"Is the butcher's "steel" obsolete?" Link to News thread

Dean, maybe it's just netscape but, all I got was a bad request message. That was on both threads.:)

Sarge if you see this. the address I have is A.P.O. AE 09354. Is that all I need?
 
Originally posted by Pappy .....Dean, maybe it's just netscape but, all I got was a bad request message. That was on both threads
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Don't know.
My Opera browser has no problem.
I don't have Netscape installed anymore.
What Version# of Netscape do you have?
Anyone else with the same problem?
 
I'm using the latest version of Netscape communicator. Most of the time I don't have much trouble with it. I guess they have another growser a version 6 or 7 but, I didn't have too much luck with it so I got rid of it.
 
Your thread worked for me with netscape. Interesting item and thanks..
I still use my phillips screw driver once in a while when away from the house very far. Most of my chakmas work pretty will on the edges.

It doesn't sound like this guy is very used to a convex edge on his knives. At least not like a Khuk.:) :D
 
Mike is one of the most informed people about knife performance, from has a very solid base of experience and careful observation. His comment on steeling was not that it was wrong but that there are usually better options. We must remember that for use what comes very easily might not be for others. We can take for granted for example the ease of getting a sheet of ultra fine sandpaper and polishing the edge rather than using a steel.

However for the traditional khukuri users in Nepal and such, how easy is it for them to get such sandpaper and for how much? A steel, which comes with the HI khukuris can keep an edge very functionally sharp for quite some time and is quite easy to make and affordable. However if you have the money and the resources I would suggest that you look into other sharpening options.

I personally sharpen my khukuris freehand with waterstones (1000, 4000 grit) and then buff with 0.5 micron polishing compound. Before I developed the necessary familarity with freehanding a convex edge I used SiC sandpaper on soft backings and worked up to 0.5 micron loaded leather.

-Cliff
 
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