What knives do you practice your sharpening on?

[freedoom]

Just wondering what knives you use to practice your sharpening? i offer to sharpen knives for friends for practice as well as i have a group of my own that i use to practice including The blade on my Leatherman Juice s2, Carbon Opinel 08, Svord Peasant folder, a couple of cheap gerbers and one of my Izulas

 

[kingsqueak]

Kitchen knives whenever I'm playing with anything new.

 

[singularity35]

kitchen knives and a few K/O/s that I picked up for the purpose.

 

[THG]

Chinatown knives and old gerbers and S&Ws.

 

[ChapmanPreferred]

Kitchen knives from the local Thrift Store. $ .27 each.

 

[Jason B.]

dull knives

 

[eccvets]

I found a broken old cheap kitchen knife which was half covered in paint which is now pretty much one if not the sharpest knife in my collection.

 

[Huck61]

Since I now have a Wicked Edge System & have done a couple of dozen knives & have had great results on all of them, I am ready for some higher quality knives.

 

[tiguy7]

I buy used kitchen knives at the flea market for $.25-$1.00 ea. I don't feel bad about screwing up an inexpensive knife even though not all of them are cheap. Some have forged bolsters and retail for as much as $85-$100.

 

[mqqn]

Hi Freedoom -

I have sharpened this poor old Vic waiter quite a lot!

best regards -

mqqn

 

[Ben Dover]

Case, Kabar, Buck, Gerber---anything out of my old beater/loaner box.

 

[me2]

All of them. When I started on BF, if I had done all the practice on one knife, it would be gone. I had to spread it out over 12 or so.