Tools a knife nut should own

Charlie Mike

Charlie Mike

Sober since 1-7-14 (still a Paranoid Nutjob)
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I own:

Dremel tool. One variable, one fixed @ 30,000 rpm.

1x42 belt grinder.

BM blue box and a set of jewelers screwdrivers.

I think I might invest in a micrometer.


What do you think are mandatory knife tools?
 
Once you throw in the micrometer I think you've got it covered. You may want to include edge pro but that should just about do it. Good thread.
 
Good sharpening tools.....without them all you have is a pointed paper weight.
 
Good thread.

Might I ask why one would need a 30,000rpm fixed speed Dremel when you have a variable speed already?

I have a 30,000rpm that I got for Xmas one year, and I hate it. Too fast to do much of anything.
 
I bought the 30,000 first... then an ex bought me a variable for 12-25-07.
 
There are lots of other tools that you should/could buy. Various sharpening implements for instance and something I use all the time, a Case knife care kit.

There is also a whole range of cleaning and lubricating items that come in handy.
 
Not that I have one, but a lot of people use some sort of magnifying device to inspect their edge more closely.
 
a sharpening stone.
a toothbrush (or other small cleaining brush)
cotton buds (Q-tips?)
a cleaning rag or two
a selection of screwdrivers.
a selection of allen keys
a decent first aid kit.
maybe some grease or other lubricating substance
wd-40 (not good for lubricating, but pretty decent for cleaning stuff up I find)

everything else is extra

and if you've only got fixed blades, you don't even need most of the screwdrivers, allen keys, the toothbrush, the cotton buds or the grease.
 
phaserrifle said:
a sharpening stone.
a toothbrush (or other small cleaining brush)
cotton buds (Q-tips?)
a cleaning rag or two
a selection of screwdrivers.
a selection of allen keys
a decent first aid kit.
maybe some grease or other lubricating substance
wd-40 (not good for lubricating, but pretty decent for cleaning stuff up I find)

everything else is extra

and if you've only got fixed blades, you don't even need most of the screwdrivers, allen keys, the toothbrush, the cotton buds or the grease.
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You mean torx bits not allen keys, right?
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I've got sets of both. Come in handy for other jobs, too.
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There's no such thing as having too large a variety of tools, or having too many duplicate sets of the most important ones.

I can't even begin to imagine how many screwdriver sets I have scattered around the farm and in my vehicles.
 
You definatley have to have one of those small star screw drivers that holds the bits in it's self. I'll be getting a 1X30 belt sander here soon, and some strops. And you should have an allen keys. Oil, I use rem oil, or wd-40. Those are tools I use all the time when I'm taking care of my knives...sadly the croc stick have broken...going to have get that belt sander soon.
 
Drill press. I can't freehand drill to save my life.

About a billion sheets of sandpaper in a wide assortment of grits and backings.

A good camera, that you know how to use. The internet would be a better place without cell phone photos of (probably) beautiful knives.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
You mean torx bits not allen keys, right?
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correct me if i'm wrong, but torx head bits have a sort of star shape, while allen keys have a hexagonal shape.
because I have a folder which has (what I think are) torx head screw for the spacers, but the pivot screw uses an allen key. and it had a phillips head for the thumb stud, untill that fell off.
 
Diamond sharpener (mine is an EZ lap), Arkansas stone, ceramic hone, sharpening steel, torx set, allen wrench set and some decent oil/WD-40.
 
A Gatco or similar sharpening kit.
Crock sticks for light touch up.
Mineral oil.
Jeweler's rouge
Sandpaper of various grades
Leather pieces for polishing edge
 
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