on a knife edge

[racketman]

hard to be sure with the naked eye but I suspected the well reviewed Chantry knife sharpener was creating a serrated edge on my knife which would explain why it fails the paper cut test. The MP-E revealed I was right:

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/98842961/original.jpg

turns knives into saws:

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/98842956/original.jpg

[striving]

LOL@ "Turns knives into saws". Cool macro of the edge though. Get an Ant walking on it!! ;-)

[NZDoug]

At least the lens is sharp.
So this isnt a product endorsement? :D

[racketman]

well I don't think Robert De Niro's character in The Fan would have any more luck selling these sharpeners to backwoodsmen than he had with his cheap Korean hunting knives!

[canonloader]

So the lines are new? I don't see how this sharpener could do that. Took me a minute to get past the bristle brush mirage though. :)

[macro junkie]

At least the lens is sharp.
:D

:lol:

[macro junkie]

LOL@ "Turns knives into saws".

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[LordV]

Love the shot- makes an intriguing abstract.
Interesting sharpening effect to :)
Brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Toby,

Excellent shot, "turns knives into saws" love that :lol:

Something I always carry with me in the field is this
http://www.agrussell.com/accessories/sharpening/a_g_russell_field_sharpener.html

it's excellent for Honing, I found the Chantry to be far to rough, it good for a basic cut back & that's about all, no disrespect intended just my experience

Cheers for now
Mark

[canonloader]

I do it the old fashioned way. Although I do have coarse and smooth Arkansas stones, I am now using a diamond embedded flat steel that is shaped just like a stone and used the same way, only dry. I have never seen anything sharpen a hard blade as sharp or as fast as this. Ceramics can't come close.

[Bill Pham]

you can get it sharper than that just using a grinding wheel :D. nah just kidding. i use a stone myself for my hunting knives and broadhead for my bow. do you have a straight down shot of it too. sorry to hear that it ruin your knife though.

Bill

[Jay Lowery]

i have one of those too, they suck. im with canonloader cant beat a good stone or diamond sharpening steel piece. sharp and smooth as just about anything.

[racketman]

seems the diamond-dust coated sharpening steel is the way to go, ta.