philip7 Report post Posted December 22, 2009 Im looking to buy a good round knife that stay sharp and easy to sharpen.. Any help with where i can get one would be great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rawhide1 Report post Posted December 22, 2009 Im looking to buy a good round knife that stay sharp and easy to sharpen.. Any help with where i can get one would be great. philip There has been alot of discussion on round/head knives. On who makes the best and everyone's favorites. Type round knife or head knife in the search engine and it should bring up the topics. Good Luck, Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denster Report post Posted December 22, 2009 Im looking to buy a good round knife that stay sharp and easy to sharpen.. Any help with where i can get one would be great. I don't believe you can get a better round knife than the Weaver Mastercraft. About $55 from Weaver Leather. You can pay a lot more but from experience you won't really get more. I actually sharpen mine about once a month. I do strop it whenever it stops gliding through leather. I cut about 100 holster patterns a month and I love it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harnessman Report post Posted December 23, 2009 Im looking to buy a good round knife that stay sharp and easy to sharpen.. Any help with where i can get one would be great. Yea, me to! I want one of those easy to sharpen and stay sharp forever round knives as well! And I want it cheap to! Maybe Santa will bring me one! Sorry, just could not resist! I have had a "Tandy" threw the sucker away years ago. Osbornes do not seem to get particularly sharp and certainly do not stay that way in my humble oppinion. I have a old, very old, unknown maker carbon knife that is a dream, once you get it sharp, and that ain't easy! The thing pegs 62 Rc and yes, a file just skitters across its surface, don't ask, I think some "ethanol fumes" were involved in that experiment somewhere. My currently daily user is one of the Weaver Master whatever and it seems to be a pretty good knife for a stainless steel blade. It came pretty sharp, enough to shave the hair off my arm, and with a little stropping got sharp enough to be usefull and seems to hold an edge for a good while. I am not a real big fan of round knives so it really does not get used much. Upside is I do not have to sharpen it very often either. I wonder if anyone on the list has considered doing a real honest to goodness side by side test of a bunch of knives to see what they really can do, not just "oh so and so is supposed to be a good knife" or "I paid $$$ for my supper damascuscutenything knife so it must be the best?" (Usually followed by " I can't sharpen the bloddy thing but it really cut good when it was fresh out of the box!" I think it is early cabin feaver setting in! Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Cornelius Report post Posted December 24, 2009 Im looking to buy a good round knife that stay sharp and easy to sharpen.. Any help with where i can get one would be great. Look for an older SC Osborne off ebay. You can tell the older ones from the newer ones by looking at the handle. The handles on the newer ones have a kinda squared off end and the older ones will have a round end on the handle. The older knifes are very good for the money. I have a few and have not given much over 45.00 for any of them. The best seem to be the older ones with a star on one side. IMO stainless steel does not make a good leather knife. I like the carbon steel. I have a new Goump knife that I gave 100.00 not sure if it is worth it. I had to comletely re grind the angle when it came even after I told him how I wanted it to taper. It does Okay but I seem to go back to the CSO knifes that I have. I like a thin knife with some flex to the blade. Randy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rawhide Report post Posted December 25, 2009 So far, the best knife i have is an old W. Rose knife...it's over a hundred years old and has a little pitting, but still glides through leather like air. I found it on ebay for about $40. I also have a Danny Marlin knife that I am fond of as well. It was about 75 new. If you have the time, I suggest finding the old knives. And by all means don't get the Al Stohlman brand head knife from Tandy, the blade won't stay sharp for $hit... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildland Report post Posted January 4, 2010 I have one of the new Al Stohlman Damascus knifes from Tandy that I like. Normally I would stay clear of the Tandy round knifes, but this one was a gift from a friend And I was quit surprised with how well it cut and how long I can use it between stroppings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
