The Personalized Lock-Back Knife is the gift for men. How could you NOT love it when it's got your name etched in the handle? It slices. It dices. It makes paper-mâché snowflakes in less than 45 seconds! The Personalized Lock-Back Knife is the gift that keeps on giving - that is until it turns as dull as my love life.
Don't be one of the millions that just throws their knife on the shelf after a year. It's bad enough you think of me not getting any every time you struggle to make a cut - don't waste an epic knife with your name on it while you're at it. Be a man of action with:
GuyVille's Guide to Sharpening the Personalized Lock-Back Knife
There are two internationally sanctioned sharpening methods agreed upon by old whittling guys across the globe:
1) A Sharpening Stone. Sorry, we don't sell personalized sharpening stones, but you can find one at... wait for it... a knife shop (also look at a hardware store or Knife Art). There's a wide variety of sharpening stones: some need oil, others use water for lubrication. The bottom line is they both work just about the same, so don't spend more than $10 bucks on one.
How to Sharpen a Knife with a Sharpening Stone:
Step 1: Place the stone in one hand. In the other hand, take your knife and place the knife blade on the flat edge of the stone. With the blade of the knife angled at 10 degrees to the stone, pull the knife back away from the stone. Rubbing the blade at this angle will increase its ability to slice through wood - and it will help you forget about my lack of gal pals.
Step 2: Continue sharpening the knife by flipping the blade over each time you pull it along the stone so both sides of the blade are equally as sharp.
Step 3: Sharpen your knife as often as you see fit. It should slice right through a sheet of paper.
2)A Sharpening Steel. Conventionally, there's little difference between the stone and the steel, but Vicornox, the makers of Swiss Army Knives, recommend using this method of knife sharpening. Another upside for the steel is that you probably already have one inside your house.
How to Sharpen a Knife with a Sharpening Steel:
Step 1: If you own a knife block, go to it and pull out the one thing that doesn't look like a knife. That round shaft is a sharpening steel and it's just the tool for your personalized Lock-Back Knife.
Step 2: Resting the end of the steel on a hard surface, hold the steel at a 90-degree angle so the handle of the steel points at the floor. In you dominate hand, take you knife and guide it along the steel at an angle of about 10 degrees off the stone. Imagine that you're pealing the steel with your knife.
Step 3: Continue sharpening on both sides of the knife and test the sharpness with a piece of paper.
Check out Thomas Stuckey's video to find out more:
