Hook Sharpening

This Question Was Probably Ask Some Were Else Here But Was Wondering If Any Of You Sharpen Your Own Hooks And What Style Of Sharpener Do You Use.

Good question......I need to buy a hook sharpener for some of my lures and I dont know which one to get.

I never do Mike,,they are sharp enough to go through my hand anyway.LOL

arlington wrote:

I never do Mike,,they are sharp enough to go through my hand anyway.LOL

I Hear Ya Buddy Been There And Done That.

In the Fire Department we always had a good supply of 7 inch, three corner, double taper, mill bastard files. We used them to fix threads in the hose couplings. The taper on those files was a perfect match to the taper on the hose coupling threads. Needles to say anybody that fished for anything, had a good supply of them on hand as they were free to us. Well they weren't supposed to be free, but somehow they would mysteriously end up in everyone's tackle boxes eventually. Anyhow I found those to be the best danged thing to sharpen hooks with that I ever used. Just a few quick strokes and those hooks would stick into your thumbnail with no problem. I always sharpened my hooks by filing against the point. If you file toward the point it always leaves a little tiny thin metal edge that you can't get rid of, without going against the point.

Jim

most of the time I loose them before they need sharpening

You guys ever seen the best way to remove a hook thats lodged in your hand or wherever?......Tie line around it and push the base of the hook then snatch the line.

Yep Only Had To Do It Once, But I Did Have To Cut One Out With A Razor Blade That Was To Deep To Do That. Lets Just Say That The Point Of The Hook Was Touching The Thumb Nail From The Back Side, I Took A Razor Blade And Cut Along Side The Hook Till It Came Out. :face:

The first time a hooked myself real bad I used a freakin pair of needle nose and a fifth of Jim Beam to snatch it out.....The darn hangover was worse than the snatching it out part.

LOLOLOL

I had one go aroung the bone in my thumb , had to get the doc to do it . but I watched him so I can do it if I ever have to. He just kept on pushing it till it came through , cut the point and barb off , pulled it out backwards, all done

Ouch Ouch Ouch Give Me A Stick To Bite On.

I feel green around the gills thinking about that pappy.

i use a file and sharpen them all the time i fish in a lot of rocks so the tip gets dull pretty quick

I don't sharpen them, I just carry extra's, I'd end up hooked if I messed with them.

I sharpen all my hooks, you'll loose fish if you don't

I bought one of these...pretty good tool.

I Will Get A Pic Of Mine Later Toady, Mine Is Like An Ink Pen Shape The Stone Has A Grove In It So You Can Easily Run Your Hook Down It And Not Slip Off.

I do have a little tapered sharpening stone made just for hook sharpening. Still I do not use it very often these days. I did use it often in the 70's however when salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. It is stored in my main tackle box. It may be similar to what Mike is talking about.

North Star wrote:

I Will Get A Pic Of Mine Later Toady, Mine Is Like An Ink Pen Shape The Stone Has A Grove In It So You Can Easily Run Your Hook Down It And Not Slip Off.

I used to have one like that but it grew legs, just looked on Bass Pro and found this one, it looks GOOD