Device for sharpening multiple fish hooks

A hand-held device for simultaneously sharpening multiple fish hooks having a plurality of individual hook points disposed around a common shaft means, each of said individual fish hooks having a spear and a point;

• said device being formed from sheet metal and comprising:
• a) hook sharpening means,
• b) handle means, and
• c) intermediate means connecting said hook sharpening means and handle means;
• said hook sharpening means having a V-shaped cross section formed by a pair of opposed, spaced apart, planar walls meeting to form a channel at the bottom of said V-shaped cross section;
• said planar walls diverging upwardly and outwardly from said channel at an angle such that at least two points of a multiple hook placed in said hook sharpening means simultaneously contact said planar walls;
• the inner surfaces of said planar walls and channel being abrasive;
• said intermediate connecting means comprising a pair of opposed spaced apart side walls diverging inwardly from said handle means and integral with the opposed spaced hook sharpening means, and a generally triangular rear wall integral with said handle means and extending downwardly therefrom, said rear wall also being disposed between and integral with the side walls of said connecting means.