Thread: Getting The Knife Sharp

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

That's interesting video...in 52 years on God's green earth that is the first n only time I have ever seen a stone used that way.... I always have stone on bench or better still in vice block and knife is pressed down onto it. The angle thing he shows is great....with the mighty bacho you just need to tilt much further till the cutting edge is flat on stone. Can't argue with his results,it's just different.i can see it leading to even worse angle errors until/unless you have technique down pat.his knives are softer steel I believe too.same as my green river.interesting his two knives are nearly identical lamb Skinner's.

I used to do that and got ok to crap results thinking that was as good as it got. I did it to a guys stone without realising what it can do one time. It causes stars in your eyes apparently. That was from the other stone bouncing off the back of my head - the circular motion can cause uneven wear on the stone apparently which requires the stone's surface to be leveled again to make it useable for other techniques. Every time I use a stone now I get that uneasy feeling and still don't use circular motions. It was a true learning opportunity haha.