Thread: Show me your knives

made this from a bearing back in the day when i did a little blacksmithin . . good little handy knife

Originally Posted by Tahr

My latest is a Bark River Phoenix 3 in good old 1095 steel. Its easy to keep a razor edge on it with a rabbiters' steel, but will hold its edge for at least one gut and cut up job without touching it.

My sons Swibo can do 3 reds i.e. back steaks ,back legs off without a touch up.This sharpened off a Scarysharp from Hawera.

Originally Posted by rossi.45

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made this from a bearing back in the day when i did a little blacksmithin . . good little handy knife

Absolutely love it.


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Just giving them all a quick sharpen so thought id post.
From left to right:

Outdoor Edge (AUS8)
Spyderco delica 4 (VG10)
Opinel No8 High Carbon Model
Knives of Alaska Jager Boner (D2)
Svord 350B Micarta Handles

Well it would be left to right if they posted the right way up. Think of it as a Saturday night skills test.

Hmm, I figured it lol

Originally Posted by mcche171

Just giving them all a quick sharpen so thought id post.
From left to right:

Outdoor Edge (AUS8)
Spyderco delica 4 (VG10)
Opinel No8 High Carbon Model
Knives of Alaska Jager Boner (D2)
Svord 350B Micarta Handles

What do you think of the KOA Jager Boner? That knife has always been on my 'want to try list'.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

What do you think of the KOA Jager Boner? That knife has always been on my 'want to try list'.

It is a great knife with an amazing shape. The issue is im not a huge knife guy so am probably doing something wrong, but i find it hard to sharpen. However once it is sharp it holds its edge really well.

Originally Posted by mcche171

It is a great knife with an amazing shape. The issue is im not a huge knife guy so am probably doing something wrong, but i find it hard to sharpen. However once it is sharp it holds its edge really well.

D2 is a good steel, but can be hard to sharpen if its heat treated at the top end. Have you tried sharpening using wet and dry emery paper and a mouse pad? Works will with D2.

U just use a wet stone and then touch up with a diamond sharpener. Never gets it very sharp. might have to try this emery paper.

D2 is known for being difficult to sharpen. Fine emery paper as suggested or a 2k grit water stone works. Keep a bit of angle on the bevel because its a bugger to chip on bone.

I have a couple of knives in D2 now and find 25 degrees on the Lansky sharpener works really well and the edge holds for ages, I do most of the work on 20 degrees then finish the edge at 25 and use a 1000 grit polishing stone to finish, bit of a strop after and they are dangerous sharp

Really like this little featherweight fox river. Down side is I gave it to my wife for an EDC before Id opened the box for a look

@sneeze that is a really nice EDC!

Originally Posted by 223nut

@sneeze that is a really nice EDC!

It was valentines day, number 35. Im allowed to borrow it if I mostly behave but Im a bit concerned about the consequences if I lost it.