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I have a 300mm Gomtaro and have just bought another one. Just because I can rather than I need to.

If you buy a Silverline diamond feather file you can easily sharpen the Gomtaro blade in 10 minutes or so. The file costs a fiver or so from Amazon/eBay and the like. For that money it is worth a go.

With no great skill and just a little care the re sharpened blade is just as good as new and lasts very nearly as long as a new bought one before needing sharpening. That £5 file will save you well over £100

 

Thanks, I'll give that a go.

 

Alec

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If you buy a Silverline diamond feather file you can easily sharpen the Gomtaro blade in 10 minutes or so. The file costs a fiver or so from Amazon/eBay and the like. For that money it is worth a go.

With no great skill and just a little care the re sharpened blade is just as good as new and lasts very nearly as long as a new bought one before needing sharpening. That £5 file will save you well over £100

 

I have kept a new gomboy blade in stock for over 2 years since first finding about these files in a post on here, because I have kept the old one resharpened. I also bring all the discarded zubat blades home and sharpen them (I use the chain holder of the lidl grinder to hold them). I rehandle them with tape and hand them out for odd jobs .

 

I am not able to get them as sharp as new but each side only takes about 10 minutes, as the worn ones come back with significant dullness I find I have to sharpen the front edge as well as the top ramp.