Butterknife dull fox tactical kukri

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I got a butter knife dull fox kukri stainless steel 440c and no sharpening tools also no sharpening skills but would a file or a brick work? Also i plan on buying a sharpener any suggestions on a good one under 100$ what do u guys use?
 
For major sharpening at home I used to use my belt sander quite a bit. With a coarse belt it will take off metal fast and give a nice convex edge. Lately I've been using this little Work Sharp tool. It is convenient and my belt sander doesn't see much use anymore. Field touch ups that don't require much metal removal are done with a crock stick or a diamond hone.
 
I use a nagura (small stone used to flatten sharpening stones) because I cannot sharpen recurved edges on a flat stone.

The nagura is about quail egg size, so I've been using to to polish the edge to a mirror polished shaving edge (convex).

Nagura can be found for about $5-10 from Japanese knife shops/sites.

If you can find natural round stones, even better, it's what warriors uses to keep their katanas polished on the field.
 
For many uninitiated to sharpening, lightly serrated knife steels like a butcher might use can do a great job with khukuris, especially as they are round and can get into recurves well.
 
HwangJino said:
I use a nagura (small stone used to flatten sharpening stones) because I cannot sharpen recurved edges on a flat stone.

The nagura is about quail egg size, so I've been using to to polish the edge to a mirror polished shaving edge (convex).

Nagura can be found for about $5-10 from Japanese knife shops/sites.

If you can find natural round stones, even better, it's what warriors uses to keep their katanas polished on the field.
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If he's not experienced in sharpening and needs to heavily reset that edge, I don't think that would cut it very well.




Just get a sharpmaker and the diamond stones for it. That'll run you under $100 if you look around online.
 
I recently got the worksharp and put some scary sharp edges on all my kitchen knives. Haven't been brave enough to use it on anything expensive. The look on my wife's face when she used one of the kitchen knives for the first time was priceless. I can see how it would work great on a khukuri.
 
philllll said:
I recently got the worksharp and put some scary sharp edges on all my kitchen knives. Haven't been brave enough to use it on anything expensive. The look on my wife's face when she used one of the kitchen knives for the first time was priceless. I can see how it would work great on a khukuri.
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Looking at this right now and it seems that it would eat a little more material and possibly cause more scratching than steady hands on stones, but it seems like if the guide is made right you're looking at a very efficient system. I'm tempted to buy one for house knives.
 
HarborFreight 1 in belt...should run under $50. You'll use it for everything, and (mine, at least) lasts a long time.

Best wishes.
 
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