I used some one else his diamond sharpening stone to sharpen my Swiss champ. I got to say I was really impressed with it because before I always struggled with getting this hard blade fully sharp again and mostly left the job half done. Now I can cut the hairs of my left hand with it.
the one shame is I can't remember the name of it but this is the description:

A light blue plastic blade-strait 2cm wide up to 8cm in length. On top of the plastic sits the diamond slice. Same measurements only you can see blue spots all over the diamond surface. This is how it is held in place.
I can remember that it was an American company who made them. Any one got any ideas?

Reinhardt

sounds like it could be made by DMT. did it have butterfly handles (like a balisong)?
steve

Could well be it as I can remember that the company had three initials on the back. But it did not have handles. It was just a strait rod.

reinhardt

well they might do bench top versions, have you had a look at their website?
steve

I use a Gatco sharpening system to sharpen my blades. Its similar to a Lansky, with a clamp and various stones with a rod/guide. That gets them shaving-sharp.

After using a blade, i try give it a wipe with an oil-soaked chamois. to touch up the edge, i use the gatco. if i'm on the move, i have a small Spyderco Pocket Stone.

Hey, I'm always wondering: What does "'n Boer maak 'n plan" mean?

'n Boer maak n plan, maar n kleurling het altyd n plan'

A farmer makes a plan, but a coloured person always has a plan.

Bear

Is jy 'n Suid Afrikaner? Ek het nie geweet jy die Taal kon gesels!

Dchinell quoted the whole idiom and translated it.

On a fugurative level, it highlights 'improvisation'. It is one of my favorite idioms, and also ties up with the whole survival thing that we keep mentioning from time to time <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

hehehe - we have similar idiomatic expressions in the USA, although not in the exact proximity to each other as your Boer expression. Our expressions may be used in a complimentary fashion or in a perjorative fashion, depending on the speaker and his audience...

I'm laughing because I have seen some of my farmer relatives and friends do some fascinating things even in spare time (not simply as need and circumstances require)... a double acting pneumatic beer can crusher, complete with automatic ejection, largely made from "leftovers" salvaged from a machinery repair, was the latest wintertime "plan" one of my cousins proudly demonstrated to me recently... hehehe - works like a champ - and given his beer consumption, probably worthwhile...

Regards,

Tom