp belt sharpeners, and even bought a Tormek T4. I find myself using the DMT diamond stones more than anything else. You can free hand or buy any number of angle guides.


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[Jpsmith1]

There's been more than a few who have been required to use the bandaid after I finished sharpening their knives.

My wife needed more than a bandaid when I decided I was tired of dull knives in the kitchen.

She learned respect that day. The hard way

 

[Jpsmith1]

I love sharpening. From the difficult initial grinds to the smooth glide of the stones and strop as the edge fully develops.

It's therapeutic.

 

[adamm88]

I used to before kids and other responsibilities. I had a full set of water stones and could put a mirror razors edge on all my work kitchen knives. I know am more management and still have a good set of simple knives. I started to get into outdoor knives after i maxed out my work knives and got them sharp too.

Iv gotten back into knives over the past few years but i mostly sharpen on a ken onion work sharp.

 

[RobertReed711]

I'm beginning to dislike it less as I've gotten a little better at it. I use one of the worksharp precision adjust nowadays and can usually get my knives scary sharp if I take my time. The biggest killer is not having enough patience and applying too much pressure. Once I realized I needed to back off on the pressure my results were much more consistent.

 

[Mike Islander]

Do you actually enjoy it?

I've come to realize that as I've gotten knives in better steels, I went from being neutral on the task, to actively disliking it.

"better steels" are easy to sharpen in the field. I think your experience is actually with worse steels; at least worse for hunting. ;-)