Thread: Bahco Knives

Originally Posted by fawkes

The tradional "Rabbiters Steel " would be the ruin of many a knife.

Might as well use an old chainsaw file - not much differance in texture or roughness.

A steel liberated from your local meat works is a much better tool - the smoother the better

When I was shepherding we used to rub our steels on a brick to smooth them down.

(later: I see I have said that before)

Originally Posted by Tahr

When I was shepherding we used to rub our steels on a brick to smooth them down.

(later: I see I have said that before)

I too use a polished honing steel but couldn’t find a smaller compact version I could take hunting. I’ve since put a chainsaw file in a cordless drill and held the flat side of a grinding disc against it while both tools are rotating, then when the grinding teeth are gone I just use varying grits of sandpaper with the drill till polished nicely. Works a treat!!

Yeah the guys at the local freezing works do like their steels right.
It is quite funny to see them doing the job.
Do their station rotate to next, some slow careful stokes with the steel on their knife and back into it. Rinse and repeat.
Look like a serial killer I reckon lol

A chrome plated screwdriver works well.
Hard and smooth

Buck edgetek flip stick is a great compact steel, 3 sided from 325-1200 grit, $120 though.