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Location: Belgium | does anybody have a good method for sharpening hooks with curved points like the eagle claws? I have some that are starting to get blunt but when I sharpen them, they seem to become smaller rather than sharper. Thanks in advance! |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | What kind of sharpener do you use? When sharpening eagle claws and mustads I use the yellow handled Luhr Jensen sharpener. Here is a link I found on Rollie and Helens website: http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/cart/product.php?did=10&cid=0&sid=...
Once in a while I will have some points get a lot smaller as I sharpen but they usually get sharp. Hope that helps. |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | Divani, I use EC Lazers. I rarely sharpen them, as they are like harpoons right out of the box. When one gets dull I simply remove and replace. I have found that a small diamond stone works the best, but I imagine that if you bend the sprout outward, a honer, like Mister Twister's Cone Hone, might do a fine job.
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Location: Belgium | they are hard to find over here. I use the smity double file and the luhr-jensen small file with the plastic yellow handle |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | I have used the Smity double a lot. I have also ground away a lot of hooks with it. It works but not as well as the luhr jensen(in my opinion). For xtra heavy Mustads in the 4/0 or 5/0 sizes the smity seems to do better then with eagle claws in any size or smaller mustads. For both files I found that if the hook points this way..--> then push the file only this way..--> I watched a friend ruin a bunch of his hooks bringing the file back and forth <---> across the hooks. |
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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | Divani, I use the twin rat tail style file (various makers). As Raze said, my Eagle Claws are probably the sharpest I have seen out of the box, but when I touch them up, I run the twin file at the same angle as the point runs. I dont follow the back of the hook, but rather the side of the hook (hope that makes sense).
Your file usually hits the bait due to the angle, so "short runs" with the twin file is all you can do.
I only give it one or two swipes in each side and call it good enough, does well for me. |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Greg, that may have been my problem with the double..I always sharpened both sides and the back of the hook. |
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Location: Belgium | so only sharpen the sides of the hook? |
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Location: Bagley,MN 56621 | Dirk, with a twin tail, you will catch both surfaces, the inside (most important on the already made factory cut) and the back of the hook will also get touched. |
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| Just sharpen the sides with your flat file and you will be fine. Just push the hook into your thumbnail and the point should be sharp enough to stick |
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Location: Belgium | thanks, I'll give it a try |
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sharpening hooks with curved points