simon1
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Anyone have some of the Old Hickory knives like Grandma used to use? She had a butcher knife, and a smaller one that I believe was a boning knife. Hers were always sharp, but besides having a whetstone...or two...or three...Granddad had one of these:
I picked up one of the 4" paring knives at a local hardware store awhile back for $2 and some change. I worked in packing houses for a few years and we used the Green River carbon steel knives so using a carbon one is no big deal to me. I had to put a bevel on it with my Gatco sharpening kit but it was no problem. I put an initial bevel on it of 25 degrees using the coarse, medium, and then fine stones, then put a secondary bevel on it of 15 degrees again going from coarse to medium to fine stones. A few strokes on a sharpening steel and that thing rivals my Japanese paring knife in cutting ability. That thing will shave you.
I was cutting up some round steak for jerky yesterday and I had SWMBO cut a slice with a serrated steak knife that she always uses to slice stuff, then do a slice with the Old Hickory. She said "Wow."
I think I'll go back by the hardware store and pick up one of the butcher knives they have for about $6 or $7, or they may be about $10, just to have one in the stable.
I picked up one of the 4" paring knives at a local hardware store awhile back for $2 and some change. I worked in packing houses for a few years and we used the Green River carbon steel knives so using a carbon one is no big deal to me. I had to put a bevel on it with my Gatco sharpening kit but it was no problem. I put an initial bevel on it of 25 degrees using the coarse, medium, and then fine stones, then put a secondary bevel on it of 15 degrees again going from coarse to medium to fine stones. A few strokes on a sharpening steel and that thing rivals my Japanese paring knife in cutting ability. That thing will shave you.
I was cutting up some round steak for jerky yesterday and I had SWMBO cut a slice with a serrated steak knife that she always uses to slice stuff, then do a slice with the Old Hickory. She said "Wow."
I think I'll go back by the hardware store and pick up one of the butcher knives they have for about $6 or $7, or they may be about $10, just to have one in the stable.
I may change it to 20 degrees for the cutting bevel but it sure cuts good now. My attention span has been a little whacky the last couple of days...Mom's been falling quite a bit the last week or so and she lives by herself. She turned 90 a couple of months ago. She went to the doctor yesterday and he told her she may want to look into assisted living somewhere. I'm 200 miles away so I need to get up there pretty quick and see what we can work out. Along with that a new District judge has pretty much cancelled all investigator appointments so it looks like I might have to close my business down. 
