Just seen this on 'da tube', seems pretty simple, anyone tried anything similar ?????
Another one I've seen and is well worth knowing is using a car door glass, wind the window down then use the top edge of the glass to sharpen the blade. I guarantee that literally within seconds your knife will beAt sea it was common to run your knife down a wire rigging stay a couple of times to freshen up the cutting edge before cutting rope. Seemed to work...The follow up video to the one you posted Bam, seems to dismiss the nut and bolt trick but maybe it depends on the nut/knife steel being used?
Another one I've seen and is well worth knowing is using a car door glass, wind the window down then use the top edge of the glass to sharpen the blade. I guarantee that literally within seconds your knife will be
shaving sharp
I usually use a steel Mark and never letThe edges of the car windows work surprisingly well joe, all depends on how bad the edge of the knife is right enough,
I usually use a small steel Mark and never let my knives get blunt. For my small carving set I use Wendy's nail files, the dark grey ones which are very fine on one side and slightly courser on the other3The edges of the car windows work surprisingly well joe, all depends on how bad the edge of the knife is right enough,
Another old way of getting a razor sharp edge without grinding is to pein or peen the edge of the steel using hammer and anvil although this was a lot more common in pre war agricultural tools.
The edges of the car windows work surprisingly well joe, all depends on how bad the edge of the knife is right enough,
A coffin stone MikeIt was how scythes were meant to be sharpened. You could then carry a cigar shaped stone just to tickle the edge if neccessary.
I don't normally get along with hippy types but I'm not to proud to learn from them.Very interesting video, I thought it was great and I learned a lot from it, thanks Mike.