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| With this cold weather, I was thinking of going to the shop and touching up hooks with a Dremel tool and a small cone shaped stone. Have always used a file but thought that might be a faster and maybe better way. However, another fisherman said no, that would take the temper out of the hooks. To me, as easy as they are to file, I didn't think they were hardened. Could not find anything online about it. Anyone have some idea on this? |
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Location: central Wisconsin | I'd stick with a file, to easy to remove too much material in a short time. You're retired, take your time. |
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Posts: 859
Location: MN | I don't sharpen with a Dremel but the temper argument is hogwash. You're not on the hook that long. |
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| Jeff78 - 12/26/2017 7:38 AM
I'd stick with a file, to easy to remove too much material in a short time. You're retired, take your time.
Thanks, I really had not thought about over doing it. And I do like having the time to sharpen every hook. My problem in the shop is if there is a power tool that will do the job, I always want to use it. Sometimes I think it takes me longer to set up a tool or machine than it would to just do it by hand. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Hooks are not a chunk of metal that needs to be shaped. The hooks only need to be honed and a Dremel even with a fine stone is too much and if its not, then the possibility of getting out of hand is very real. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Watch this...
https://youtu.be/Tbw9OS3bGiI
I fish with Adam. He uses his religiously and it works wonders. He got me doing it too. Mine is on a cord, though. So, I use the file in the boat and electric dremel at home. |
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Location: mercer wi | I use a battery dremel with the round fine stone. Just a little touch on the sides and one on outside. You don't need a major angle to the point otherwise you'll stub the point. I also use the low speed. Been doing this for 3-4 year and works great for me. Just takes a bit of practice to get angle right to the point. |
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Location: Aurora | Been there done that and it's not faster or better in my opinion.
I'm constantly checking and touching them up anyway so it never ended up being a time saver for me.
Plus, most hooks sharpened over winter need a touch up by spring anyway because once you expose the raw point to air and check it against your finger, nail, skin, etc, corrosion begins.
Once you get good with a flat file, 5 or 6 strokes is all most hook points need and there's no substitute for doing it the night before/in the boat the day of for peace of mind sake. |
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| I do always check before I throw them and keep two different kinds of file in the boat but wondered if the dremel might do a better job, but on reflection I could see myself trying to do "just a bit more" and wrecking a hook. I have spent hours in the shop redoing a glued up wooden table top or something similar because I wanted to get it perfect, then over did in a spot with a sander and basically had to do the whole thing over. Never happens when I hand sand. |
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Location: Apparently where the Muskie aren't | I thought about the dremel too because I wasn't that good at sharpening hooks when I got started but I've taken time to learn how to properly use a file (it's not that hard) and I can a razor sharpe hook very quickly. Only takes 3-4 passes. |
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| i have never use a dremel for it but im sure it can be a very good tool for these #*^@ saltwater hooks or the 3551 no 10/0 |
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Location: MN | I use a dremel (battery so I can do it in the boat as well) but I use the flat sanding discs. I actually double them up for sturdiness and I can sharpen a hook much better than with a file. And no worries about taking too much off. You take what is needed to make that particular hook sharp. I sharpen most like Tom Gelb does with a file - making almost a knife like edge on the inside edge of the hook |
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| Corded Dremel at home, file in the boat. Very easy to get them sticky sharp. |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | dremel all the way! little practice and a steady hand like a dentist. needle points! |
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| Dremel is the best way I have found to sharpen hooks. Super quick. I keep a battery dremel in my boat at all times. I use a heavy duty cutting wheel using the flat side of it kinda like a belt sander. Works great when doing 100’s of hooks |
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