[geeks] knife sharpening

[Chris Byrne]

> The trick to sharpening a blade with a rag wheel & compound 
> is to keep 
> a finger on the opposite side of the blade and never let the 
> blade get 
> too hot. When you can shave the hairs on your arm with it, it's sharp 
> enough :)
> -Mike

Theres only one better way to sharpen than a rag wheel and that's a
slack belt. Of course with a wheel you can mount it on any standard
bench grinder (though a reverse grinder is better) whereas a slack belt
grinder is a very expensive proposition, and it takes a lot of skill to
properly grind using a slack belt.

But for final honing you probably still want to use the three s's,
Stone, Strop, Steel.

Chris Byrne