Parker Cutlery Trapper

Cool stuff. I like how you do all of your sharpening freehand on stones. It took me a long long time to be able to sharpen to a level I was happy with on bench stones. Once I did I could not be happier that I went through all the troubles.

I have found what you say to be true about thinned out edges. There is a definite point that you lose strength but most edges can be thinned considerably from my experience.

Thanks for remembering to show me the video.

Kevin
 
Oh no, I didn't do it free hand. I used my sharpening blocks that hold the stones for me. I use the Sharpmaker as my finishing step for most knives, thought I'm trying to move away from it. So I built some blocks to hold my stones slightly lower than the Sharpmaker settings. There's a video of them on the youtube channel. I did the stropping free hand though. FWIW, I consider the Sharpmaker free hand sharpening, just oriented so it's easier to judge the angle. However, most here don't agree.
 
Well, if it makes you feel any better I would consider a sharpmaker freehanding. I actually find them more challenging to manipulate a knife correctly on them. Its much easier for me to work on a stone flat on a table. If the plastic base of a sharpmaker makes it so people do not consider it freehadning, does the table I sit my stone on make that so people would not consider it freehanding? Does the vertical position I have my grinder set to somehow make that less of a freehanding experience?

I think of jigged systems like wicked edge, and lansky more for taking away from freehanding. Personally though, I don't care how anyone sharpens when it comes down to it as long as they are happy with the results.

Kevin
 
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