tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post3790930125570691391..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: Not the Sharpest Tool in the BoxHippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-85940623049450905302012-09-01T14:14:15.645+01:002012-09-01T14:14:15.645+01:00I allowed a historical sword to come into contact ...I allowed a historical sword to come into contact with such a device, surely my crime is the greater?<br /><br />I do, however, have an edge on it I am more than satisfied with. The use of liver to test the blade was allegorical in so far as liver would be the organ I would be slicing in defence of my family and property.<br /><br />But, as you may have realised from one of my more recent posts, all your fine blades and gucci weapons are bugger all use if they aren't to hand when facing an intruder.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-44125116292879974052012-09-01T13:37:37.775+01:002012-09-01T13:37:37.775+01:00Hippo
He allowed his Wusthof's to come into co...Hippo<br />He allowed his Wusthof's to come into contact with such a device. Very bad man.<br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-58639270561781446982012-08-31T11:08:04.727+01:002012-08-31T11:08:04.727+01:00IG, Wusthof's eh?
SBW warned me the machine w...IG, Wusthof's eh?<br /><br />SBW warned me the machine would not be the magic solution but to be fair, for normal domestic use it isn't bad. You will never get a razor edge but the results are adequate. The advantage of this machine is that it is easy to use meaning it will be used frquently to maintain knives acceptably sharp. <br /><br />I can imagine it would take ages to grind a top flight drop forged steel knife to a fine edge.<br /><br />SBW, you want to share with me the very bad thing IG has done?Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-8030891906907611132012-08-30T20:52:21.535+01:002012-08-30T20:52:21.535+01:00I feared as much
SBW
PS Idiot Gardener - you sir ...I feared as much<br />SBW<br /><br />PS Idiot Gardener - you sir have done a very bad thingThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-35439710070081336262012-08-16T15:27:19.476+01:002012-08-16T15:27:19.476+01:00I have a 110 also, and I find it a bit slow. My kn...I have a 110 also, and I find it a bit slow. My knives are Wusthofs, with carbon steel blades, and being typically Germanic they have significant gauge. The result is that getting the initial bur can take up to a dozen or more passes.<br /><br />I tend to do about 20 on Stage 1, the same on Stage 2 and about 10 in stage three. This delivers a good degree of sharpness.<br /><br />Whatever you do, don't even walk past the thing with a Japanese knife, as it will eat the fucker. My sister's Globals were demolished by it!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-34379082220077589162012-08-16T12:28:59.777+01:002012-08-16T12:28:59.777+01:00Owl Wood. Interesting. Perhaps you missed out on...Owl Wood. Interesting. Perhaps you missed out on your vocation with the UN. Hardly sporting though. Such underhandedness would deprive our Lord's of their glory and their Duty Free...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-90043669480681049282012-08-16T07:24:09.135+01:002012-08-16T07:24:09.135+01:00Have at thee Sir, thou aren't but a mouldy-pat...Have at thee Sir, thou aren't but a mouldy-pated bat-fowling gudgeon, etcetera, etcetera, yours most sincerely, c.c. File.<br /><br />I wonder if they do a similar model like a giant pencil sharpener for pikestaffs and arrows?<br /><br />Was there, do you think, a polite queue during large battles at the blade-sharpeners wheels? Might have been a way to end battles early - nip around the back of the field and pour salt water and grit into the knife-sharpener's bearings...The Owl Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484484539144369129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-18028710336262222692012-08-15T23:40:19.140+01:002012-08-15T23:40:19.140+01:00JD,
No, it was the remains of my breakfast.JD,<br /><br />No, it was the remains of my breakfast.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-66894405672099137322012-08-15T22:42:26.963+01:002012-08-15T22:42:26.963+01:00Sir Cumferance, what a marvelous story. I noted th...Sir Cumferance, what a marvelous story. I noted the lubricant in the green bottle - was that applied before, during, after, or, all through the process?JohnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608216150220329902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-17815209851102407042012-08-15T20:17:58.446+01:002012-08-15T20:17:58.446+01:00I always wondered if those knife sharpening machin...I always wondered if those knife sharpening machines were any good. I have a flint that i use, but i think i'm rather inept. My dad used to sharpen all the knives in the house, and i never really learned his technique. I'm sorry now i didn't pay more attention.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-77791518971138950332012-08-15T16:43:56.388+01:002012-08-15T16:43:56.388+01:00JG, that's my fighting one. I'll dress up...JG, that's my fighting one. I'll dress up properly and pose with the smart one. Just for you xxHippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-29197707204632952082012-08-15T16:40:31.045+01:002012-08-15T16:40:31.045+01:00Sir Owl of the Wood,
I was loathe to bore my read...Sir Owl of the Wood,<br /><br />I was loathe to bore my readers with further observations and yet more free advertising for the manufacturer of a product I chose merely because it was more or less what I wanted to pay and Amazon UK were willing to ship to Germany for onward carriage on the West African packet steamer to me but I confess an albeit grudging respect for this machine. <br /><br />Granted, it did not give me the Wilkinson's Sword edge I had hoped for but I am confident it provided one more than adequate to discourage these pesky natives.<br /><br />Brother Michael was also kind enough to arrange a supply of Doctor Fearnley Whittingbottom's<br />patented Mosquito and other Annoying Insect Repelling Balm so I think I have all sources of irritation covered while I drink the bottle of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin he was kind enough to include in the package.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-15797904463106146392012-08-15T16:28:25.697+01:002012-08-15T16:28:25.697+01:00you even make a bloody knife sharpener sound inter...you even make a bloody knife sharpener sound interesting!!!!<br />love the sabre..you old Hussar you!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-26724232619363526092012-08-15T15:56:45.407+01:002012-08-15T15:56:45.407+01:00If I were you sir, I would send a letter to the ma...If I were you sir, I would send a letter to the manufacturers explaining in serious tones that sharpening metre-long blades is difficult, include your address and let us know how they reply. Include a photograph and ask them if they have any plans for a machine aimed at the sporting sabre market!The Owl Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484484539144369129noreply@blogger.com