uh yeah!
Hey that's an Accessory that i'd like.. some kinda field sharpening kit.. dunno if it's feasible, but some kind of: portable strop, need some compound too.. unless strop was made of some weird stuff, and little bottle of oil.

I put mine to the sharpmaker. It sharpened up fine. I'm not gonna bother keeping the convex. except maybe with the DF. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

i might have to break down and buy a sharpmaker.. for my serrated knives.. unless one of those dog bone Lansky's might suffice!..

The sharp maker is really good for serations. But I like my Edgepro Apex better for PE knives.

ah yes.. the Edgepro.. prolly the pinnacle of V sharpening..

Man I love this thing. I put an edge on a kitchen knife I didn't know I could. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I need to use it on my SS4.

Freehand! The ultimate sharpening skill to learn. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

yeah.. i gotta pick up some stones.. and practice up my sharpening skills again! been awhile.. gonna be real rusty!

Tony, I've got the boxed Lansky kit with the clamp, oil bottle and five grit stones in it (and of those five stones I only the extra coarse and medium regularly!). It works well but the thought of reprofiling the DF is giving me sleepless nights.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/paperbag.gif" alt="" />

I do have a large bench oilstone but that just does cheap knives where I can afford to stuff up the edge angle.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

I seldom dull a knife to the point that it needs major work.
For years, I have used a sharpening steel most of the time, which seems to work okay for me.

You can always pick up some cheap kitchen knives at Goodwill or a garage sale or something to practice on. Once you can get crappy steel sharp, sharpening quality steel is easy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Andy,funny you say that..
In grade school I once picked up half a dozen Henkels blades from a swap meet for CHEAP!
started thowing them.. and broke like half the blades..
what a shame.. they were nice too.