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Depends on the knife. I'll switch hands, depending on how everything's oriented. My favorite carry is a Case '75 pattern stockman. I always open...
For mainstream simple stainless kitchen knives, I figure 'simpler is better'. I like finishing them on a Fine India stone, to set the initial...
I think, in the classical sense, 'choil' usually referred to a fairly large, unsharpened indent at the heel of a blade's cutting edge, as a place...
Since Case started stamping pattern numbers on blades around 1950, at least one of the blades in any of them should show the pattern number. If...
For what it's worth, here's one thread on another forum, which details the steps to put a clip on one. I haven't tried it, and this is no...
Do I love a stockman? Yep, carry one every single day. I usually have a couple of knives on me at any given time, and a stockman is the default...
Regarding use of the Spyderco Sharpmaker, as you mention above: I personally like the Sharpmaker's medium (grey/brown) rods for maintaining the...
(Re: "Question?" posted above...) The simple carbon, CV and stainless steels like 420HC can be nicely maintained with nothing more than green...
If much beyond 1980, it's likely the original blade wasn't 440C anyway. Buck stopped using 440C in very early '80s (like '81) and then used 425M...
That^ sums up my view on it as well. 'Traditional' was always the default, going literally without saying it, up until the 'non-traditional',...
Couldn't remember the name/model of that Morseth - I knew I'd seen it in AGR's catalogs. But your info rings a bell now. :thumbsup:
A.G. Russell has, at times, offered 'seconds' or other imperfect knives for sale via their catalog or site. Those would be knives with some sort...
Having started out with the same preference for holding the stone in hand, I can sympathize. Since starting to use bench stones on the bench,...
To me, 'dig in soil' and 'hold an edge' are a contradiction. I don't know of any steel tool that'll really hold an edge after dirt enters the...
Aside from the versions with the carbide 'blade destroyer' inserts (apt description), my other reservation about these has to do with the blade's...
I'm always impressed to hear of such elegant, well thought out solutions to what would be a perplexing problem for a lot of us, not knowing what...
I've preferred to use my ceramic stones with oil to keep them clean & cutting well for bigger jobs. If they're used dry and not cleaned...
If the strop is to be used with compound, there's no need for anything fancy. The advantages of horsehide, buffalo, etc. will just be covered up...
Being aware that this thread has just been bumped^ after 11 years, I'll just add a thought to the most recent bump: The small size of the Lansky...
It's actually pretty easy to do with wet/dry SiC sandpaper. More so, if the backing under the sandpaper is somewhat firmer than a mousepad, which...
