Jim: I use sharpening stones. I've got four, Soft, Washita, Hard and a Black surgical stone. I've done a few knives that were in similar shape as yours. I just start with the soft stone and work my way up. It takes a bit of time, but once I smooth the cutting edge, and get the knife sharp, I just touch it up when I need to with the hard and the black stone. I use my grandfather's razor strop to finish the job. The test is to have the knife sharp enough to cut a piece off a sheet of printer paper. Jerry C "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
In a message dated 12/9/2006 17:35:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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
