Sharpening a fleshing knife?

I have a 2 sided dimond stone. Fine/Very Fine. If I find that it is dulling a bit I just do 2 passes on each side of the blade on VF. If I hit some bone around the skull or something I give her a pass or 2 on fine. I also find that the greese from the critters keeps things lubed up nice. Also Remember that the steeper the angle you put on the blade the sharper it will get but, it will dull easyer.
 
are you talkin a handheld knife deal or big a two handled fleshing knife. i sharpen my fleshing knife on a bench grinder and finish with a file that is half round.


Zach
 
I use a cam-nu sharpener. Few passes with that get it back to a razor. I also use if for my skinning knife. I have a sharp fleshing for cutting and a dull for pushing.
 
Oh sorry man I read skinning not fleashing knife. To be honest I don't care for my 2 hander to be too sharp. I tent to have too may accidents that way. Beaver nipples are the worst! Like Zach I use a half round file as needed.
 
I can't seem to get any edge with a bench grinder or a file. I got a minimal edge in some spots but I can't get anything near an edge on the whole knife. Since i'm just going to be doing coyotes and the possible fox, do I need any edge or can it be duller than snot?
 
Duller the better...If you start putting edges on your fleshing knife you will start cutting hides and getting them to thin in places...All you are trying to do is roll the fat off the hide anyway.Thats the reason when you buy a fleshing knife it comes with a rolled edge.This seems to work for me anyway...
 
bigfish57, you my friend, are the king of one-liners


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Beaver nipples are the worst!





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Zach
 
Hehe thanks. I speek the truth though don't I?

Varhunter, for yotes and fox you will have a minimal amount of fleshing to do. For the most part they are very lean animals and the only real fleshing I regularly have to do is if I pull the skin off rather than clean skinning it. If you pull it off you will most likely be left with a thin layer of muscle left along the length of the back. If your good you won't. Unfortunetly I'm not that good.
 
Thanks for the info. The reason I'm asking this is because Tom Osborne from practical fur handleing keeps his sharp and seems to slice a little bit. Once again, thanks for the info.
 


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