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. ;-)

 

[Wildone]

Its a very rare occurance that I need to spend more than a few minutes to touch up a blade. Diamond stones get it done pretty good for me.

 

[displacedtexan]

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

My hunting knives see less use than my daily, work, and cooking knives...

 

[Mike Islander]

My hunting knives see less use than my daily, work, and cooking knives...

Hmmm. Are you saying your post on this hunting forum was actually about cooking knives? Do you feel the same about hunting knives as cooking knives? Do you use the same steels or consider "better steel" the same or different steels for hunting versus cooking knives?

If cooking knives make you hate sharpening, I'll add another vote to the Ken Onion Work Sharp crowd. Easy to use, and the edge is easily touched up with a good ceramic steel.