[TheForge] Knife sharpening

[barry myers]

I make knives and sharpen them on the slack belt and touch them up as
someone said their son does.

No matter how good of an edge I put on a knife, and it has to shave when
they buy it, the new owner will sharpen it to his desired angle - good or
bad.

What I tell people is that if you know how to sharpen a knife, do your
best.  If you don't, I tell them to get a pair of crock sticks - anyone can
hold a knife perpendicular and drag it down the sticks.  I have even given
people one of those little Smith's yellow sharpening blocks and told them
not to use the carbide side.

Just a thought.