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knife sharpening

Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by cardboard, Nov 10, 2014.

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    When out in the field with a big deer or elk hanging if I need to sharpen a knife I sharpened them by hand. No place to plug in a grinder.
    Before going hunting I took them into a professional to sharpen them.
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    You should have more than one knife when in the field.
    And unless you have to quarter a deer.
    Why not cut it and let it bleed.
    And bring it home and string it up and take care of the cleaning.

    One of the wheels is a fine emery wheel.
    you put a bevel on the blade with the emery wheel

    And you put some rouge on the cardboard wheel and polish the bevel.
    It comes off sharp enough to shave you.
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    Guess I'm ol fashioned...I still use oil and a two sided stone...Been using it since I was a kid...I also have a pretty good sharpening steel that works well too...
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    That is good, But you can use these wheels and the rouge and sharpen a knife in a couple minutes.
    If you are happy with what you do great. I did it years ago.
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    I took several knives with me CB but always had my favorites and we always had more than one hanging. When we went out hunting we would be out for a week or at least 4 days, so we skinned em the same day wrapped em up in a game bag mainly because of the yellow jackets and hung em up high. Tanned my own hide once two, that was work.
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