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| Not sure what my problem is but I have a hard time getting hooks sticky sharp. How hard for you push on the hook? How many passes or angles do you cut? I'm using a Smitty flat fIle and running parallel to the Hooks any advice would be phenomenal! |
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Location: Thief River Falls MN | 6" Nicholson single cut mill bastard file with a handle. 2 or three strokes on each side of the point and a couple three on the top. Light pressure is all it takes. Very shallow angle on all cuts, basically taking the bronze off the point. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Basically what toddb said. Light touches are all you need. Push too hard and the pint becomes brittle and the needle point will be prone to breaking. I use a chain saw type of file which is like two rat tail files fitted together. I make a light pass or two on each side
and then take a Lure Jensen flat file and make a pass on all sides including the bottom. This gives the hook point a nice slick point. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | One thing I neglected to mention. When sharpening hooks, pass the file in one direction away or out from the point. Never use a back and forth motion. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | I sharpen my hooks on 4 angles. More or less turning the point into a diamond.. this is how Saric does it. I've been doing it for a couple years and my hooks are stupid sharp. |
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Location: Waukee, IA | JakeStCroixSkis - 6/14/2016 8:42 AM
I sharpen my hooks on 4 angles. More or less turning the point into a diamond.. this is how Saric does it. I've been doing it for a couple years and my hooks are stupid sharp.
This eliminates any burr at the hook point. Multiple angles, one direction and a light touch get good results for me. |
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Location: Duluth, MN | Get a battery operated dremel with a cone shaped stone bit. Works great and it will last a season on 1 charge.
Search utube for Bob Mehsikomers video on the subject. |
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| Like other said, light strokes from 3-4 angles away from the hook. And unless it's in really bad shape there's not many needed. It should create a shiny point, and for me if it'll hang on my fingernail without sliding off, it's ready to go. |
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Location: Minnetonka | Lundbob - 6/14/2016 11:15 AM
Get a battery operated dremel with a cone shaped stone bit. Works great and it will last a season on 1 charge.
Search utube for Bob Mehsikomers video on the subject.
I keep a dremel tool in the boat. You can sharpen 9 points on a crankbait in under 30 seconds, once you get the hang of it. |
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| Your difficulty might be in "running the file parallel" to the hook. When I sharpen hooks, my file only touches the point of the hook, and NOT the side of the hook's point. I do not remove the protective finish from the metal on the side of the hook. The only shiny spot is on the very tip of the hook's point. I find that the harder that I work at sharpening the hook, the worse it is. It's a few simple strokes of my file and it's done.
Most of my hooks have four sides - right, left, inside and outside. I usually make one pass on each of these four surfaces. Sometimes, it might take two passes of the file. As someone noted, I use the fingernail test. If I can lightly drag the hook's point over my fingernail and leave a groove - it's ready to go. |
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| This is the right way to do it. Cutting edge on the barb side, cone tip, not a needle, those just bend
http://www.mackdays.com/resources/hook_sharpening.pdf |
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| A great little article! I do mine similarly. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | My guide buddy, Adam and his technique. This is what I do...
http://youtu.be/Tbw9OS3bGiI |
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| I just bought a Smity hook file (recommended by the Musky Shop). A gentlemen name Zeb posted this link, it works. That is it really sharpens the big trebles when used as shown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmhf-E0nAeI |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | After you use the Smitty file take a Lure Jensen or some other smooth grate file and lightly make a single pass over each side. You will then have a hook so sharp it'll make your eyes bleed. |
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| bigbite - 6/21/2016 9:14 AM
After you use the Smitty file take a Lure Jensen or some other smooth grate file and lightly make a single pass over each side. You will then have a hook so sharp it'll make your eyes bleed.
Yep.
That vid with the dremel...are you kidding me. I can sharpen a hook way faster and I guarantee sharper with file and that luhr jensen method.
I actually use that double file like Lee was in the vid, only to start on a brand new hook. Use a flat file to finish it off |
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