The " Roosters " are crowing for the " Farmers"

[Pennlu]

Lockwood Bros.

 

[Alex.Y.]

Man I love me some coco.

Picked up a piece for myself recently, not sure what I’ll do with it.
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Beautiful piece, man! Just remember that cocobolo dust is infamously toxic, causing skin, lung, and eye irritation, so exercise caution when you work with it and wear protection.

 

[wlfryjr]

Thanks everyone for posting, I'm just glad I started collecting these a long time ago.

 

[wlfryjr]

Nice stag on that Lockwood Nick.

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

Finally got to join the club thanks to a generous friend

This one made it down to Australia safe and sound. Gave it a quick sharpen just now and harvested my first fig with it. I have over 30 fruit trees so this knife will see quite a bit of work.

 

[Digger Stubble]

Finally got to join the club thanks to a generous friend

This one made it down to Australia safe and sound. Gave it a quick sharpen just now and harvested my first fig with it. I have over 30 fruit trees so this knife will see quite a bit of work.
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Very nice! How did you sharpen?

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

Very nice! How did you sharpen?

A ceramic rod sharpener did the trick. Not my greatest work but it is shaving hair…just.

 

[Digger Stubble]

A ceramic rod sharpener did the trick. Not my greatest work but it is shaving hair…just.

Thanks!
It's always interesting how people are sharpening their hawkbill pruners. I used my kme with straight and triangle stones, but the curve of the blade isn't as nice as before.
Maybe I'll try a rod sharpener the next time. Did you do it free hand?
Or, as others suggested here before, I'll get a Quadsharp or Sharpmaker.

 

[wlfryjr]

Finally got to join the club thanks to a generous friend

This one made it down to Australia safe and sound. Gave it a quick sharpen just now and harvested my first fig with it. I have over 30 fruit trees so this knife will see quite a bit of work.
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Good deal. As my Mamaw said pretty is as pretty does. It looks good down under.
For some reason I've always been sharpening challenged , but when I carried a FJ I used crock sticks.

 

[waynorth]

Man I love me some coco.

Picked up a piece for myself recently, not sure what I’ll do with it.
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Spectacular piece of wood, Jack!! It'll make a nice knife!! (or two??)

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

Thanks!
It's always interesting how people are sharpening their hawkbill pruners. I used my kme with straight and triangle stones, but the curve of the blade isn't as nice as before.
Maybe I'll try a rod sharpener the next time. Did you do it free hand?
Or, as others suggested here before, I'll get a Quadsharp or Sharpmaker.

I had to do it freehand. I’m not the greatest sharpener but it’s the only way I could manage it for this blade.
I don’t have any of those fancy sharpening setups, maybe someday!

 

[Digger Stubble]

I had to do it freehand. I’m not the greatest sharpener but it’s the only way I could manage it for this blade.
I don’t have any of those fancy sharpening setups, maybe someday!

Thank you, that sounds good. Maybe I take this method also into consideration, but practice before on my Case hawkbill or on a cheaper victorinox gardening knife. I switched to a guided sharpening system some years ago, after ruining some of my nice old GEC's.

 

[Will Power]

Here is some advice from the horse's mouth: Thos. Turner catalogue c.1902. 18 Shillings ( 0.90 GBP) a dozen and note what it says at the bottom about oiling joints.......

I use a diamond rod, Sharpmaker can do it too.

 

[mrknife]

im just gonna phone a friend at this point. Gary W. Graley you ever done these hawkbills?

 

[Gary W. Graley]

I’ve not done one of those but I’ve done similar blades with success, let me know if you need something done
G2

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

Rooster amongst the flock

 

[Digger Stubble]

Here is some advice from the horse's mouth: Thos. Turner catalogue c.1902. 18 Shillings ( 0.90 GBP) a dozen and note what it says at the bottom about oiling joints.......

I use a diamond rod, Sharpmaker can do it too.

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Thank you for posting this nice old page, the pictures are showing it quite vivid. I have some ceramic rods with different shapes from spyderco to practice with. I also read good things about the sharpmaker, it's on my list for sure.

Rooster amongst the flock
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Great picture!

 

[Digger Stubble]

I couldn't resist on this one, but my knife money for this year is nearly used up now.
Interesting how the cocobolo shows up in different lightning.

 

[Alex.Y.]

Here is some advice from the horse's mouth: Thos. Turner catalogue c.1902. 18 Shillings ( 0.90 GBP) a dozen and note what it says at the bottom about oiling joints.......

I use a diamond rod, Sharpmaker can do it too.

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Thank you for sharing this, Will! Very, very interesting and useful.


Also it raises my long-favorite question about sharpening:
"If drawn along the stone with the BACK fisrt, as in stropping a razor, a firm edge cannot be obtained".

I ask - why? When I finish sharpening and transition to fine grit stone, I always draw blade with the back first. Never got a negative result, neither a negative feedback when sharpen someone's blade.

 

[losttime]

Thank you for sharing this, Will! Very, very interesting and useful.


Also it raises my long-favorite question about sharpening:
"If drawn along the stone with the BACK fisrt, as in stropping a razor, a firm edge cannot be obtained".

I ask - why? When I finish sharpening and transition to fine grit stone, I always draw blade with the back first. Never got a negative result, neither a negative feedback when sharpen someone's blade.

I do the same thing when I switch to my final stone. I always found it helps with burr removal.