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by tandavbaba » Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:35 pm
Dear all,
I would like to share my views about sharping a knife,
Well it is good to keep it sharp but not extremely sharp
I have many reasons for that,
First of all if it gets blunt than you will be heart broken for some time and you might not be able to execute your cutting with a less sharp blade because you are habitual to the very sharp edge, and it also takes a lot of time to resharpen it to perfection, ive done it with ordinary oil stone found in hardware stone(use water instead of oil because oil will attract dust and you will end up wasting some more time with the stone), believe me you might spend 2 hrs doing it, hence keep it sharp not very sharp.
I never use Factory made or imported knives, i get them constructed by a black smith and guide him to do the tempering as per my requirement,
I always use spring steel, its cheap easily available and its easy to construct knives,
i never prefer using stainless steel knives they look pretty but they are good for sailors and they have practically no use for someone who is far away from salty water and humidity, besides you always should remember to keep your knife out of your sheath and cover it with air tight plastic if not using it.
Please never use hollow grind or taper grind knife edges because it is very hard to sharpen them, it would be better for every beginner to use an axe grind or a convex grind.
I make my own knife sheaths too i will soon upload some pics for you, and please do remember that the legal length and breadth of a knife in INDIA is 6 inch blade length and 2 inch in breadth, if you have anything more than that you might end up giving it to the Police walas, i don't know whats your idea about keeping a knife but i never keep a collectors item i usually use a cheap hammer forged knife with a nice sheath and wooden handle that i can use on a regular basis without giving any concern whether some cop will take it from me some day.
Please be Indian and give some money to the Indian Black smiths, the art of blade-forging is at the verge of extinction and we have to support our local blade-smiths, the grand masters are all dead, hence these black smiths might need a little bit of our supervision to craft a good blade, but in the end you will be much happy with a custom made knife specially made for you, hence avoid buying stuff from ebay, u might never know what you are buying and the worst part is that most of these factory made knives never have a heavy spine so go for a custom knife.
regards.
Vikas
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tandavbaba on Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It's time to burn in HELL!!!!!!!
