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[maddenwh]

I've got a couple of cold steel blades that I absolutely love. I think that they are probably some of the strongest, most durable, and sharpest knives available (really keep their edge). Of course, they are extremely expensive if you buy the nicer models (they use three types or strengths of steel on certain parts of the knives). You can go to their website and watch those guys cut the crap out of a bunch of different types of junk... very entertaining. Strangely, the prices listed on their website are substantially higher than the prices you can get at other knife outlets or online stores. ::-k

[JTapia]

Romey,
You wouldn't know a fine knife if you stepped on one ::neener: . Mabe you could send me one to Test for you? :evil:

[Romey]

:thumbsup1: Funny!! Never know may happen,infact if i made fillet knives youd probably be one id send too!

[blackbear]

Romey, Thanks for the info. and the links. Very nice work.

[Romey]

Your very welcome.

[jasonkdailey]

I have a Schrade Old Timer 6-OT+ folder, which is a stainless steel knife. My dad bought it for me when I was 10 years old. I t has been with me every year in the woods since he got it for me for Christmas back in 1991. It has skinned many deer, rabbit, and squirrel, but since Schrade has quit making knives, I am gonna retire it this year and keep it in my knife collection for my boys when they are older. I got a new Leatherman Wave I use for EDC which has both a straight edge knife, and a serrated edge knife, both made of 420HC stainless steel, which is the same metal used on a Buck 110 Folder. The straight edge, I sharpened using an Aransas oil stone. My father in law gave me a hint of what to use for sharpening a serrated knife. He told me he uses a 3/32 welding stick with the flux pulled off of it. He said doing that actually put a better bite into his knife that it did when it came out of the factory. He said dont go nuts with it. Just a few passes through between the teeth will bring back its sharp edge. My serrated edge came from the factory just fine from the factory, but the straight edge was sharp, but a tad rough. roughly ten passes on each side on the oil stone brought it to a smooth, sharp edge. I had also heard about a man who was a carpenter, who used his serrated knife while cutting carpet, and after a year of cutting alot of carpet, it was just starting to get dull, he said he used the same procedure with the welding stick. About ten passes on each section, and that ran the back down a leather strop to remove and burrs. Me, personally, after sharpening my knives on the oil stone, I put the stone in the case, and use the back of the leather case for my stone as kind of a strop. Believe it or not but it works. When me knife startes to get a little dull, I will run it on the back of the stone case. Only when it wont hold an edge anymore is when I take the stone to it. This cuts down on the wearing of the blade. My grandfather gave me his old case pocket knife he carried since the 50's, and the blades are dark of course (Chrome vanadium blades), but not much wear on the blades, because when it started to dull, he would strop them. Sorry about babbling on, but I hope it helps.