Sharpening your own blades...

[CALVINIST]

I have a Strikemaster Lazer Mag. The blades are a little dull and was wondering if anyone has ever put a stone to the blade to sharpen it up as opposed to buying replacement blades$$. I just think if you took the time and did it right they would be just as good as replacement blades, saving $$.

[RussC]

Well, I tried to do it to the blades on the Mag III I bought at the beginning of the season and it worked alright. I did end up buying new blades, but only because I'm a novice at sharpening blades, I'm sure a competent person could very easily sharpen them to like new.

[bru-crew]

I wonder if anyone has made a jig of some kind to keep the angles correct to make sharpening easy for us that dont have very good sharpening skills?

[gogophers]

They do make a hand sharpener for auger blades, looks alot like a scissor/knife sharpener. I got one for x-mas this year and it works great. I beleive it was purchased at FFarm or GM.

[blackdog1101]

There are a number of grinding jigs available from woodworking shops which are normally used for sharpening plane blades. I would think the same jigs would work for ice blades.

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[Burnham]

haha i just made this mistake last weekend. i sharpened my blades without thinking the pitch of the blade would be altered. well i got out there only to realize that it BARELY cut the ice, like it would have taken me over an hour to cut a hole(hand auger)..so i went to an old hole and luckily there was only like 3 inches in it so i could still fish until my friend came 3 hours later with his power auger.