Testing and touching up the crescent-grip point
Before reaching for a stone, test the point: rest it lightly on a thumbnail at a low angle. If it catches, leave it alone; if it skates off, it needs attention.
- Hold a small whetstone or ceramic rod steady on the bench.
- Stroke one face of the spear point along it towards the tip with light pressure, then the other face the same number of times.
- Repeat the thumbnail test after every few strokes and stop as soon as the point catches.
- Leave the edges as they are, so the knife stays comfortable in a blade grip.
A point kept this way is all that throwing knives from Pakistan like this one need between sessions.
