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Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
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07/25/17 01:37 AM
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Texasdeepv
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What do you all use for brands and types? Are they worth it? I don't know if i would use it much other than on cranks/jigs etc.
thanks
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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07/25/17 01:47 AM
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B.Hollingshead
Extreme Angler
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I have one that a local guy makes they sale at Oak ridge at Lake Fork that have a screw driver handle that work real great.
Branden Hollingshead
38-DD's and counting
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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07/25/17 01:57 AM
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Donald Harper
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I have the retractable rod type with the large hook groove and the small hook grove on the other side.
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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07/25/17 04:17 AM
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T-racer @ Mallard Marine
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Fish hook sharpener changed my fishing... just a cheap file looking one I got on Amazon but holy heck does it help. Use it on everything.
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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07/25/17 05:14 AM
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Donald Harper
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I watched 10 pages of ways to sharpen a hook on YouTube. Have you looked at all the ways? Most will shorten the life of the hook. Just make sure you get a Diamond grade sharpener with the hook grove. It does the best job for me. I stroke the hook and not the sharpener. Lightly drag the hook backwards away from the point of the hook from the under side where the barb is. Two strokes and it is as sharp as it is going to get; unless someone has messed with it. Then it may take a couple of strokes on each side in the same direction.
The only video that I saw that even came close to sharpening the hook from the under side, was a guy that dulled the hook exactly the way most were sharpening the hook. He then took a Dremel tool from the under side, in the bend of the hook with the little sander wheel spinning away from the point making a quick touch and it was razor sharp.
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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07/25/17 03:17 PM
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TrailHand
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I just use a battery operated Dremel on mine. Works great and it's fast.
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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07/25/17 03:40 PM
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fouzman
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Methuselah
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Yellow handled file. Be careful not to heat the tips of yor hooks with that dremmel tool. Changes the tempering of the steel and can result in broken or bent hook points.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
#12357487
07/25/17 05:26 PM
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reeltexan
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Get you a small Arkansas whetstone to carry with you. Best I've ever found to put a point on a hook and get back to fishing.
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Hook Sharpener suggestions/advice
[Re: Texasdeepv]
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07/25/17 06:15 PM
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Texasdeepv
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Thanks everyone for the input!!!
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