mustad 34007

Sierra fisher wrote:

Willi,
What is the source for your information that the 34007 is mechanically
sharpened?

thanks, JFK.


I'm not sure. Just something I "know." In the late 80's or 90's Mustad
introduced their line of chemically sharpened hooks, I think they were
the 8000 series. They didn't change the way they sharpened their
standard fly hooks.

You taught me something about stainless hooks. I didn't realize
they couldn't be chemically sharpened.

Willi

I know just enough about hooks to be dangerous. However I also "know" some
things that I picked up over the years that I think are worth throwing out
to see if someone can punch holes in them
All hooks are sharp when they are first ground. It doesn't take any great
equipment, techniques or expense to grind a sharp hook.
Many hooks are dulled by the old "dip and dry" method of plating hooks. To
sharpen these hooks, all you had to do was remove the plating material and
get back to the ground surface..
The new "chemical sharpening" method plates the hook, and not only doesn't
dull it, it increases its sharpness.
This increase in sharpness is only temporary. It wears off with use. It
wears off very quickly in sal****er.
Some beleive that if re-sharpen these hooks after use, the hook that was not
chemicallly sharpened, will sharpen better.



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"Willi" wrote in message
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Sierra fisher wrote:

Willi,
What is the source for your information that the 34007 is mechanically
sharpened?

thanks, JFK.


I'm not sure. Just something I "know." In the late 80's or 90's Mustad
introduced their line of chemically sharpened hooks, I think they were
the 8000 series. They didn't change the way they sharpened their
standard fly hooks.

You taught me something about stainless hooks. I didn't realize
they couldn't be chemically sharpened.

Willi

"Sierra fisher" wrote in message
...
I know just enough about hooks to be dangerous. However I also "know"
some


Chemical sharpening is done by dipping the hooks in an acid bath.

Stainless steel is difficult to sharpen, ( very difficult to chemically
sharpen, as many stainless steels are of course acid resistant), and,
depending on the steel used ( which of course is an alloy), will also not
take or hold an edge easily. There are also other problems in tempering
stainless steels.

When re-sharpening hooks, it is immaterial how they were originally
sharpened. This has no effect on the edge they can take.

Lastly, the chemical sharpening is usually the last process, the hooks are
of course ground sharp beforehand.

TL
MC