Originally Posted by
JimmyHAD
Not that it matters but ...... my father taught me to sharpen pocket knives when I was 14 or so. To the point where I could shave hair on my leg. Using Arkansas stones and I have been doing that all of my life since. When I first read about these apparatuses for sharpening I looked into it and found they were expensive. So I never even considered buying one. I have no doubt that my pocket knife, kitchen knives, what have you, would be sharper and more consistent with the jig, but there is a certain reward I get from doing them freehand, that I just don't think I would feel with the gizmo. Even if the edge was better.