Back from Moosehead! (pics)

Great pics of what I'm sure was a great time. Good to get a chance to exercise the blades eh? Bring 'em back to sharp. Push the rolls back towards the edge, then sharpen as per your favorite method.
 
That reminds me of a motorcycle story (not mine and misquoted).

On a group ride, one bikers fork loosens up creating a dangerous situation. Every one pulls over for some roadside maintenence. The solution to the problem was to add a piece of shim stock so that the fork could be sufficiently tightened. The Bike owner asks where are we going to get shim stock on the side of the road? Another biker pours out (or chugs) a beer and cuts a shim out of the can. The owner freaks out, saying “I need shim stock, not a piece of beer can” and refuses to continue the ride until a real piece of shim stock was found.

Of course, a beer can is made from a fairly good grade of aluminum and would work wonderfully as shim material, but that wasn't good enough for this biker so he didn't continue the ride.

A piece of steel is a piece of steel. A steel rod is only shaped differently. The purpose of a steel is to reallign a bent edge on a knife. Any piece of steel from a chinese casting to a $3,000 custom shop Busse will do the job if it can effectivly press on the bent portion of the edge.
 
wash said:
That reminds me of a motorcycle story (not mine and misquoted).

On a group ride, one bikers fork loosens up creating a dangerous situation. Every one pulls over for some roadside maintenence. The solution to the problem was to add a piece of shim stock so that the fork could be sufficiently tightened. The Bike owner asks where are we going to get shim stock on the side of the road? Another biker pours out (or chugs) a beer and cuts a shim out of the can. The owner freaks out, saying “I need shim stock, not a piece of beer can” and refuses to continue the ride until a real piece of shim stock was found.

Of course, a beer can is made from a fairly good grade of aluminum and would work wonderfully as shim material, but that wasn't good enough for this biker so he didn't continue the ride.

A piece of steel is a piece of steel. A steel rod is only shaped differently. The purpose of a steel is to realign a bent edge on a knife. Any piece of steel from a chinese casting to a $3,000 custom shop Busse will do the job if it can effectivly press on the bent portion of the edge.
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Although making due and being innovative is definitely better than not doing anything at all, it is not always the best. A piece of steel made for the job is typically better than one that is not. While a rod is hardened and will smooth in a uniform manner, not all pieces of steel will do the edge good. You can hammer a nail in with pliers, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea.
The reason I am fairly adamant about this, is that the up-sweep of bigger blades of INFI have been notoriously difficult for me to realign when chipped or have a ding. I would hate to see someone flake the edge or turn a ding into a crack because they used a piece of steel that dug in rather than rolled.
All that being said, Good Luck MD13 and thanks for sharing the pics.
 
I'm glad you guys enjoyed the pics, and thanks to all for the advice. As soon as I get the edges fixed up, I'll post some pics of the cleaned up knives.
 
Very nice pics! Very beautiful county out there :thumbup:

...and it's great to see those blades have gone to a good home ;)
 
Great user pics bro....nice to see somebody using these blades as they were intended to be used....HARD! No worries on the dings bro, they'll come out and the knives will be sharper for it!

Thanks for sharing the experience with us! :thumbup:
 
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