GMMAT

This may not be the forum for this answer.....but i know and trust YOU guys.

I have this knife....Lisa gave me for my birthday.






What's the best way to sharpen it (I bought a sharpener that I'm not that pleased with).....and how do I keep the guthook sharpened?

Thanks, in advance, for your repsonses.

Jeff

zubba

I have a similiar knife. I found at Cabelas a knife sharpening kit. This included a couple different stones for sharpening the blade and a few smaller stone/stone rods that can be used for guthooks, broadheads, fish hooks, etc. It works pretty slick.

tschammel

I think the best way to keep and edge on a knife is using a steel. If you know how to work one it works really well.

Rick James

I use the Lansky Deluxe system.......



It's idiot proof if you read the directions and reasonably priced to boot. Keeps my knives sharp enough to shave hair on my arm. I never have to sharpen the gut hook either, and I have gutted probably 15+ deer with my current gerber.

Cougar Mag

If you are good with stones and steels then good for you, because I am not. I second the Lansky as Rick said.

BobCo19-65

I also like a steel.

Steve F.in MD

I have no problem using an Arkansas stone w a drop of lube oil. It takes a little practice to learn the best angle to hold the blade against the stone. I always advise people to imagine they are shaving a very thin sliver off the stone. Give about 20 strokes to one side of the blade and then turn the knife over and repeat. It make take a hundred strokes on each sideto get the blade where you want it. After that it requires much less effort to restore the edge when the blade gets dull.

Good luck.

Dubbya

I like a steel as well, but I'm much moe proficient with the lansky or the ceramic rods. I have a browning knife as well Jeff, it's not too shabby.

MOTOWNHONKEY

Knives are ground at specific angles. You can sharpen them at a different angle but this is why is seems to take forever and people give up. Like the knife I use is ground at 23 degrees. I sharpen it at that degree with a kit that I bought from Cabelas. No one can hold the perfect angle without the use of an aid. I suggest the Gatco sharpener from Cabelas.

GMMAT

Which one do you have, Motown?