Thread: Knife Sharping setups

I'm not taking anything away from the devices on here because I know they do a great job and they are practical. For me though half the fun of having a good knife is keeping it razor sharp by hand. I use Japanese water stones. 1000 and 4000 grit and a leather strop with Barkriver compound to finish. I put a convex edge on them if I can. They aren't sharp unless they will run through newspaper without any force. Not that they need to be this sharp for general hunting.

How sharp are you getting your knives with the Apex etc?

Trouble is though, now that I have got onto this I'm inclined to buy knives just to try different steel and makes.