Recent content by Danvil

When I was 8 I bugged my old man to let me get a Gerber with a black handle, so I could make spears and play caveman with my buds. This would have been in the early 1960's. No computers and you had to have something sharp to make a good spear. When I turned 10 the old man broke down and got me...

Another approach would be to buy one knife and get two stones, i.e.: a 1000 and a 6000 and learn how to sharpen, freehand. I missed the beginning of the thread, so I don't know how skilled you are at sharpening, yet. However, I can''t say that I've followed my own advice, because once you get...

I bought an 12"x9"x2" granite surface block that is .0001 dead flat on the whole surface for $23.00 and $7.50 shipped. It was on sale up until the 1/23/14, but will go on sale again. It's an excellent base for anykind of sharpening, especially wet dry sand paper or anything else you want to...

When I first began to sharpen I went from a King 1000 to a King 6000 with excellent. These are the stones that Murray Carter said on his DVD's were all you needed. This is a quote from him. Let me know if you are interested in this stone that is still in the box, as wrapped from the factory. It...

AEB-L is an excellent stainless steel. Sandvik calls it 13C26 and it was designed for making razor blades. I don't even like stainless, but this is one that I would consider, if in the market for stainless. However, if Richmond blew the heat treat on this knife, it could be crap. The heat...

I bought this by mistake, because I already use a King 6K stone. The one I've been using works great and I don't need the new one still in the box. The one I have for sale has one of the small stands that the stone sits on . If interested, contact me. Dan

Just sent you a PM and look forward to seeing you up this way. I can show you some of my heritage Berkshires that roam this place. All the best, Dan

Really beautiful collection that creates strong feelings of envy, jealousy, coveted-ness (is that a word), admiration, yes, even love (of the knives). Wish you lived closer where I could actually hold, touch and cut with the different types of knives you have. I know as a fellow knife addict...

The NYC police are embroiled in a scandal ripping millions off of SSDI, maybe Officer Sanchez has some involvement in that. I'd call that worthless new Marxist Mayor you have and let's see him stand up for the, "little guy" against some of the crooks in the NYPD. I hope there is someway you can...

I posted two pictures of my hogs. The pictures are on flickr.com, so maybe flickr doesn't work?

I'm an unrepentant knife nut. I don't work at a restaurant, but raise my own Berkshire hogs for my own eating pleasure. Got to admit, I prefer pork over beef. I like to grow my hogs up to around 400 lbs and then have them processed. I want to start doing my own butchering, but I need to work on...