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Post by coonboy on Nov 7, 2009 12:28:20 GMT -6
I think JC Conner had some Or is it JC O'Conner? They were on his web site last year with his drags.
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Post by ktn on Nov 7, 2009 13:38:13 GMT -6
Bob, I use them in my line of work. Im on vacation right now. I can buy them from the companies I work at but the USDA doesn't like that. Conflict of interest. They are expensive though!
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Post by FWS on Nov 7, 2009 14:09:46 GMT -6
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Post by thebeav2 on Nov 7, 2009 15:20:13 GMT -6
I use regular high grade butcher steels. One is a bit more coarse then the other. They don't break and don't wear out. And they do a great job on touching up my knives and my fleshing tools.
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Post by TrapperRon on Nov 7, 2009 19:43:47 GMT -6
about 25 years ago I bought several off major boddicker, as he had a case or something. problem is you break them when dropped on concrete. should have bought every one he had. got down to the last two and he hasn`t got anymore and couldn`t google any up anywhere. these are big, like maybe 15" long and white and 1/2" or more in diameter. they are far superior to steel. anyone know a source?? for sharpening skinning knives Wow now there is a name I have not seen for many many years. I once bought 100 knives form Major on one of his trips to Canada. Sold them at the Fur Depot in about a month.
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Post by stickbowhntr on Nov 7, 2009 22:01:14 GMT -6
I had a bunch and I mean bunch I got from a guy used to come in my shop, his mom worked at a speaker plant[radio] he got them there from something they did. They were like 1-2" dia and from 8-12" long broken in length but still rods and they work great I'll see what I did with all the extras Bob, if I can find them will send you a few.
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Post by rk660 on Nov 8, 2009 9:59:08 GMT -6
get a diamond steel sharpens as good/better than ceramic, and doest break when dropped on floor. Petersen Furs in s.d. has them. Decker brand.
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Post by Bob Jameson on Nov 8, 2009 11:04:25 GMT -6
I used about all the sharpening systems out there over the years. I have to agree with the diamond dust steel sharpeners. I have a 3 sided deal, coarse,medium and fine grit sided steel. Works very well and I take it on the road.Got a flat two sided piece that is sold by the same outfit that is pocket sized that does a heck of a job in the field if needed.
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Post by arkansasbowhunter on Nov 9, 2009 6:05:31 GMT -6
Guys, I use a wart hog sharpening system. This thing is very very simple to use. It come with a set of steel blades and is a diamond type system. I have used a almost all systems from spyderco to the wheels and this is one that my mother can sharpen on. This is the one that I have www.v-sharp.ca/product_details_2008.php?ProductID=65&CategoryID=2 . If you have never tried them I would recommend it if looking for an easy to use system. The site also has a video you can watch demonstrating how it works. I can sharpen all my knives in just a matter of minutes. They hold an edge well. The first time sharpening a knive usually takes around 20 - 25 strokes per blade to establish the angle on the diamond stone. When they need touched up I usually keep the steel rods in place and hit them on the steel to bring the edge back up. If the blade gets a nick I will hit them back on the diamond rods about 5 or six strokes depending on the severity of the nick. Tried them all but this system is fast and takes no effort. Hope you try one as I was glad I did.
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Post by irnhdmike on Nov 9, 2009 6:47:14 GMT -6
Was a bunch of those cheap ceramic rods around here years ago. I keep thinking they came out of some kind of lights. I remember they broke real easy. Worked good while they lasted.
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Post by Wright Brothers on Nov 9, 2009 7:29:50 GMT -6
Do you use them like a steel or like an X?
3 ceramic makers within bicycle range here. 20 years ago I could get those by the bucket full at the "dump". Times change. Now they pay to get rid of their scrap. Pay so to dump somewhere else. Made lots of money and learned how to shoot at those dumps.
While they were plentiful the sharp cutters here didn't use them. They then and now use flexable 1" belt sander, stone, strop, and steel.
A guy at a rondy sharpened my pocket knife on one of those diamond things. Impressed me. I bought one and lost the dang thing before I got home.
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Post by steeliekingfisher on Nov 10, 2009 21:51:46 GMT -6
i use the Gatco system. Best knife sharpening system out there IMO. If you buy it from Cabelas, they give you a free stand for the holder which can be use on your bench. They sell it at the same place as the ceramic link FWS gave you www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Ceramic-Sharpening-Steel-P64C28.aspxtype gatco in the search
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Post by Possum on Nov 11, 2009 5:38:54 GMT -6
Know anyone who works at a coal fired electrical plant? My "ceramic" steel was an insulator or something from the plant at Michigan City, off white, about a foot long or so, hollow with an OD around 1/2 inch. Works great. Once it clogs up, I run it through the dishwasher and it's good as new.
I once toured the Homestake Mine in the Black Hills. There were boxes of corings laying around where they drilled into the rock to see how much gold was in it. These were about an 1 1/4 inches around. The tour guide gave each of us a couple and said they made great knife sharpeners. They are pretty good, but not as good as the ceramic. There's an abandoned gold mine up on the east side of Lake Nipigon where there are pallets of old corings laying around.
If eBay had been around the last time I was there, I'd have filled my truck and gone into the knife sharpener business.
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Post by tomsnare on Nov 13, 2009 20:24:52 GMT -6
I think Major got them from a beer brewery, I remember him using them at the FTA college be a good excuse to take a tour Tom
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