Fizza

As you said what works for you is best but as I said butchers tend to have a much coarser burr on their knives for meat. I am a chef and such a coarse burr used on hard vegetables ect. Will dissipate quickly. Horses for courses basically. as for ceramic steels i have found mine to be a great investment. it cost me about $160 How are butchers supposed to have nice clean cuts (no bone chips) when boneing out beef then? If they all use this "coarse burr" technique then every time the blade touched even say a big shin bone, you would end up with nice little bone slithers in everthing. I'm with butch on this one mate, practice makes perfect! No need to go out and buy all the flash gear first up, just the right gear

Thanks for the help guys, time to go shopping i reckon!

Thanks for all the replies fellas, extremely helpful. Do the units mentioned come with topographical maps or are they an extra? (once again i admit that i know bugger all about them!!)

Just starting into the deer caper a bit and was wondering if anybody on here has had much experience in the handheld GPS systems? I have had a lot to do with the Ag side of things but not the handheld doovers! Any advice on price and brand from some of you more experienced deer and pig shooters would be greatly appreciated! Thanx Guys Fizza

go easy, it's a work horse not a show pony mate!

Yeah i know mate, i've got the 4x4 model, great bike

There's a bloke i know trying to sell a Big Bear 350 2x4 for $1500 right now

try putting a fifty watt globe in the LF170 instead, and just use a motorbike batt.

save yourself the drama mate, grab a Lightforce 240 blitz. It's good enough for the money, bout $120.

The best thing about these globes is the very bright beam. It's not so important to get huge distance, but the brightness allows for a much better scope picture.

sorry been away. You always have moisture on you (saliva), but oil is just another thing to remember on "the list" for little touch up jobs. Soap stones or diamond stones are a lot easier to keep clean. Just pointers, don't take it as gospel

steer clear of the oil stone

oh well, i'll stay out of it then, was just trying to help a bloke out

i'll sharpen the bugger......but not in sydney. If you look in the yellow pages for your area you should be able to find someone. Other than that go find yourself a butcher shop, give 'im ten bucks he'll be your best mate

had one a while ago, great steel, would buy another one

Green River knives are fantastic quality (for the price), whenever you are at a old farm clearing sale fosicking through all the crap stacked on the back of the dodge, you can usually turn up one of the old plastic handled ones, great steel.