Any ideas

"chili-girl" wrote in message
...
Any ideas

I sharpen all my knives with a smooth file and then hone them on the bottom
of a ceramic mug. Use the file to shape the blade and get the angles right,
then polish all the filing marks out with the bottom of the mug (which is
almost exactly the same grade as a medium ceramic sharpening stone that
you'd pay £'s for)

I can shave the hairs off my arms with any of my knives.

Tom

"chili-girl" wrote ...
Any ideas

For any sharpening job, from kitchen knives to secateurs I use the folding
stones from...
http://www.dmtsharp.com/
You will see one of the folding stones at the bottom left of one of the
pictures.
It's a green one therefore a honing stone. Red is for sharpening.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden

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.

--
Cheers
Dave.

The message
from chili-girl contains these words:

Any ideas

If it's stainless steel, throw it away and get a carbon steel one.

Begin with a file and thin the angle of the edge.

Then finish on a steel - you can't beat a proper steel for getting a
razor-sharp edge, and unless a stainless blade is made from surgical
steel, you can't get an edge on it with anything.

--
Rusty
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk
Separator in search of a sig

"Martin" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:58:25 -0000, "Tom" wrote:

I can shave the hairs off my arms with any of my knives.

Yeah but can you shave a gooseberry?

Can't say that I've ever tried, but If I remember I'll let you know later
in the year :-)

The honing stones are diamond impregnated and are colour coded. Blue is a coarse grade and OK for cleaning up a badly blunted blade. Red will give you a good sharp edge for general use. Green is ultra fine and in itself might give you the fine edge that you are looking for, if not, you will need a leather strop as used for sharpening cut throad razors to finish it off.

Bigal

On Jan 21, 7:58*pm, "Tom" wrote:
"chili-girl" wrote in message

...

Any ideas

*I sharpen all my knives with a smooth file and then hone them on the bottom
of a ceramic mug. Use the file to shape the blade and get the angles right,
then polish all the filing marks out with the bottom of the mug (which is
almost exactly the same grade as a medium ceramic sharpening stone that
you'd pay £'s for)

*I can shave the hairs off my arms with any of my knives.

* *Tom

Do you do underarms?

Judith

The message

from Judith in France contains these words:
On Jan 21, 7:58*pm, "Tom" wrote:
"chili-girl" wrote in message
...

Any ideas

*I sharpen all my knives with a smooth file and then hone them on
the bottom
of a ceramic mug. Use the file to shape the blade and get the angles
right,
then polish all the filing marks out with the bottom of the mug (which is
almost exactly the same grade as a medium ceramic sharpening stone that
you'd pay £'s for)

*I can shave the hairs off my arms with any of my knives.

* *Tom

Do you do underarms?

It's not allowed now - not in first class cricket, anyway.

--
Rusty
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk
Separator in search of a sig

Our local farm shop will sharpen knives. Worth trying any nearby.

In article , says...
"chili-girl" wrote in message
...
Any ideas

I sharpen all my knives with a smooth file and then hone them on the bottom
of a ceramic mug. Use the file to shape the blade and get the angles right,
then polish all the filing marks out with the bottom of the mug (which is
almost exactly the same grade as a medium ceramic sharpening stone that
you'd pay £'s for)

I can shave the hairs off my arms with any of my knives.

Tom



Top tip Tom :~)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

On Jan 22, 10:16*am, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:27:19 -0800 (PST), Judith in France



wrote:
On Jan 21, 7:58*pm, "Tom" wrote:
"chili-girl" wrote in message

. ..

Any ideas

*I sharpen all my knives with a smooth file and then hone them on the bottom
of a ceramic mug. Use the file to shape the blade and get the angles right,
then polish all the filing marks out with the bottom of the mug (which is
almost exactly the same grade as a medium ceramic sharpening stone that
you'd pay £'s for)

*I can shave the hairs off my arms with any of my knives.

* *Tom

Do you do underarms?

Not in France by all accounts )
--

Martin

I do! To try and keep on gardening mattersG, it was lovely
yesterday and I made a list of small jobs to do today, too late, it's
snowing heavily, what made us buy a house halfway up a mountain????

Judith

Judith

"Judith in France" wrote in message
...
On Jan 22, 10:16 am, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:27:19 -0800 (PST), Judith in France



wrote:
On Jan 21, 7:58 pm, "Tom" wrote:
"chili-girl" wrote in message

. ..

Do you do underarms?

Not in France by all accounts )
--


I do! To try and keep on gardening mattersG, it was lovely
yesterday and I made a list of small jobs to do today, too late, it's
snowing heavily, what made us buy a house halfway up a mountain????

Judith

Judith

Think positive its better than being half way down the other side. My aunt
in Wales does and their dead end drive goes way up over the mountain and
half way down the other side, great fun in winter.

Mike

beccabunga wrote:
chili-girl;827940 Wrote:
Any ideas

Our local farm shop will sharpen knives. Worth trying any nearby.




I have always thought that 70% of good pruning, carpentry, or any skill
that needs a tool that is sharpened, lies in the ability to sharpen
correctly. I must admit I a not good, I have files, stones and leather
strops, but cannot get a professional edge. :-(

The message
from Broadback contains these words:
beccabunga wrote:
chili-girl;827940 Wrote:
Any ideas

Our local farm shop will sharpen knives. Worth trying any nearby.




I have always thought that 70% of good pruning, carpentry, or any skill
that needs a tool that is sharpened, lies in the ability to sharpen
correctly. I must admit I a not good, I have files, stones and leather
strops, but cannot get a professional edge. :-(

Probably the quality of the knives' steel.

--
Rusty
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk
Separator in search of a sig