fracmeister
Petroleum Engineer
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- May 26, 1999
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Okay folks, after years and years of teaching Scouts to sharpen knives and acquiring WAY too many stones, hones, strops and so forth... here is what I do.
For putting an edge on the unedged or sharpening an axe or shovel
at the house I use the Tormek grinder. I use the leather wheel to strop almost everything.
When I have a knife to sharpen at home I use the EdgePro starting with 100, working my way up through 160, 320 and 600 and often the 3000 tape and/or stropping. When keeping kitchen knives sharp I use a 3 sided, diamond infested rod.
In the field I keep a large DMT diamond deal (about 4" by 12") (red/green) at camp along with a leather strop and a ceramic rod (for my Badger Attack!). A file for the axes. I carry a wee ceramic rod and a tiny folding diamond DMT deal (<1" by 2") on backpacking trips.
teaching 12 year olds to sharpen knives makes herding cats seem downright pleasurable.... but every third one seems to take hold of it.
then again, I don't hesitate to sit one aside if he can't pay attention that night... no problem acting up during the geology merit badge.... worst case scenario is he can't calculate a dip or determine the strike of a bed... but on "sharpening night" they either pay attention or go play in the back yard.
By the way, Dads are always welcome at our meetings and Sharpening night has better attendance than the Court of Honors!
Yours in sharpening,
fracmeister
For putting an edge on the unedged or sharpening an axe or shovel
at the house I use the Tormek grinder. I use the leather wheel to strop almost everything.When I have a knife to sharpen at home I use the EdgePro starting with 100, working my way up through 160, 320 and 600 and often the 3000 tape and/or stropping. When keeping kitchen knives sharp I use a 3 sided, diamond infested rod.
In the field I keep a large DMT diamond deal (about 4" by 12") (red/green) at camp along with a leather strop and a ceramic rod (for my Badger Attack!). A file for the axes. I carry a wee ceramic rod and a tiny folding diamond DMT deal (<1" by 2") on backpacking trips.
teaching 12 year olds to sharpen knives makes herding cats seem downright pleasurable.... but every third one seems to take hold of it.
then again, I don't hesitate to sit one aside if he can't pay attention that night... no problem acting up during the geology merit badge.... worst case scenario is he can't calculate a dip or determine the strike of a bed... but on "sharpening night" they either pay attention or go play in the back yard.
By the way, Dads are always welcome at our meetings and Sharpening night has better attendance than the Court of Honors!
Yours in sharpening,
fracmeister