sharpening fillet knives
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Carolina USA
Posts: 46
sharpening fillet knives
I have two Rapala fillet knives (a 4 & 6") that I generally like to "touch up" halfway through a mess of trout. I have tried a lot of sharpening devices, but still am not satisfied with the results. Only hair popping edges are acceptable and I must have tough hair. I current use a few strokes on a DMT fine diamond stone followed by a few strokes through one of the little fixed V-ceramic rods, but my guess is the angle on these is 20 degrees or more which I think is too much for the thin blades. Accusharp type devices tend to leave a wire edge. Anybody got a better system? I use a 5 stone Lansky on my hunting and pocket knives with great results, but figure this is overkill on the soft metal of a fillet knife
#2
RE: sharpening fillet knives
I drag the blade back on a rough wet rock at a 45o angle to get off the rough spots. Then the same on a fine wet rock at a 20o angle to fine tune it. I have been know to use a fine chainsaw file.
#4
Join Date: May 2004
Location: a fishin\' hole in north Alabama
Posts: 966
RE: sharpening fillet knives
I've always used a cheap stone and Buck name brand honing oil. The tools are not so important as how you use them. I learned by watching my dad sharpen knives, mower blades, garden tools, all by hand. Try different angles on the stone.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Scorpion King
Hunting Gear
0
11-02-2008 08:18 PM
Scorpion King
Traditional Archery Equipment
0
11-01-2008 08:42 PM