12-08-2004, 04:18 PM
For those of you interested in having your ice auger blades sharpened. I have personally used the service that Strikemaster provides called blade exchange several times (6 or more). Their service is extremely reliable, the service is very prompt, and the resharpened blades cut ice as good as brand new ones at about 1/2 the cost. I've literally benn using the same two sets of 8" blue mora ice auger blades for the last 20 years. I change the blades about every-other year when they become dull and replace the worn blades with my extra set. It takes about a week to 10 days to ship and then receive your resharpened blades back from them. Their website address is:
[url "http://www.strikemaster.com/store/bladeexchange.html"]http://www.strikemaster.com/store/bladeexchange.html[/url]
You may have to copy and paste this link into your browser location in order to get it to work. I've used this service exclusively since I've had 3 or 4 friends over the years try to sharpen my auger blades with specifically made auger sharpening hones/tools. None of them have worked as well as the sharpening service that Strikemaster provides. Somehow the angle of the sharpening has to be perfect or they just don't cut (even with the shims in place). Yeah, the home-sharpened blades are sharp, razor sharp in fact....but they just don't cut through the ice like the ones from the factory. Anyways, I hope this helps you guys out.
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[url "http://www.strikemaster.com/store/bladeexchange.html"]http://www.strikemaster.com/store/bladeexchange.html[/url]
You may have to copy and paste this link into your browser location in order to get it to work. I've used this service exclusively since I've had 3 or 4 friends over the years try to sharpen my auger blades with specifically made auger sharpening hones/tools. None of them have worked as well as the sharpening service that Strikemaster provides. Somehow the angle of the sharpening has to be perfect or they just don't cut (even with the shims in place). Yeah, the home-sharpened blades are sharp, razor sharp in fact....but they just don't cut through the ice like the ones from the factory. Anyways, I hope this helps you guys out.
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