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Necker blade angle #6235822 05/08/18 12:28 PM 05/08/18 12:28 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,123 Illinois/Indiana (depends on t... E eastwood44mag OP trapper
eastwood44mag OP trapper E Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,123 Illinois/Indiana (depends on t...	After fleshing this morning from last season, it's apparent that the sharp side of my necker isn't. What's the factory angle to sharpen it? Thanks

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6235830 05/08/18 12:40 PM 05/08/18 12:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin	Are you using your knife with the bevel up or down? I use my knife with the bevel up so you can see It. I use a real butchers steel and take a few strokes across the flat side of the blade. In other words the non beveled side. A hard smooth piece of steel will do the same thing. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: The Beav] #6235836 05/08/18 12:44 PM 05/08/18 12:44 PM
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 793 Norborne MO B BBarnes trapper
BBarnes trapper B Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 793 Norborne MO	Originally Posted By: The Beav Are you using your knife with the bevel up or down? I use my knife with the bevel up so you can see It. I use a real butchers steel and take a few strokes across the flat side of the blade. In other words the non beveled side. A hard smooth piece of steel will do the same thing. X2 on what Beav said. B

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6235955 05/08/18 04:46 PM 05/08/18 04:46 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,123 Illinois/Indiana (depends on t... E eastwood44mag OP trapper
eastwood44mag OP trapper E Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,123 Illinois/Indiana (depends on t...	Bevel up, flat down

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6236115 05/08/18 09:23 PM 05/08/18 09:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin	Well that's a start. Know you just have to put a edge on It. When your actually fleshing keep that knife blade just about flat. And don't push use a slicing motion. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6236125 05/08/18 09:36 PM 05/08/18 09:36 PM
Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,123 Illinois/Indiana (depends on t... E eastwood44mag OP trapper
eastwood44mag OP trapper E Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,123 Illinois/Indiana (depends on t...	Guillotine slice or crosscut saw motion? I'm used to selling green, so fleshing is new to me.

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6236186 05/08/18 11:03 PM 05/08/18 11:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin	I'm right handed so I slice from right to left. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6236275 05/09/18 05:29 AM 05/09/18 05:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 371 North, MS T TrapperCarl78 trapper
TrapperCarl78 trapper T Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 371 North, MS	So with any beveled sharp edge fleshing knife Necker, Post, Caribou...etc you wanna only touch up with a steel on the flat side? And when you touch it up do you push the steel towards the sharp edge or against the sharp edge as you would with a skinning knife? Just curious I have been sketchy about putting a steel to my Post fleshing knife. TC

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6236395 05/09/18 10:42 AM 05/09/18 10:42 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin	I push toward the cutting edge with my steel. What your doing Is putting a slight up wards roll to the edge. Some where I saw a microscopic view of a sharpened knife edge. It was pretty rough but that's what gives you your cutting edge. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6236582 05/09/18 03:45 PM 05/09/18 03:45 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 448 S.W. Michigan L late bite trapper
late bite trapper L Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 448 S.W. Michigan	I was taught to do the beveled edge first to roll a burr down, and then hit the flat edge last to "roll" the burr up. Is that what your meaning Beav???

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6236600 05/09/18 04:07 PM 05/09/18 04:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin	That will work. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6237394 05/10/18 02:53 PM 05/10/18 02:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 141 Belair MD V VictorD trapper
VictorD trapper V Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 141 Belair MD	I do the same as you late bite. My knife was dull when delivered too. I had to buy a single sided sharpener to get a good edge. I think the new NAFA beaver video gives a lesson on how to sharpen your fleshing knife.

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6237710 05/10/18 11:03 PM 05/10/18 11:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,222 MN Y yukonal trapper
yukonal trapper Y Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,222 MN	I was waiting for someone else to post, and since they didn't, here goes. You don't sharpen the flat side. You sharpen the bevel. Why do you think the bevel is there? It's the sharpened side of the blade. Sheesh...

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6237719 05/10/18 11:11 PM 05/10/18 11:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin	I guess I'll keep doing It my way It seems to work. You first need to roll up a edge from the flat side. And you can only do that by using your steel on the non beveled side. Then you shape It with a stroke or two on the beveled side. Actually the bevel allows you to get under the fat and gristle a little easier. And acts like a snow plow rolling the fat and gristle up and away as your using that slicing motion. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6237780 05/11/18 03:35 AM 05/11/18 03:35 AM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 371 North, MS T TrapperCarl78 trapper
TrapperCarl78 trapper T Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 371 North, MS	I'm just even more confused now. What do I do with my hands? TC

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6237932 05/11/18 10:24 AM 05/11/18 10:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 141 Belair MD V VictorD trapper
VictorD trapper V Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 141 Belair MD	Go on Youtube and type "Wow to flesh a raccoon." Then look for Coon Creek Outdoors. He does a good job and you can watch him flesh with the Necker. Or type in "Necker fleshing Knife." It'll show you sharpening and maintenace for the Necker.

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6238155 05/11/18 07:25 PM 05/11/18 07:25 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 37 Georgia S SemperFi trapper
SemperFi trapper S Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 37 Georgia	I was a little let down when I first received my necker since I bought it to do beaver. It was pretty dull out of the box. I ended up clamping a lansky sharpener to it and worked it pretty good to get a good edge on it. Once I got it where I wanted it I hit the flat side once or twice with the smooth stone just to get the burr where I wanted it. It’s a good piece of steel. It’ll hold a good edge doing beaver with a little touch up here and there once you get it sharp.

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: SemperFi] #6238337 05/12/18 07:35 AM 05/12/18 07:35 AM
Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 2,162 N.E. Nebr L LDW trapper
LDW trapper L Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 2,162 N.E. Nebr	Originally Posted By: SemperFi I was a little let down when I first received my necker since I bought it to do beaver. It was pretty dull out of the box. I ended up clamping a lansky sharpener to it and worked it pretty good to get a good edge on it. Once I got it where I wanted it I hit the flat side once or twice with the smooth stone just to get the burr where I wanted it. It’s a good piece of steel. It’ll hold a good edge doing beaver with a little touch up here and there once you get it sharp. I was wondering if the Lansky sharpener would work.

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: eastwood44mag] #6238436 05/12/18 11:34 AM 05/12/18 11:34 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,857 Wisconsin	The problem with all these so called knife sharpeners Is you have to be skilled at using them. If your not then you might as well use a rock. I lost the edge on my Necker a few years back and I took It to a pro. He put It back In shape where I could keep It sharp with a few licks of my steel. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Necker blade angle [Re: The Beav] #6239690 05/13/18 11:18 PM 05/13/18 11:18 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2,400 Morgantown, WV D Dfabs trapper
Dfabs trapper D Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 2,400 Morgantown, WV	I used a Work Sharp sharpener to sharpen my cheap fleshing knife before I got one from Lee, and i could shave with it when I was done.

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