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Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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Any recommendations? Need a few knives done. By someone who understands how to sharpen each knife for the purpose and not screw up a $500 knife
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#2 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Alvin, Texas
Hunt In: The Red Dirt Area In Doss, Texas!
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I'll take " Questions you never thought you would see on TBH" for $500 Alex.
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#3 | |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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I carry an Emerson EDC1 multitasker every day. Midland knife shop ruined my blade. They don't make them anymore. Can't replace it. Not happy lol |
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#4 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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![]() ![]() See? The huge edge was put on by a guy that didn't know what the heck he was doing. I was steaming mad lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#5 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Wilson County
Hunt In: Wilson County
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You should get in contact with one of the knife makers on here and let them rework the blade and sharpen your serrated edge. That knife is a real good one and can be saved.
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#6 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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I have had them offer. I mainly just need my kitchen and skinning knives done. I don't care to be without my Emerson. Sounds dumb but I use it every day. Its like forgetting to wear your belt. Ya don't feel right haha
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#7 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: San Antonio
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Google search in Austin. I found some in SA doing that. Youll find some kitchen knife sharpeners. May or may not want to give them a hunting knife....
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#8 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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That's why I didn't just google it and go haha. Found a few places but no clue on quality. The hunting knives I need done aren't exactly cheap either.
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#9 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: San Antonio
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Ive used this guy he says he has a drop off in ATX.
http://starknifesharpening.com/index...=75&Itemid=148 I would use him for kitchen but not sure about hunting knives (he did a couple of mine that i didnt like) This guy did some work on some old jacked up knives for me and did well. You have to ship knives to him and hes not fast. http://www.tlesharpening.com/ |
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#10 |
Six Point
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Texas
Hunt In: Outdoors
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Be a MAN and sharpen your own knives!
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#11 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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#12 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Hunt In: South East Texas
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Most manufacturers will resharpen their blades for a small fee.
Look on their website or call and ask. Benchmade will do it for the cost of shipping. |
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#13 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Salado, Texas
Hunt In: Mills County
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I can't sharpen a knife to save my life, it's all I can do to sharpen a pencil.
Good luck trophy on getting yours sharpened. |
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#14 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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#15 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: la vernia tx
Hunt In: Dimmit county
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what angle did they set that edge at and what did it come with from the factory?
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#16 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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#17 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: la vernia tx
Hunt In: Dimmit county
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That looks bad just curious
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#18 |
Six Point
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Oak Point
Hunt In: NTX
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buy cutco. free sharpening for life. they even come to your house and do it. their hunting knives are bad to the bone too
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#19 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Wilson County
Hunt In: Wilson County
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My nephew lives in Buda and he said that a fella sets up at Cabelas and sharpens knives on a paper wheel. The paper wheel does not remove much metal and does a good job. I have seen those guys at the gun shows as well using that wheel .
I hate Cabelas it costs me 500 or 600 dollars to get out of the dang place so I can only relay what I was told. |
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#20 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: la vernia tx
Hunt In: Dimmit county
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Looks like he ground the angle but when he got to the curve/tip of the knife he way too shallow and didn’t finish close to the edge. That stinks
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#21 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Souther Austin
Hunt In: Will work for hunts.
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Matt, If you get into Austin try these guys: http://www.austinsknifesharpest.com/
I had a Japanese kitchen knife fixed by them that had a few bad chips in it from beeing dropped. They did a great job. |
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#22 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Unless you specified a certain angle, I don't see how he messed it up, if it came back sharp. You say you want it sharpened for a specific purpose. What purpose?
I sharpen a few hundred knives a yr for people. Unless they specifically ask for a certain degree, I just sharpen the knife. If they do, I investigate. Most times their buddy, or someone tells them, 38° is the ticket, or 25°, etc.. It's all BS really. So unless your specifying 14° on my skinning knives, and 18° on my Kitchen knives, and 28° on my work knives, they are most likely just going to lay it to the wheel. These are the angles I use most often btw for their intended purposes. Also depending on the hardness of your blade, some angles just don't work very well. And while they do work, I will never use a wheel. |
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#23 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Dripping Springs, TX
Hunt In: Hays, Val Verde co
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I remember my first pocket knife.
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#24 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2013
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#27 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Georgetown Texas
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#28 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Austin
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Robert Garcia, who frequents these forums, lives in north Austin and has a mobile knife sharpening business. He could probably drive up there and sharpen your knives for you on location.
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#29 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Yes I know that.... Obviously he and most don't.
In your pic it's kinda hard to see exactly what happened, but I didn't read that he was responsible for the big dip in the tip, just the long shallow angle you didn't like. As far as angles, it's just a preference to a point. You could throw a 20° on just about any knife and it will work well. Very few would know the difference, if I put a 20° on all their knives, vs putting a certain degree on each knife. It does suck about the Emerson though! Hopefully you find someone close by. |
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