As I've said a few times before:

smudge wrote: I think that is the best knife sharpening post I've seen! Warthog certainly tick a few boxes. Pretty happy with the Sharpall but aintaining that angle is my weak point.

smudge wrote: MB wrote: As I've said a few times before: - If you have skills: whetstone - If you want to ruin your blade: cheap electric knife sharpener - If you have money: Scary Sharp or Work Sharp - If you are a masochist: Lansky - None of the above: Warthog I think that is the best knife sharpening post I've seen! Warthog certainly tick a few boxes. Pretty happy with the Sharpall but aintaining that angle is my weak point.

I see you liked Jason Abbot?? on FB knife sharpening,gave it a go today and worked well,angle knife on stone so no gap,3 rubs each side and a quick run down the steel. Impressed,pity he doesnt leave skin on gurnard.

For the people that like to do a little research. Jason Abott runs the filliting at Manganui Fish Shop. Hes on Facebook with his videos. Now Ive seen a lot of filliting videos before and not are his videos and really goog he introduced me to F.Dick knife steels and Dickoron same product. I have to state what I thought about knife steels is not where he is at. He used a 4 sided one that is polished on 2x sides and sharpens on the other two sides. Effectivly 2x steels in one. I asked the local butcher what he uses and its F.Dick, never heard of them before but thats what Jason Abbot uses. If you look really really carefully in some videos he doesn the old swish shish on the steel like we all do but then he rolls it in his hand and uses the other edge. Took his advice went on Trademe and found a bunch of surplus butchers items including a near new steel, It was the 2 sided one but had the polished steel finish unlike a normal steel that has groves longwise. Now I tell you with a wetstone and or oilstone( you need to get the grit right for what you are doing) The polished steel F.Dick made in Germany brings you to another level. Went through all the posts and generally no one talks about steels. Retail they are about $250 which is a decent chunk, my 2nd hand one by the time I sold all the items I purchased in my deal, only cost $40 and I got a free Victory boning knife to use as a bonus. Have a look, made in Germany and are next level.

I'm a big fan of Jason Abbot. A real down to earth approach. My son is a butcher and can put a mean edge on a knife - way better than me. I do ok with my knife sharpening but I'm not in the same league as Jason or my son Scotty. So many people think they have the goods but yeah nah.