Good stuff bro. No need to apologize for kiddos. I raised 5 boys and 1 girl and it never ends. Now 26 grandkids and 2 great grandkids. Enjoy them as much as you can because they dont stay little lol
Thank you!!! I have 2 older, one on her way to being a Dr and one serving our.country. they grew up so fast. Congrats on the grandkids. That's awesome!!!! Thanks for the kind words.
I recommend the Edge Pro system. It is easy to learn compared to other systems, and within a few minutes of watching the recommended videos you can get your first mirror polish and razor sharp edge. They use polishing tapes, which are a form of a strop. Once you get the Edge Pro system into a science and add premium stones and maybe even the diamond matrix stones, you will be confident enough to do freehand and get excellent results. The 2 tips I will add #1 a good strop is a huge time saver. Instead of needing to sharpen a blade at regular intervals you can strop it after you are done and bring the edge back to perfect. #2 D2 steel should not be sharpened at a steeper angle than 20 degrees per side, I usually do 21 degrees. The composition of D2 steel will crumble the edge as used if sharpened too steeply. Thank you for your channel and being a real dad. Family First!
Thank you for that! I'm gonna order one of those systems. When I get it in, I will do a reveal and review on it and give you a shout-out. Thanks for an excellent comment!
Seems like pretty good dad advice to me! I hope more people pick up on it, its incredibly satisfying and not nearly as indimidating as alot of people seem to think. I heard someone say once that if you are ever lost in the woods, you should sit down and sharpen your knife. Someone will find you to let you know you are doing it wrong. I really like that because theres some truth in it, theres 100 ways to do this and the correct one is whatever works
Yes! Don't argue .methods, only results! If it works, then keep doing it. The lost in the woods analogy is hilarious and so true! Thanks for an awesome comment!
Good video Chris. I was bad at sharpening for a while. Yeah lots of videos are dudes who clearly have been doing it well forever just zipping through saying yeah this is how you do it. I have the worksharp persicion. Where you clamp the blade in. It works great but I'm still using my stones. I don't want to get lazy and not master that. Thanks for making time to make your videos. And no need to apologize for taking care of little ones! Heck alot of times I have to pause your videos because my daughter decides it's time to bounce on Dad. Or climb the couch to lick the window 😅. True words...it never ends. It's great tho. Great video. The more you see it done and hear it explained the better you get. And you did a good job. Oh and thanks for the turkey tips! I knew I was going to be a basting fool on Thursday. The toothpick idea is great! And I'm doing the micarta with old pants that my younger son out grew next. This time I'm using an old pair of craftsman pants from my electrion days. So it's like a tan canvas look. While I was starting to sand and conture I could clearly see layers and I thaught alternating colors would be great. Well this is long enough I appreciate that you take YOUR time to make theese. As a stay at home Dad myself I know that it's a thing in short supply. Have a blessed day brother.
I bet that Canvas micarta is gonna look sweet! You just gave me a great idea, i talked about t sentimental knives before, and now I want to take something each of.my kids outgrew, a blanket, or favorite shirt, or whatever and make.micarta with it. Then, those items would be around forever, and it would be easier than packing that stuff away and never looking at it again. It would be useful, and every time I held the knife, those memories and stories..... yea, im gonna do that. Thanks for making that click for me! Good luck on your turkey, I have no doubt it's gonna be fantastic! I love doing these videos. Its a way for me to have an outlet and to communicate categories with people who are like-minded. I'm really glad you all like them, and maybe someone even gets something from them. I have fun either way. Thank you for all of your kind words and encouragement! You and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm sure if you are like we are, then you have a lot to be thankful for.
Thank you , and same to you and yours. I tried to be as detailed as I could. Anyone can show you the steps, I wanted to explain why the steps are important.
The algorithm served you up to me because I was looking at knife sharpening kit reviews. I appreciate the info. Also, as a father of 5 myself (2 boys 3 girls) i totally get having to balance things. Thank you sir
@@jedighostbear4401 From one lucky dad to another, thank you greatly for.that! I'm new to this but I'm trying. I'm not new to being a da though. That's the true joy and passion of my life! Knives and edc are a.priveledge i am blessed to be able to enjoy. Thank you for a great and kind.comment!
Good video, I have been free hand sharpening on whetstones since I was in elementary school. Its a skill past down in my family dating back to Germany for knives, axes, chisels, planer blades, sickles and many other tools. Main advice I can give someone trying to learn to free hand sharpen is to try and maintain whatever angle they are sharpening at for the entire length of the cutting edge. If you are off 5° or whatever from the factory bevel that doesn't matter. Keeping that angle you are doing across the edge is what does. You can color the edge with a black marker to help you see what your doing too if you are having issues
Excellent comme.t!!! Thank you for sharing that. O know there are a lot of people struggling with sharpening, I used to be one of them. Those tips and pointers will go a long way to clarify a few of my points and help to make it easier for them to pick up. Great advice!!! I appreciate the comment!
I like that you say "tuned in" i say that too! 😂 Theres a fast moving culture i just dont subscribe to in life, and I dont like it. I enjoy the old way of things.😊 As a kill floor butcher for a decade, we used to wear our sharpening steels on a chain around the waist along with a scabbard fir our knives. I used victorinox fibrox handles in red, 5" length, semi-stiff, and a lamb skinner to drop heads!💀 The F.Dick packinghouse steels in14" are PHENOMENAL! they keep a tooth in the edge that you dont want in pocketknives, but you sure look for in deep cuts.
That is so cool! I watch the bearded butchers and others online, and I'm envious. That would be the coolest job! I have processed kills from hunting, hogs for.roasts, and a few heads of cattle we got deals on when purchasing sides of beef with other people. Nothing like what you did. I would love to pick your brain and do a special video for people that do process animals a lot. Most would already know what they are doing, but could.pissibly learn a few things about tools that would make it easier. That would be awesome and interesting! Thanks for sharing that story with me! Like you, I'm a product of an era i do not want to let go of. While my kids use verbiage, I don't understand in the least, I say things like tuned in. Lol. They make fun of.me all the time, but I assure them that I'm not the one out of date, they are. They are the generation that is.missing out on the greatest times in America! The best shows. The GREATEST MOVIES EVER! The birth of happy meals, value.meals, the cola wars, MTV WHEN MTV PLAYED.MUSIC!!!Don't get me started. Lol. Regardless, time keeps flowing. Thanks as always, for a great comment! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
You got five subscribers in the last hour I have been watching. I see growth in your future. 😂 Super helpful information. You're actually a really good teacher.
Thank you! Wow, I'm humbled that you checked on me like that. It means a lot that you think i have a chance at succeeding at this. Really, I just want to have a chance to talk about knives every day with like-minded people. I'm grateful for every single view, comment, like, and subscription! So thank you, sincerely!!
Nice Chris, & there's no need to apologize for being a great dad raising his boy's mate, I waved back & I said, "Hey little buddy", nice to see he's got the industrial headphones covered mate lol. Ahhh yes, the joys of sharpening *thinks* it wasn't that long ago I was knocking tips off, rolling edges, micro beveling perfectly good edges using incorrect angles & performing less than adequate burr removals LOL ahhhh how time flies when your costly hobby is teaching you the hard way LOL. cheers for another great video mate, hope the little fella enjoyed his mickey mouse too mate. Oh & personally I don't use paper to test my edges, I know most do & that's totally cool, but I go to our grocery recyclables & pull out all the thinnish cardboard boxes food stuffs come in, cut it up into smaller pieces & use them, much harder to breeze through light carboard than it is through paper, if you fly through light cardboard like a hot knife through butter it's a decent indication that the edge is up to standard mate.
Lol. Yea, he had a good time. He was in a mood tonight! He has been so sick, so tonight he was ready to be loud and rambunctious. It has eaten me up worrying that it was a poor.video.so thank you for the positive feedback!!!
Awesome video there's just something so satisfying about sharpening
Yep! Thanks for your comment. Anyone that likes sharpening is good with me! Wish I knew ya!
Good stuff bro. No need to apologize for kiddos. I raised 5 boys and 1 girl and it never ends. Now 26 grandkids and 2 great grandkids. Enjoy them as much as you can because they dont stay little lol
Thank you!!! I have 2 older, one on her way to being a Dr and one serving our.country. they grew up so fast. Congrats on the grandkids. That's awesome!!!! Thanks for the kind words.
I recommend the Edge Pro system. It is easy to learn compared to other systems, and within a few minutes of watching the recommended videos you can get your first mirror polish and razor sharp edge. They use polishing tapes, which are a form of a strop.
Once you get the Edge Pro system into a science and add premium stones and maybe even the diamond matrix stones, you will be confident enough to do freehand and get excellent results.
The 2 tips I will add
#1 a good strop is a huge time saver. Instead of needing to sharpen a blade at regular intervals you can strop it after you are done and bring the edge back to perfect.
#2 D2 steel should not be sharpened at a steeper angle than 20 degrees per side, I usually do 21 degrees. The composition of D2 steel will crumble the edge as used if sharpened too steeply.
Thank you for your channel and being a real dad. Family First!
Thank you for that! I'm gonna order one of those systems. When I get it in, I will do a reveal and review on it and give you a shout-out. Thanks for an excellent comment!
Seems like pretty good dad advice to me! I hope more people pick up on it, its incredibly satisfying and not nearly as indimidating as alot of people seem to think.
I heard someone say once that if you are ever lost in the woods, you should sit down and sharpen your knife. Someone will find you to let you know you are doing it wrong. I really like that because theres some truth in it, theres 100 ways to do this and the correct one is whatever works
Yes! Don't argue .methods, only results! If it works, then keep doing it. The lost in the woods analogy is hilarious and so true! Thanks for an awesome comment!
Nice video.
Buddy, please never apologize for your kids. We as fathers understand them. Fast recovery to that boy.
Thank you greatly for those kind words!!!!
Good video sir 😊
Thank you so much for.your.kind words!!!
Good video Chris. I was bad at sharpening for a while. Yeah lots of videos are dudes who clearly have been doing it well forever just zipping through saying yeah this is how you do it. I have the worksharp persicion. Where you clamp the blade in. It works great but I'm still using my stones. I don't want to get lazy and not master that.
Thanks for making time to make your videos. And no need to apologize for taking care of little ones! Heck alot of times I have to pause your videos because my daughter decides it's time to bounce on Dad. Or climb the couch to lick the window 😅. True words...it never ends. It's great tho.
Great video. The more you see it done and hear it explained the better you get. And you did a good job.
Oh and thanks for the turkey tips! I knew I was going to be a basting fool on Thursday. The toothpick idea is great! And I'm doing the micarta with old pants that my younger son out grew next. This time I'm using an old pair of craftsman pants from my electrion days. So it's like a tan canvas look. While I was starting to sand and conture I could clearly see layers and I thaught alternating colors would be great.
Well this is long enough I appreciate that you take YOUR time to make theese. As a stay at home Dad myself I know that it's a thing in short supply. Have a blessed day brother.
I bet that Canvas micarta is gonna look sweet! You just gave me a great idea, i talked about t sentimental knives before, and now I want to take something each of.my kids outgrew, a blanket, or favorite shirt, or whatever and make.micarta with it. Then, those items would be around forever, and it would be easier than packing that stuff away and never looking at it again. It would be useful, and every time I held the knife, those memories and stories..... yea, im gonna do that. Thanks for making that click for me! Good luck on your turkey, I have no doubt it's gonna be fantastic!
I love doing these videos. Its a way for me to have an outlet and to communicate categories with people who are like-minded. I'm really glad you all like them, and maybe someone even gets something from them. I have fun either way. Thank you for all of your kind words and encouragement! You and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm sure if you are like we are, then you have a lot to be thankful for.
Great video for anyone needing this information, no need to apologize for kids and normal life things that people should understand 😊
Thank you for the kind words!!! I'm glad you liked the video. I appreciate the comment greatly!
Great video, Chris! I appreciate the detail. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving
Thank you , and same to you and yours. I tried to be as detailed as I could. Anyone can show you the steps, I wanted to explain why the steps are important.
The algorithm served you up to me because I was looking at knife sharpening kit reviews. I appreciate the info.
Also, as a father of 5 myself (2 boys 3 girls) i totally get having to balance things. Thank you sir
@@jedighostbear4401 From one lucky dad to another, thank you greatly for.that! I'm new to this but I'm trying. I'm not new to being a da though. That's the true joy and passion of my life! Knives and edc are a.priveledge i am blessed to be able to enjoy. Thank you for a great and kind.comment!
I agree the worksharp is the best. #BBN
I love all things Worksharp!!! Go, big blue!!!!
Sharpening is my favorite way to relax
I love to sharpen knives! It's a great way to think and relax. We see it the same way. Thanks for the comment!
Good video, I have been free hand sharpening on whetstones since I was in elementary school. Its a skill past down in my family dating back to Germany for knives, axes, chisels, planer blades, sickles and many other tools. Main advice I can give someone trying to learn to free hand sharpen is to try and maintain whatever angle they are sharpening at for the entire length of the cutting edge. If you are off 5° or whatever from the factory bevel that doesn't matter. Keeping that angle you are doing across the edge is what does. You can color the edge with a black marker to help you see what your doing too if you are having issues
Excellent comme.t!!! Thank you for sharing that. O know there are a lot of people struggling with sharpening, I used to be one of them. Those tips and pointers will go a long way to clarify a few of my points and help to make it easier for them to pick up. Great advice!!! I appreciate the comment!
I like that you say "tuned in" i say that too! 😂 Theres a fast moving culture i just dont subscribe to in life, and I dont like it. I enjoy the old way of things.😊
As a kill floor butcher for a decade, we used to wear our sharpening steels on a chain around the waist along with a scabbard fir our knives. I used victorinox fibrox handles in red, 5" length, semi-stiff, and a lamb skinner to drop heads!💀 The F.Dick packinghouse steels in14" are PHENOMENAL! they keep a tooth in the edge that you dont want in pocketknives, but you sure look for in deep cuts.
That is so cool! I watch the bearded butchers and others online, and I'm envious. That would be the coolest job! I have processed kills from hunting, hogs for.roasts, and a few heads of cattle we got deals on when purchasing sides of beef with other people. Nothing like what you did. I would love to pick your brain and do a special video for people that do process animals a lot. Most would already know what they are doing, but could.pissibly learn a few things about tools that would make it easier. That would be awesome and interesting!
Thanks for sharing that story with me! Like you, I'm a product of an era i do not want to let go of. While my kids use verbiage, I don't understand in the least, I say things like tuned in. Lol. They make fun of.me all the time, but I assure them that I'm not the one out of date, they are. They are the generation that is.missing out on the greatest times in America! The best shows. The GREATEST MOVIES EVER! The birth of happy meals, value.meals, the cola wars, MTV WHEN MTV PLAYED.MUSIC!!!Don't get me started. Lol. Regardless, time keeps flowing. Thanks as always, for a great comment! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
You got five subscribers in the last hour I have been watching. I see growth in your future. 😂 Super helpful information. You're actually a really good teacher.
Thank you! Wow, I'm humbled that you checked on me like that. It means a lot that you think i have a chance at succeeding at this. Really, I just want to have a chance to talk about knives every day with like-minded people. I'm grateful for every single view, comment, like, and subscription! So thank you, sincerely!!
Nice Chris, & there's no need to apologize for being a great dad raising his boy's mate, I waved back & I said, "Hey little buddy", nice to see he's got the industrial headphones covered mate lol. Ahhh yes, the joys of sharpening *thinks* it wasn't that long ago I was knocking tips off, rolling edges, micro beveling perfectly good edges using incorrect angles & performing less than adequate burr removals LOL ahhhh how time flies when your costly hobby is teaching you the hard way LOL. cheers for another great video mate, hope the little fella enjoyed his mickey mouse too mate. Oh & personally I don't use paper to test my edges, I know most do & that's totally cool, but I go to our grocery recyclables & pull out all the thinnish cardboard boxes food stuffs come in, cut it up into smaller pieces & use them, much harder to breeze through light carboard than it is through paper, if you fly through light cardboard like a hot knife through butter it's a decent indication that the edge is up to standard mate.
Lol. Yea, he had a good time. He was in a mood tonight! He has been so sick, so tonight he was ready to be loud and rambunctious. It has eaten me up worrying that it was a poor.video.so thank you for the positive feedback!!!
thank You, great video
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the comment and for spending time on my video! I'm grateful!
Appreciate the video, learned a lot.
@@nathanielshields3221 thank you for the great comment! I'm really glad that you got something from it.
Sup man I’m starting to like it thanks for the sharpness of my knives
Thank you!!! I'm glad it is helping you. if there's anything I could answer or help with, then please let me know? I would love to help! Thanks again!
Love the video..
I'm a new subscriber
@@sickofjunk welcome!!! Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed my video.
Sharpening is more art than science to me. First expensive automatic knife? I can't decide between the microtech socom elite or hogue ex A01.
Ooooooooooh, that's a hard one!!! Hmm, I'm going Hogue, but.either.one would be a heck of a choice! Great comment! Thank you!
@theun-professionaldad2232 yeah the hogue has a safety and that clinched it for me.
Way to go Dad. First.
@@benjaminstephens1904 thank you! Priorities. Lol.