Snark till the cows come home

[iwouldhurtafly]

You can get the Smith's stones at wally world?

yeppers, check the sporting good isle. They even should have smiths guided sharpeners like the lansky and other stuff like that.

 

[granitestateofmind]

I don't.

That's cold, man. Just rub everyone's nose in it, why don't you.

That looks like a great option, too.
How necessary is a coarse/fine diamond stone if I also have a sharpmaker to finish a blade off with?
My thought process was:
1. Diamond stone for easy, effective, quick reprofiles.
2. move to the norton india stone
3. finish on sharpmaker

I would think you'd want something bigger for that sort of thing; I have a set of the 4" DMT stones (not X-coarse) and even reprofiling a 3-4" blade is tricky. I generally resort to water stones for bigger blades, just because of the surface area of the stone, and I already have them from sharpening woodworking tools. DMT makes some two sided bench stones; the Duo-Sharp+ is the least expensive and gives you two different grits, one on each side plus a little area of continuous diamond for small stuff. I've heard they last pretty much forever. I used to use the 4" ones at the ski shop I managed and never had to replace them in the two years (and thousands of skis) I worked there, and they were already a couple years old when I started. My 2¢.

 

[daizee]

6" diamond stones, coarse and fine. That'll do just about everything. If you want luxury, get 8" ones.

 

[bigghoss]

Got the last of the parts for my W. German Sig P220. Gonna replace the springs and convert it to the newer slim grips.

A guy at work has an FFL and he can get brand new Glocks for $440! I'm tempted to put together a list of everything I want and get prices and start whittling down my list of guns to acquire, but if I budget my money well and don't blow it on frivolous stuff (Like I did last month) I could be totally debt-free in about a year and a half. Maybe I'll stretch the debt out to two years and just buy guns sparingly...

 

[crimsonfalcon07]

Nice, Hoss. What's on your list these days? I've got a fairly extensive gun wishlist right now myself.

 

[Silverthorn]

Benelli Marine M-4 Shotgun
Springfield arms M1A1 Scout Squad
IWI Tavor
STI custom High cap 45 1911
Tricked out Ruger 10-22

 

[Psyop]

I need a Browning M-2

 

[Guyon]

Thats good for it Guyon, flush it out.

You're too far from Sloan's to be gambling like that.

At least the outside temp is above freezing...

Made it to the pump on fumes. Wife needs to keep gas in her car.

 

[mrn8]

Put a ton of time and money into fixing up the Durango this past year, and now the head gaskets are shot and due that that, sounds like bearings might be too. Time to call it quits on this one.

 

[Silverthorn]

I need a Browning M-2

I mean if we are going that rout. I want an AA12, , and some other stuff too...lol

 

[Psyop]

Put a ton of time and money into fixing up the Durango this past year, and now the head gaskets are shot and due that that, sounds like bearings might be too. Time to call it quits on this one.

Damn!

 

[tradewater]

Saw a nice sundog a few minutes ago hiking the field, snapped a pic or two and got a real show.

Fire and Ice. Had to share.

 

[The Warrior]

Very cool man.

 

[iwouldhurtafly]

Very nice Trade!

 

[NathanJ]

Spectacular photos Trade!

 

[LeeBower]

beautiful pics! spiritual...

 

[mrn8]

Incredible sunset! Thanks for the pics.

 

[TBL]

Tradewater makes sunsets happen.... oops wrong thread

Beautiful photos!

 

[Guyon]

You can get the Smith's stones at wally world?

I found a couple on clearance there a while back, along with some other clearanced goods.

 

[granitestateofmind]

Nice, trade. Hard to get modern cameras to expose for ambient light, but you totally nailed it. Just beautiful.