Thread: Knife Questions

For a start don’t buy a flash knife. I’ve got two svords a straight one for arseholes, throats and legging and a curved one for skinning, and they suit me well. However they are pigs to sharpen if I don’t keep them right and let the edge come to far off. When people are learning to put an edge on steel and keep it there it’s far easier to learn on steel a bit softer and more forgiving like a victorinox, wenger, swibo or something like that. They are cheap, easy to sharpen and can be fixed up way more easily than a really hard stainless or a high carbon tool steel blade if you make a mess of them. The shape is really personal preference, though one I’ve seen a lot of people really like is based on a lamb skinning shape. A we bit curved with a funny sort of blunt drop point. Sharpening wise you don’t need to spend lots of money, get on youtube and there lots of tutorials on sharpening knives lots of different ways. On method you can use involves emery paper and a block of wood to put said emery paper on. It’s damn cheap and you get whatever grit you like depending on the finish you want. It’s about $1 a sheet and works really well.