Jim: I use a "steel"... and a dollar one at that, and when i learned from a professional chef how to use it, I can make a knife shave you... When a chef uses one I thought "how do they not cut their hands off, going towards themselves like that".. Then, I saw Gordon Ramsey use one in slow motion just to show ppl and they are pulling the knife blade away from them when they hit the steel.. I tried it and it worked, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: J&A Burbank To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 4:34 PM Subject: [VFB] Knife sharpening Hey gang I was just wondering who is using what to sharpen their knives. Personally I suck at using a wet stone, I have a hard time holding the knife at the correct angle. I need to do some serious work to my buck fixed blade knife, it has a couple small nicks in it. Anyone using a particular sharpening system that you swear by? Any help is much appreciated. And this is very much fly fishing related as on that occasion when you do keep a fish you need a sharp knife to take care of things. Thanks Jim
