Strangest thing you've sharpened?

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Benjamin

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The title says it all.

For my part, it was potato peelers when I got the sharpmaker. I've also sharpened the edge of a quarter, out of sheer boredom.

Anyone?
 
Originally posted by Benjamin
I've also sharpened the edge of a quarter, out of sheer boredom.
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Thanks for the idea, man.:)
 
Pizza cutter;)

Needless to say, it didn't work as well as planned...hmm..but I haven't tried it with my new Lansky yet.

Warthog
 
18 inch stick of steel used to hang store shelves to the wall. Now it has four teeth at the end for poking, and a 4-5 inch sharpened section for slashing. I also gave it a cordwrapped handle.

It's hard work, sharpening that sucker. I need to sharpen the rest of it.

I've also sharpened a hammer. No, not the pounding end. I sharpened the prying end so that it can slide into skulls um, I mean cans of paint, more easily.

This is all just for the fun of sharpening, of course. I'm not a crazy mofo. :D
 
It's not really that strange I guess but if you would be watching me, it might have been. I sharpened a 54" Viking sword on my sharpmaker. It took forever :)
 
Originally posted by not2sharp
My wits.......hehehehehehe :)
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"A Sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with use." - Washington Irving

As another poster has for a .sig


Sharpening a claw hammer....that's a new one. :D
That's what I love about large forums. No matter how strange I am, there's always at least ONE person who dwarfs anything I've done.

Regards all.
 
An 8 inch needle used for sewing up the vulva on cows that prolaps both pre and post partum.
 
Originally posted by Ed Fowler
An 8 inch needle used for sewing up the vulva on cows that prolaps both pre and post partum.
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I had an idea of something strange I'v sharpened, but after reading your post mine is not so odd any more.

Bruce:eek:
 
I sharpened the top hooks of the sear from a Colt Combat Commander .45 auto, using my Sharpmaker, in-order to make the trigger-pull alittle more crisp.
 
Originally posted by NGK-Webmaster
Ed Fowler wins this one I think...
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Yup! Ed's was "Game, Set.., and Match"....lol


"Hunters seek what they [WANT].., Seekers hunt what they [NEED]"
 
Injector nozzles for jet turbine engines. More polish than sharpen, the edges of the nozzles had to be smooth and sharp so that the fuel dispersion into the turbine firing chamber was even and fine, without gaps in the 'spray/fog.'
 
Originally posted by Ed Fowler
An 8 inch needle used for sewing up the vulva on cows that prolaps both pre and post partum.
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I KNEW we would get a country boy response here at some point! You would be surprised the things you sharpen for the variety of things you do in veterinary medicine. Large animal medicine is by far the most fun when it comes to cutting stuff. Trocars, trephines, hoof knives, saws, REALLY large needles, and of course a good necropsy knife are all common instruments. Oooohhh! I entirely forgot dehorning instruments! Fun stuff!


Kinda sorta fondly remembering large animal medicine...
Mongo


P.S. I'll give a shiny virtual nickel to whomever can tell me what the stitch is called that Mr. Fowler is alluding to.
 
I sharpened a tomahawk for a lady friend of mine who throws semi-professional for one of those balck powder rendezvous groups. I thought it would be fun.

Then I watched her practice. What appeared to be a quaint anachronistic artifact turned into a very leathal guided missile. Since that observation, I always buy her cookies and tell her how pretty she looks!
 
Every 2 weeks I sharpen a probe tip for my mother. She is a hog grader at a plant here. The probe tip looks like a small arrowhead, is made of stainless steel and is double edged. Most of the time I grab the end with locking pliers and run it down my sharpmaker, but once in a while when I have my sharpenign stones out I sharpen the probe tip that way.

The actual probe is a large contraption... kinda neat that it starts at such a small, pointy part!
 
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