Wow, that's a lot of info, but well worth the read. I love a sharp knife and to get this sort of insight into how to achieve a good edge by myself is priceless. Thanks for posting.
This link was posted on Fishwrecked which is a very good fishing forum from West Aust
This forum subject relating to knife sharpening is very good - http://forums.egullet.org/topic/26036-knife-maintenance-and-sharpening/
Plse pass it onto anyone you want - especially cooks and fisherman.
Mike
Wow, that's a lot of info, but well worth the read. I love a sharp knife and to get this sort of insight into how to achieve a good edge by myself is priceless. Thanks for posting.
that was a good read, the author was able to explain it so even i could understand it.
years past i would take great pains to get my filet knife "scary sharp" with a polished edge.
but, really, it seemed to work better with a bit of a courser edge on it, so thats what i went to when sharpening it.
having read the article that now makes sense to me.
standing on a bridge
watching water rushing under-
neath it must have been much harder
when there was no bridge just water