Knife porn thread

It is beautiful tho.

Does anyone know of an inexpensive, really light locking knife with micata scales?

Is that a golf club humble brag about a second home in France?

inexpensive, really light locking knife with micata scales

https://www.knivesandtools.co.uk/ lets one filter by price, weight, handle material and locking mechanism.

Personally I like the Böker Magnum:

https://www.knivesandtools.co.uk/en/pt/-boker-magnum-deep-blue-canvas-01sc714-pocket-knife.htm

A bit of angle grinding today.

Not too far from getting the belt sander out.

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I was going to ask how you were getting on with this.

As it happens I had previously bought one of the cheap Aldi/Lidl bench grinders for projects such as this.
It’s currently still sat in its box, so looking forward to giving it a go.

I need to sort out the curve of the blade edge and take off a bit more metal first.

For the handle, I have some spare scraps of hardwood, probably make a simple Japanese style octagonal handle and epoxy the blade in.

I'll for sure not sharpen that one for a while!
I sharpened 2 older kitchen knives today. First with 220, then with 1000 and 4000 grit last. They don't cut through paper like butter yet and I think I took more material from my fingers than from the knives themselves, so I clearly still need a bit of practice until I graduate to the ZDP-189

Got me a handy UK safe carry pocket knife for early bday prezzie...

Edit. Excuse the pube?

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https://www.victorinox.com/us/en/Products/Swiss-Army-Knives/Outdoor/Venture-Pro/p/3.0903.3F

Nifty full length fixed blade with a couple of Swiss army knife tricks

i got a horl for my birthday last week. WOW it is so good! i am so so pleased with it :-) 100x better than a pull-through sharpener

thanks to whoever originally suggested it in here months ago. potentially @Sumo ? king

Am currently in France on holiday. Lots of interesting knife shops and they all sell Horl stuff. Am super pleased with mine too.

Horl question - With knife sharpening, aren't you looking to achieve a consistent angle perpendicular to the edge, rather than parallel with the spine?

true - but wonder how much difference that makes when in actual use... you could also shift the knife a bit on the block when doing the very end piece so it addresses your issue. the magnet seems strong enough to allow that

I think the Horl is addressing a similar thing to the Lansky, which is that it makes it significantly less faff than a whetstone for most of the benefit. It won't achieve a perfect outcome that someone may achieve with a whetstone, strop etc but thems the breaks.

I personally cba with the faff or the time, so something which reduces this works for me. I also sent some knives to get sharpened recently and was really pleased with that service, so will likely use that once/twice a year incase I feel the knives edge has been lost/chipped etc.

@swedeee and @dancing james reviews of Horl are making me consider putting it on my birthday/xmas wishlist

Fun. Keep seeing it in the specials on Hennie. How is it to use with the karabiner handle?

Do it.

Like you I CBA to learn another nerdy technique. The Horl is quick, simple and effective. Doesn’t require soaking stones etc. Doesn’t need knives to be sent off either. The one downside is you are limited to 15 or 17 degree angles. So if your blades are different you may need to spend some time getting them to one of those two options. But once done it’s so easy.

Yeah actually holds well in hand using the hinge for the index finger.

I don't hold it on a chain atm but Imagine it would be perfect for this.

Probably not a huge difference in use I guess, and it does on how deep the belly of your knife is on how the angle differs along the blade.

A santoku won't change much, but a more western chef's knife will.

The top & belly are going to effectively have a finer angle - which probably works for finer cutting. Not sure I'd want it on a boning knife, say, as it would just lose the edge all the time.

I'm on board with the faff reduction aspect though.

soaking stones

How does this step always get blown over?

It's such a fucking hassle.

I only use mine for my garden knife now and just drips a bit of water on it and crack on. Unless I have a very specific job like repairing an old chisel or something, then I go to the effort.

At least the Lansky stones can be chucked in a glass of water (together if you're doing a couple of grits).

Try an oil stone or a diamond stone.

Flattening stones, on the other hand, can get to fuck.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyWJxRItspw/

Josh is doing some interesting custom wa handles

https://instagram.com/letshandlethis?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==