Thanks for the correction on the Gatco angle. I thought 25 degrees was kind of extreme.

If you use the Sharpmaker on your RSK Mk1 which angle do you use or recommend? The Sharpmaker recommends using the 40 degree inclusive angle for sharpening knives, but as you mentioned, the Mk1 comes with a 30 degree inclusive grind. Would you use the 30 degree holes instead?

I really am not trying to highjack this thread, but thought I would bring this to your attention. I was at a gun show last week and saw this neat knife sharpener, called the Warthog. It is made in South Africa and looks to be well built, if not slightly funny looking. It is easy to use, but is on the expensive side and it is not really field-use friendly, but may serve for home use. Here are a few web sites, if you are interested, the vendor at the gun show, was a US distributor, so I would believe it is available elsewhere.

Pete


Warthog web site

Warthog US

Warthog Review

I use the 30 degree.

Is carbide safe to use on other kinds of knife steel? I just bought one of those sharpeners before I noticed Aeromedix was bundling it with RSKs. Maybe I should return it, eh?

I have an old Fiskars two step that has ceramic rods on both sides. Something like that might be a quick touch up alternative and more easily portable that a Sharpmaker...speaking of which, I have seen mine since a moved a few months ago... <img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />