Knives..what are your favorites?

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KA-BAR Dozier folding hunter

Its one of the most important duty is to sharpen my pencils for sketching.
(Works really great for sharpening pencils.)
The blade length and profile, the grind, bevel angle, this knife has really well thought out design.
And it costs less than 20 bucks !


KA-BAR1 by T K, on Flickr

KA-BAR3 by T K, on Flickr

KA-BAR Dozier in action



Still2 by T K, on Flickr

Still1 by T K, on Flickr

[Speedbag]

POS Coleman lock blade that I snagged for $5 with a smaller twin at a buddy's garage sale two or three years ago.

Daily use opening boxes, cutting plastic strapping, pry bar, etc. Holds an edge like crazy, practically indestructible. Figured it would last a month or two, it laughs at the abuse.



    

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Another leather strop video.




Strop used in the video is made by
“StropBros”

https://stropman.com/Jumbo-Leather-Strop-Jumbo.htm

If you are going to use with only pocket knives, the smaller one will do.
If you are , like me, who use longer blade (like 10 inches) regularly,
get this 8 x 2.5 version.
(Yes, it’s “only” 8 inches long, but you can strop 10-inch blade with
one stroke.)

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Katsura muki with double beveled knife



You don't need single beveled knife to do it.
The whole point is, your right wrist maintains the same angle.
(Single bevel makes it easier.)

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Short videos.

Stropping Yanagiba experiment



Rick Hinderer's Investigator pen



vlcsnap-2019-12-27-00h24m59s192 by T K, on Flickr

Further proof that edge retention test is useless

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Banana dog



DSC03613 by T K, on Flickr

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Fast, economical & high return sharpening system part 2
Spyderco Ultra Fine ceramic stone (Uncut sharpening sequence)





3 knives under 7 minutes

No water / oil required

Thin and light weight
(easy to haul around)

Pretty much maintenance free
(other than occasional wash
with Comet / Ajax)

At $91.70, it isn’t “cheap”,
but considering above factors,
it is actually a great buy, as finishing /
touch-up stone.


Chisel Grind, High-convex grind, Full flat grind



cutting protein / fat, and
cutting hard vegetable

Not that which one is the best.
There's no such thing.

[IZ]

Been awhile since I’ve looked in here.   Nice blades!  

Son just gave me an Inkosi for Christmas.  Love it!  Anybody have this one or is it all about the Sebanzas?

Also got into Leatherman about a year ago and scored one the Charge+ Damascus.

Both ore the current EDC.  
https://www.leatherman.com/charge-damascus-635.html?dwvar_635_color=163&cgid=#q=Charge&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1933qbWw5wIVKRitBh10CwfmEAAYASAAEgKJy_D_BwE&lang=default&start=1

[kopfjäger]

Not knives, but if you’re looking for something interesting.

https://www.classicshaving.com/collections/vintage-razors

[KRJ]

    Wow.. never thought they were worth that much!!  I will dig My small collection out and see just
     what they are. I know I have several Dubl Duck, not sure about the rest. I was buying them 30+
     years ago and haven't paid much attention since.  very cool if some are worth something,Thanks
     for bringing this up. 

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I had this foam mattress I had to throw away.
It was way too big to fit into my Miata, so I decided to cut it into pieces

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Maybe, now is a good time to learn how to do free-hand sharpening.

Very conveniently, now you can watch this all in one video on youtube.
(I consider myself being lucky, that I had opportunity to directly interact with Murray before he got so famous / busy / too expensive.
I learned quite a bit (not just sharpening the knives) while meeting and talking to him,  ... which was ... around 2005, 2006)

Anyhow, the video is long, but worth watching.




And, some of my own video.
(They are NOT meant to be instruction or tutorial, though.)

You can start without  spending money.
You don't even have to buy a stone.
If you have a dull knife sitting around, and feel adventurous, try this.



Dragonfly 2 sharpening and mini tip



Yanagiba by  Shinichi Watanabe




Sharpening Murray Curter custom Yanagiba

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My knife case part 1

 

[ZLTFUL]

I picked up a couple of nice "tactical" style damascus karambits.
The ride nicely in my normal day to day belt and are easily accessible.
Of course, I don't have any of my own pictures but they were made by a bladesmith buddy and closely resemble these...

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My knife case(bag) part 2




I don’t have that much stuff in here.

Strop Bros leather strop

Spyderco Ultra Fine ceramic stone

Shibata Kotetsu 270mm slicer

Yu Kurosaki 240mm Gyuto

Shibata Kotetsu 240mm Gyuto

(All of them R2 steel)

Spyderco Double Stuff

Benchmade Guided Field Sharpener
(Yes, it costs more, but I like blue/sliver.
The regular one is just ... ugly.)

That’s it!