Hey TW! Let's see your knives!

Well here it is in all it's glory! Some G-10 scales and a $20 higher price tag would make this even better. But the wife will love it.

 

For those interested I just posted up a new 5.11 Collector's knife in the for sale section here.

 

Newest addition

Esee izula II

 

Here is my new knife.
Hk entourage automatic

 

I found myself a gift...

ZT0200BW


Is massive compared against the 0550.

 

0200 was my first ZT. Still love it
Congrats!

 

It's pretty nice! I had to move the clip for tip-up carry but I'm gonna carry it for a bit. So far, not bad.

 

The latest acquisitions:

This: http://kershaw.kaiusaltd.com/knives/knife/oso-sweet

and

This: http://www.sogknives.com/safety.html

Merry Christmas / Happy New Year all!

 

I didn't know they made a black wash 0200 tho. I had the bladeworks stonewashed silver version, but sold it to a friend.

 

Nothing better to clear ya head than a big stone and a dull blade

 

So my Leek is dull as shit... Between using it all day at work and camping over summer it's pretty brutal...

I got a carbide sharpening thing from Accusharp but from what I hear they are pretty awful. I have put it through a few times and then used a ceramic rod thing to hopefully improve it. It's still pretty dull though...

Are these things useful at all? Or should I just go get a proper whetstone? I was looking at one with a 400/1000 grit.

 

I just got the Lansky sharpening system for christmas and did a couple of my knives and it does a pretty solid job. i got the saphire polishing stone to go with it and it really does a good job too. what does everyone else use?

 

I visited Dan's Whetstones today. They are the largest producer of novaculite sharpening stones. Both of Dan's sons gave me a tour of their parts of the shop, from rough cutting to finishing. It was pretty amazing to see the process and learn more about sharpening stones.

I was able to look through their seconds selection with the help of one of the sons and picked out a fine, translucent, and a black bench stone. The seconds are nearly perfect, but are just flawed enough that they can't be sold as full priced stones.

The lighting was great, but here are the stones I picked up. These are all 2"x8"X1".









Time to sharpen everything I have.

 

Do tell, where is dans whetstones?

And how much did they run you?

 

Dan's is a few miles west of Hot Springs Arkansas. The black and translucent are the most expensive. The translucent in this size retails for $150, but the seconds was $90. They're not cheap, but they're heirlooms. My dad still has his black stone he bought when he was a teenager.

 

I think I missed. The box says "BW" but the ZT website just calls it a 0200. Must have the wrong box-oh well.

 

cool, I'll have to stop by if I'm near there. I've got a set of Japanese water stones, but I think some of the Arkansas stones would be awesome

 

I wish I had known about them sooner as they're only 20mim from my grandmothers place. That and she's 20min from Superlift OHV park.

Grandmas place just got a lot cooler.

 

I use a ken Onion Worksharp for work knives and a Sharpmaker for nicer knives. I would like to try the Lansky and eventually want to get some water stones.