Looking at how they work I'm a bit fuzzy on how it'll sharpen a curved knife.
Cause it swings like a pendulum
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Looking at how they work I'm a bit fuzzy on how it'll sharpen a curved knife.
Cause it swings like a pendulum
You move the sharpening rod back and forth with the grain of the blade only sharpening with the forward strokes.
The side movement is to allow for various lengthed blades and curved blades
Bowhunting forum im on have some knifesmiths, theres a thread re sharpeners, these are a chinese copy of a well known brand apparently (cant remember the name) but they rekon you can get quality stones and theyre good to go http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Knife...item20d02b0897
That's the one OD brought, Heres some spare stones to go with it
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/151013490...84.m1423.l2649
I'll stick with my brasso and wet/dry paper with a buff or soon a strop.
Until OD tries his and we get a full road report on it
Also read a blokes got onto kangaroo hide strops and loves em
Don't you need that thick harness leather like the stuff teachers used on us.
Dunno mate we had two canes
This is the link for replacement stones on the bow hunting forum (quality and cost effective...........apparently) http://www.congresstools.com/catalog...category/id/72
Lanskis made a similar version ages ago but with a price tag to match, very good sharpener but couldn't afford 1 so this is the next best thing that I could find.
Apparently roo leather is good but have not found much on it so far to read up on.
Cow leather is still best as it's far more durable and more available. Looking around, the average thickness is around 3-4mm so I am guessing around the 8-10oz rating. Old man is letting me have his strop when he finds it.
I may look at getting 1 like TD posted earlier as I don't think his will last very long as it hasn't been used in who knows how long.
Heres a link to the bow hunting forum and the thread on knife sharpening http://www.bowhunting-forum.com/show...768#post130768