Thread: Knife Questions

Originally Posted by Little Loydd

Hey Everyone,

Just keen on recommendations and experience for a knife for skinning a deer. Current use a fold away Spika Bushmaster and it seems to go pretty well (especially in a beginner’s hand) but keen on people’s feedback.

The second question is best tools to use to sharpen a knife, very green at this and after a couple of attempts I think I made the Wife kitchen knives blunter rather than sharper. So back to You Tube.

Cheers Everyone

I see you’re Tasman based also.

If you get real stuck, touch base and I can run your kitchen knives over a Tormek to revive them and keep the peace with the Mrs.

When starting out hand sharpening, a skinny carbon steel knife with as straighter edge as possible and no bolster is going to be the most user friendly to ‘hone’ your craft.
Most people use too fine a stone and fail to raise a bur when first starting out. It’s not rocket science a but plenty frustrating til you get the hang of it.
The last thing is stropping to refine the edge.