I made the knife in a few hours one night and then needed a sheath for it I wanted something different so made one out of Birch Bark it turned out perfect and is very sturdy I will be makeing a few more for my other knifes now more of an outdoor bushcraft feel to them…
I got the ceramic insulator from Switchblade to make it easier to use I have added a handle to it yes its just a branch and I used construction adhesive I pumped it into the center void and pushed the branch in hay it works great I have just finished sharpening all the kitchen knifes have to say it works slick..
Switchblade was saying that they used these ceramic insulators in very old homes it was when they needed to go through wood beams and then they would put the insulator through the hole then the wiring through the insulator just to make sure that for whatever reason the wiring does not catch the wood on fire when the electrical gets over loaded….
Since using it as a knife sharpener not its intended purpose it is not perfect and had a couple of imperfections on the surface but It was easy to fix by just using a sharpening stone and going over the imperfections its now a nice smooth surface to sharpen my knifes…
Bend a steel paper clip or short length of wire cut from a metal clothes hanger into the shape shown in the diagram. Magnetize the wire by stroking it with the pole of a strong magnet. Then balance the wire carefully on the surface of a penny so that it can swing freely. Make sure that you stand clear of the magnet or other metal objects.
The wire will swing around and point to magnetic north (or maybe south if you used the other pole of the magnet.)
Some refrigerator magnets will work for this.
Or you could use the electromagnetism method described in Elective 4 of the Big Bear Book.
