On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:52:27 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:06:14 -0500, Ed Huntress
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:39:00 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:04:51 -0500, Ed Huntress
wrote:

They're OK, but I'd want a larger stone for working on
knives.
http://tinyurl.com/cuhqpe4
http://tinyurl.com/mnodtvo

Thanks, George. Maybe I'll break down and give them a try. The price
is right. You can pay a lot more than that for a hard Arkansas stone.
I have a couple of 6" x 2" stones, and they sell for over $40 each
now.
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If you need to reprofile the knife see
http://tinyurl.com/lfulfck
this also works very well on the new harder steel knives.

"Special honing oil" with a diamond hone? chuckle
Whatever floats their boat. shrug

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