who wants to put on a knife sharpening clinic around indianapolis

[tyler34]

I can totally host one in b-town and depending on timing help "instruct" elsewhere.

 

[bwframe]

Maybe do something in Martinsville? Maybe rent the conservation club clubhouse? We wouldn't have to disarm there.

 

[tyler34]

Maybe do something in Martinsville? Maybe rent the conservation club clubhouse? We wouldn't have to disarm there.

hey I'm down with that, its pretty neutral and doable schedule wise.

 

[HICKMAN]

Maybe do something in Martinsville? Maybe rent the conservation club clubhouse? We wouldn't have to disarm there.

good idea

 

[Zoub]

there is no need to freehand on stones.

Heathen...........I am gonna go curl up with all my stones now.

To the OP, it is a zen thing man. If you can't sharpen a knife then you need to look inward, you have bad Karma holding you back.

 

[grunt soldier]

lol its only certain knives i can't sharpen. zoub i think your karma thing is a bit off w/ knives though i do believe in karma i don't think its stopping me for sharpening knives. i would probably be game to come to martinsville to learn to hone my skills though i think coming down to martinsville i would need it to be on one of my days off. just due to time. well i think we have enough ppl that are interested once ppl all start posting what days and times they are available to do everything.

next week i am tuesday wednesday and thursday

 

[tyler34]

next week I can do tues. and fri. anytime and wed. after 6. after that its kind of up in the air.

 

[grunt soldier]

come on folks post up can anyone else do it on tuesday or weds after six.

 

[bryhuds]

I am newer to the forum and just saw the potential of a sharpening demo. As I live in Martinsville already, I think it sounds like a great idea. I have tried a Lansky in the past and couldn't get a knife as sharp as I wanted. ...Have debated on buying a Sharpmaker or EdgePro, but haven't decided on a system yet.

About any day or evening next week at the Conservation Club works for me. Bryan

 

[tyler34]

I am newer to the forum and just saw the potential of a sharpening demo. As I live in Martinsville already, I think it sounds like a great idea. I have tried a Lansky in the past and couldn't get a knife as sharp as I wanted. ...Have debated on buying a Sharpmaker or EdgePro, but haven't decided on a system yet.

About any day or evening next week at the Conservation Club works for me. Bryan

first off welcome to and its looking like tuesday may be the day to do this. has anyone got in touch with the club? and as far as what kit? wait till the demos and make a decision afterwards.

 

[tyler34]

so once again has anyone contacted the conservation club? and do we even have ballpark figures on attendance?

 

[grunt soldier]

tyler i can say i haven't i don't know much about that. someone shoot me the name and i will contact them. as far as it going down on tuesday i show it me you and the one other guy said any day next week. no one else has really responded w/ a time or day

 

[tyler34]

well I'll do it for one person or 100 so I'm down either way. I'll message burl.

 

[bwframe]

well I'll do it for one person or 100 so I'm down either way. I'll message burl.

The timing is fine for me, but I cannot guess whether we can rent the clubhouse that quickly or at all for that matter. Techres has rented it once over a year ago, before the electronic gate system was set up. Might be that we have to go to a board meeting to ask. They meet the first Thursday of the month.

 

[tyler34]

The timing is fine for me, but I cannot guess whether we can rent the clubhouse that quickly or at all for that matter. Techres has rented it once over a year ago, before the electronic gate system was set up. Might be that we have to go to a board meeting to ask. They meet the first Thursday of the month.

well any other short notice venues to use? anyone in martinsville know anywhere?

 

[tradertator]

All of the stuff I use is really old, so I'd like to attend something like this.

 

[Eddie]

Meanwhile

Since we still haven't set a date for a workshop. Here is an example.

My wife bought this cheap cleaver and she asked me to make it sharp.

I used two cheap stones, a small, roughly 3" x 3/4" stone and a larger 2" x 6" stone that is coarse on one side and smoother on the other.

I started scrubbing the edge of the cleaver with the small stone, using a circular motion to re-grind the edge and change it to the narrowest angle I could manage. I would periodically try to shave my arm with it. Once it started catching on my arm hairs, I shifted to the larger stone on the coarse side and did more traditional sharpening, using long strokes, ten on each side. When I could actually shave some hairs with it, I moved to the smoother side of the stone and worked it some more until it would easily dry shave my arm. It took about half an hour.

It is hard to see, especially with my crummy cell phone camera, but this is how sharp you can get a cheap kitchen cleaver with cheap tools that you can pick up at your local hardware store.

 

[kcaskey]

Very interested in attending...Merry Christmas everyone...

 

[tyler34]

narrowest angle isn't always the best thing especially in a cleaver, that edge won't hold to much use under 15 degrees.

 

[Eddie]

Stone in the kitchen

narrowest angle isn't always the best thing especially in a cleaver, that edge won't hold to much use under 15 degrees.

That is why I keep a smooth stone in the kitchen. Once the edge is how I want it I can easily touch it up as needed. My wife has even picked up on the skill and touches up the knives that she makes sushi with.