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So I thought id share some odd but affective ways of sharping some knives. 1 and my favorite is with a simple Bic lighter and the 2nd is on a pair of jeans depending on how dull and damage is done and 3rd is my belt which I have just put compound on and it then is a strop. Anyone else got some neat sharping tricks?
 
lazy otter said:
So I thought id share some odd but affective ways of sharping some knives. 1 and my favorite is with a simple Bic lighter and the 2nd is on a pair of jeans depending on how dull and damage is done and 3rd is my belt which I have just put compound on and it then is a strop. Anyone else got some neat sharping tricks?
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Please explain.
 
Capt. Spaulding said:
Please explain.
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I learned it from another forum and it took a small amount of practice. But I just sharpen the same way I use my strop. The burs and such on the blade will remove some of the plastic and I find the bottom of the lighter is better to smooth these areas before moving to the body of the lighter....I'll try and get a pic of my bic up tomorrow so it's easier to see how it's done.
 
Bottom of a Coffe cup , this is nothing new but I found it odd when I first heard it , it does work though
 
lazy otter said:
I learned it from another forum and it took a small amount of practice. But I just sharpen the same way I use my strop. The burs and such on the blade will remove some of the plastic and I find the bottom of the lighter is better to smooth these areas before moving to the body of the lighter....I'll try and get a pic of my bic up tomorrow so it's easier to see how it's done.
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Ah ok. So you basically strop on the plastic.
 
Once I saw a guy roll his car window down half way and used the top edge of the window to sharpen his knife. I tried it when I got home; it works pretty well.
 
Capt. Spaulding said:
Ah ok. So you basically strop on the plastic.
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Pretty much! You can actully fell it when it's working and ready. And it worked great on my suscrofa and emerson la griffe but I've used it on a few of my Busse and Kin and spydercos too and it work great! The more you do it the better ya get .
 
In junior high and high school, my constant carry was a Schrade trapper and I had a reputation for always having a razor sharp blade. (Yes, it was perfectly ok to have at school. My chemistry teacher borrowed it quite a lot.) Of course it was a carbon steel blade and all I did after initial sharpening was to strop it a few times each day on my leather billfold.
 
Bottom of a worn boot works well for a beater...the grit worked into a worn smooth rubber sole actually gives a knife a decent edge. Definitely not the most ideal or reliable method but it WILL put a working edge back on a user.
 
if you carry two knives, one a high carbide and hardness(D2 S110v)knife and one softer/simple steel(420hc, 440a) you can repair the soft steel's damaged edge by scrapping the other ones spine along the edge.
Thats why I carry a rough rider along with whatever else I'm carrying.
 
Inside of an unglazed pot or plant pot, preferably quite a large one. Great for a convex edge. Put a bit of tape on the spine to prevent scratches.
 
I've done some stropping using a firesteel. Works best when using one from one of my sheaths!!! ;)
 
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