I know this knife quite well. We use and see a lot of them up on the ranch. The flat stones work fine for the recurve blade. My only complaint about this knife is the steel – I would love to see the same knife in S35V. I’ll check with shipping and see if yours can go any sooner, if not, please send your knife and I’ll put a great edge on it. Our address is:
3 Caliente Road, Ste 8
Santa Fe, NM 87508
Clay what is the general progress of orders? Are you on schedule for 6-8 weeks from order date, or behind? It sounds like you are a little ahead of the curve, based on member’s responses on this thread.
Also, my ship date is Nov 11, but I leave for hunting Nov 11. Can I send you an interesting knife to try out, so I can bring it on my trip WE sharp?
http://www.outdooredge.com/SwingBlade-p/swingblade.htm
The steel is so-so (AUS8), but the cutting under the skin for the banana shaped guthook is great. If you have good luck with the recurve part, let me know what you used. I assume you may use curved stones, but you may be able to sneak in the straight stones.
I would like to have the blade edge stropped out wicked edge sharp, but I am not sure what you can do with the WE on the recurve part of the blade. What address should I send it to?