02-27-2010, 06:04 AM
I finally got on the ice today to try my auger after my first attempt at blade sharpening. All I can say is...WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I cut through 18" of ice faster than I could cut through 6" before the sharpening. I tried using the little $8 auger sharpening tool from fishtech and was NOT impressed. I could feel the edge come back a little, but it's not a real solution. However, a few years back, I got a sweet Gatco sharpening set from Cabelas. The important thing is that you can control the angles you are sharpening. You can see the sharpener [url "http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0006453514317a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=gatco&Ntk=Products&sort=all&Go.y=0&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&Go.x=0"]here[/url].
Definitely impressed with this sharpener. It also sharpened my knives to a unbelievable degree; cutting off a fish head is like slicing through butter.
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Definitely impressed with this sharpener. It also sharpened my knives to a unbelievable degree; cutting off a fish head is like slicing through butter.
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