sharpening distel gecko spikes

[john p]

I've had my Gecko's for 8 or 9 years (I think), up until recently I've only ever sharpened them with a small flat flat file, manly taking off from the bottom of the inner side, you must keep the point on the very outer point off the tip.

 

 

 

Recently I took some meat off the the whole gaff with an angle grinder, they are working really, really well now:thumbup1:

 

 

As in grind whole spike from tip then file new point in fresh metal? (I'd that makes sense??)

[john p]

"If" that makes sense

[skyhuck]

I took some of the meat off the out side of the whole gaff, making it slimmer, then just sharpened the tip again.

[Alinicoll]

If I had meat on my gaffs I'd review my climbing techniques...

[skyhuck]

If I had meat on my gaffs I'd review my climbing techniques...

 

Its a technical term:biggrin:

[Steve Bullman]

i brought some dispel gecko aluminium spikes and from new I've never felt they stick in the wood as they should. do they come blunt? how do people sharpen them, do they have a sharpening kit you can buy from distel? or can i use the bashlin sharpening kit? i see some people say use a diamond hone? which one are people using?

 

do you have the regular gaffs or the eagle claw european style gaffs?

[Hats]

regular (american shorts?) the ones they come with standard

[Thesnarlingbadger]

I've always used a flat file and nothing else. Works well for me but I'm going to try taking a stone to them as well now.

[Arran Turner]

Flat file on all sides but mainly bottom, once done with the flat file they are razor sharp.. Never had any issues , I leave the gaffs on the spikes and just lightly put them in the vice