Great video. 👍 I can't tell you how many times I've been asked to sharpen knives for co workers and friends. A great skill to have. Thanks for sharing the way you were taught by your dad.
Thanks Bryan; About 55 years ago my girlfriend gave me an Old Timer Pocket Knife for my 16th birthday. It was my first good knife. I carried and used it for years until it had been sharpened so much that the handle no longer covered the blade when closed. Too dangerous to carry in my pocket, so built a leather dangler pouch and carried for a few more years. Eventually lost it in Alaska. I'm glad to hear Old Timer Company is again making their knives in USA.
I had an old timer and a girlfriend that gave it to me as well. The girl friend went a different way, but the knife is now carried by my oldest daughter. Thanks for the memory
I've tried many different sharpening systems and tools, including The Smith's tri-hone sharpening system you used in this video. I have found that the best sharpening system I've ever used is a Norton India dual grit oilstone and a home-made leather strop embedded with green polishing compound. The grit patterns on my dual-sided Norton stone are very consistent and I can sharpen my knife to a very sharp edge with this set-up. Stone and oil, strop and compound. That's all I use.
When you grow up sharpening your edges it seems ridiculously obvious. But, like with most things, it isn’t the knowledge as much as the practice. Thanks for sharing. It amazes me sometimes how few people I know that can’t put an edge on a blade.
I learned on my dad's wet whet stone. Now I use diamond or aluminum oxide sharpeners and agate or jade (both equivalent to 10,000 grit) or Fallkniven's synthetic sapphire (equivalent to 14,000 grit) for polishing the cutting edge. I've hated oilstones for over 50 years. I strop with my hand.
You know Bryan, I don’t have a lot of dull knives and I liked the way you decided to use your Daddy’s method. Same way my Grandaddy taught me. I think my kitchen knives are sitting in the drawer saying Jake, you’re a liar. I should give those a little old fashioned attention instead of using a controlled angle sharpener. They ain’t too bad because I hone them with steel. But they definitely need a stone.
Bryan, I started with a stone, carborundum I think. Took a LONG time to get the angle I wanted on a large Buck knife. Consistency is key. Always chuckled at the old guy who held his small pocket knife in one hand and a round (axe) whetstone in the other. If you can find The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening by John Juranitch, it’s worth it. Guides help. Oil works best if you flood the stone with it (too little oil creates an abrasive paste). I used a Lansky for years. Today I have a 2x72” belt machine with buffer - but I still have stones, soft & hard Arkansas, India, Carborundum, the works. If you get into diamond hones and the differences between polycrystalline and mono-crystalline abrasives, you can really go down a rabbit hole. Get that book if you can. Thanks for showing us the basics.
What a great video for the next generation. I’m wondering if you would consider doing a follow up video for using a butcher steel & a Schrade sportsman steel (I know you did the sportsman steel video years ago)… I was telling a young man last night about how those old hickory knives are great for deer processing (the butcher knife and that boning knife you used in the video are an excellent pair for butchering) and I mentioned to him that “steeling” a knife before use keeps it sharp enough for butchering without having to reaharpen the knife.
If they work, they work. The only downside I have seen with them is that to really get a final fine edge. You had to use either a real stone or ceramic. At least I have not seen any diamond stones to go really really fine.
My work sharp precision adjust and spyderco sharp maker are my favourite sharpeners due to how I can pretty much do anything but really long machetes on them
My dad taught me the same I used to carry knives in school also even trading once with a teacher great video take care.
Can you talk more about this
From one old timer to another, "you'll get the hang of it" are the best words you could speak
Practice and patience
This is the best no BS knife sharpening video I have seen. Thank you.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
Same here. It still works just fine. My father’s Case Trapper zips through animals, literally, like a hot knife through butter. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the video. That’s just how I was also taught. A skill that has served me well for many years.
Great video. 👍 I can't tell you how many times I've been asked to sharpen knives for co workers and friends. A great skill to have. Thanks for sharing the way you were taught by your dad.
I’m gonna have to break down and buy some really good whetstones
@@SurvivalOnPurpose I agree!!
Same here, I’m always the one folks go to at work and in the family.
Thanks Bryan; About 55 years ago my girlfriend gave me an Old Timer Pocket Knife for my 16th birthday. It was my first good knife. I carried and used it for years until it had been sharpened so much that the handle no longer covered the blade when closed. Too dangerous to carry in my pocket, so built a leather dangler pouch and carried for a few more years. Eventually lost it in Alaska. I'm glad to hear Old Timer Company is again making their knives in USA.
What happened to your girlfriend by the way?
I had an old timer and a girlfriend that gave it to me as well. The girl friend went a different way, but the knife is now carried by my oldest daughter. Thanks for the memory
I've tried many different sharpening systems and tools, including The Smith's tri-hone sharpening system you used in this video.
I have found that the best sharpening system I've ever used is a Norton India dual grit oilstone and a home-made leather strop embedded with green polishing compound.
The grit patterns on my dual-sided Norton stone are very consistent and I can sharpen my knife to a very sharp edge with this set-up.
Stone and oil, strop and compound.
That's all I use.
I got my first knife as teenager. Since then, I've only ever sharpened my knives freehand using a $7 carborundum stone from the hardware store.
Oh yeah, I have one of those Tri Stone sharpening stones. Have had it for years and years. Probably a couple of decades at this point.
When you grow up sharpening your edges it seems ridiculously obvious. But, like with most things, it isn’t the knowledge as much as the practice. Thanks for sharing. It amazes me sometimes how few people I know that can’t put an edge on a blade.
I was blessed with a really good Daddy. I am amazed at how much I learned from him.
I learned on my dad's wet whet stone. Now I use diamond or aluminum oxide sharpeners and agate or jade (both equivalent to 10,000 grit) or Fallkniven's synthetic sapphire (equivalent to 14,000 grit) for polishing the cutting edge. I've hated oilstones for over 50 years. I strop with my hand.
You strop with your hand??? !!!
You know Bryan, I don’t have a lot of dull knives and I liked the way you decided to use your Daddy’s method. Same way my Grandaddy taught me. I think my kitchen knives are sitting in the drawer saying Jake, you’re a liar. I should give those a little old fashioned attention instead of using a controlled angle sharpener. They ain’t too bad because I hone them with steel. But they definitely need a stone.
Bryan, I started with a stone, carborundum I think. Took a LONG time to get the angle I wanted on a large Buck knife. Consistency is key. Always chuckled at the old guy who held his small pocket knife in one hand and a round (axe) whetstone in the other. If you can find The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening by John Juranitch, it’s worth it. Guides help. Oil works best if you flood the stone with it (too little oil creates an abrasive paste). I used a Lansky for years. Today I have a 2x72” belt machine with buffer - but I still have stones, soft & hard Arkansas, India, Carborundum, the works. If you get into diamond hones and the differences between polycrystalline and mono-crystalline abrasives, you can really go down a rabbit hole. Get that book if you can. Thanks for showing us the basics.
Thanks
Good video Brian , thanks for sharing , God bless !
What a great video for the next generation. I’m wondering if you would consider doing a follow up video for using a butcher steel & a Schrade sportsman steel (I know you did the sportsman steel video years ago)…
I was telling a young man last night about how those old hickory knives are great for deer processing (the butcher knife and that boning knife you used in the video are an excellent pair for butchering) and I mentioned to him that “steeling” a knife before use keeps it sharp enough for butchering without having to reaharpen the knife.
Thanks for the video idea. Maybe I can find time one day soon to do that.
Good advice, great video.
Always interesting and informative content. Thank you.
Iv had a Schrade
old timer skinning knive . Tht dude has been thru several deer .
Great video, learned a couple things!
Quick, someone notify Ontario about this video!
They wouldn’t like it. The big knife is a Forgecraft, not Old Hickory. My Old Hickory was already pretty sharp.
Exactly Bryan exactly.
When I was a kid teachers would ask too borrow your pocket knife, then give it back too you.
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Bryan, what do you think about those diamond sharpeners?
If they work, they work. The only downside I have seen with them is that to really get a final fine edge. You had to use either a real stone or ceramic. At least I have not seen any diamond stones to go really really fine.
Fantastic video!
Thanks. I appreciate it.
A good piece of leather to lap the blade after sharpening makes for a hair splitter.
Pretty much like my step dad taught me, except we used a pocket stone and spit..
That is also the way my Daddy taught me as a boy to sharpen a knife on a whetstone. He could really get a good edge on a knife! He was born in 1917.
My Grandfather used to say "Keep your knife as sharp as your attention should be when using one. " Kind of corny but very true.
My work sharp precision adjust and spyderco sharp maker are my favourite sharpeners due to how I can pretty much do anything but really long machetes on them
I’ve heard good things about those
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It was time
What's that folding tanto you got there?
This one: th-cam.com/video/6_2KhCmZRC8/w-d-xo.html
@@SurvivalOnPurpose That's a sweet knife!... I wonder how tough the steel is?
With all your knife videos, how do you have any hair left on your arms? Lol. Great video. I really enjoy your content.
Thank you
Hey Brian. Thanks for a great video. God bless.
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