On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:04:59 +0000, chili-girl wrote:

Any ideas

Is the steel of the knife capable of taking such an edge?

My grandfather used to shave with a cut throat razor, the leather strop
for keeping it sharp hung by the bathroom basin and was used frequently.

Stroping: http://www.shaving-shack.com/shop/pages.php?pageid=53
Honing: http://www.shaving-shack.com/shop/pages.php?pageid=57

The principles will apply to other blades, though most modern knives won't
have the thick spine that a open razor does.

You can still buy all the bits so it might be worth doing that, at least
then you know the steel should be able to take the edge.

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Cheers
Dave.