I was in a beauty supply store with my wife the other day and walked by their nail file section.
They had a series of different grit nail files starting at about 100 grit and going to 4000.
These are about 8" long and almost 1" wide and 1/8 inch thick and about $1.00 each. I bought a bunch of each and went home, pulled out my Kershaw EDC and started to work on an edge.
1/2 hour later I had a perfect "polished" edge on the knife with (no file marks) and an edge as sharp as I have ever put on a knife.
I did it by hand. Initially I was concerned about being able to hold the bevel angle but it was not a problem. These files have a slightly cushioned core and are quite forgiving. What was interesting, I could actually both feel and hear when I had the knife at the proper angle for sharpening.
For a novice such as myself, I would have no fear of doing this to any of my custom knives and will as time permits. It is easy to do.
They had a series of different grit nail files starting at about 100 grit and going to 4000.
These are about 8" long and almost 1" wide and 1/8 inch thick and about $1.00 each. I bought a bunch of each and went home, pulled out my Kershaw EDC and started to work on an edge.
1/2 hour later I had a perfect "polished" edge on the knife with (no file marks) and an edge as sharp as I have ever put on a knife.
I did it by hand. Initially I was concerned about being able to hold the bevel angle but it was not a problem. These files have a slightly cushioned core and are quite forgiving. What was interesting, I could actually both feel and hear when I had the knife at the proper angle for sharpening.
For a novice such as myself, I would have no fear of doing this to any of my custom knives and will as time permits. It is easy to do.