What to use to sharpen knives

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A few years back I was at Bass Pro Shops in MO and they had a guy that did nothing but sharpen knives all day. He had a bench grinder set-up with two cardboard wheels on it, each wheel is about 7" in diameter and probably 3/4" thick. The wheel you start with is covered with valve grinding coupound and the other gets touched-up with a stick of jewlers rogue. You hold the knife perpendicular to the wheel and pass the blade lightly across the face of the wheel. Continue this procedure 5 strokes at a time alternating sides of the blade untill the edge of the blade "feathers" or starts to get a wire edge. At that point start in on the wheel with the rogue on it and repeat the procedure untill razor sharp. The set I bought cost me about $40, but since getting them I haven't found a knife yet that I couldn't shave with given enough time on the wheels. An average knife takes ten minutes to sharpen. Don't know if B.P.S. still sell these or not but would be worth a call to find out.