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Knife sharpening?

I feel comfortable saying that judging someone for their culture, race or religion prior to getting to know them makes you a bigot :)

But it's off-topic
 
HappyHighwayman said:
I feel comfortable saying that judging someone for their culture, race or religion prior to getting to know them makes you a bigot :)

But it's off-topic
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My comfort level is completely dependent upon how sharp their knives are.:teeth
 
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Quick tip I learned from America's Test Kitchen is to store knives in the wooden block thing with the blade pointed up. Dragging the knife out of the knife block contributed to dulling the blade. I have a diamond steel that I use every time and it works great for keeping an edge.
 
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Never thought of that. I got rid of my block and now use a magnetic wooden holder to free up counter space.
 
Bay Arean said:
Man, a link above had this set for $36!
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I don't think I paid full pop for mine either. But I missed the link, and didn't see it on sale anywhere. Ya gotta do your own price shopping. :x


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I couldn't find an explanation for the mount that Storm alluded to and how it works.
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The mount, is a bit on the cheezy side, I have to admit. I can't see the damned thing working well without it though.


If you want to build your own, this guy has a nice video. Should cost about five dollah. :D
 
Just got my knives back from bernal cutlery. Took 3 days, they are sharp as hell and for 3 knives it was 22 bucks
 
The kitchen steel is the primary care tool, and keeps a proper working knife:

http://www.cutleryandmore.com/forschner_fibrox.htm

with its narrow included angle and superb alloy / heat treat, sharp almost indefinitely. For more serious repairs, a coarse/fine DMT on a base is excellent:

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The coarse erases damage or reprofiles, and the fine applies a general-purpose toothy edge that's great in the kitchen.

Spyderco has a nice and very durable ceramic ultrafine stone that'll do a "scary sharp" edge, but push-cutting demonstrations aside, I find the toothy edge more practical. DMT also has fine/ultrafine stones, which are a good choice if you don't need to deal with wrecked edges or caring for woodworking tools, where faster metal removal of the coarse is useful.

Yes, this does require learning to freehand. It's not difficult; kids all over the world master it, while we cringe and wring our hands over this yet another First World Problem.
 
zanshin said:
Yes, this does require learning to freehand. It's not difficult; kids all over the world master it, while we cringe and wring our hands over this yet another First World Problem.
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I cringe at wrecking a stainless knife edge on a relatively expensive kitchen knife.. As I stated before, carbon steel was so much forgiving. I have used lots of gadgets on my kitchen knives and felt like I was doing more harm than good. I have had much better luck with plane irons, chisels, etc etc. I like to sharpen stuff so its a deal to me.

That's all. Try and tolerate us mortals just a bit.:p
 
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Karbon said:
Want a low dollar buy?

Get the bare bones DMT aligner and use it with your regular (crappy) stones.
In any case, if you've a wild hare up your butt you can build your own sharpening jig.

http://images.knifecenter.com/thumb/1500x1500/knifecenter/dmt/images/DMTABGc.jpg

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I actually own a mess of Japanese waterstones from when I worked at Woodsmith. Haven't soaked em in years. I wonder if they are gravel. They are all in thier original boxes. That jig might work exactly as you say/ Thx!:thumbup
 
Bay Arean said:
I cringe at wrecking a stainless knife edge on a relatively expensive kitchen knife.. As I stated before, carbon steel was so much forgiving. I have used lots of gadgets on my kitchen knives and felt like I was doing more harm than good. I have had much better luck with plane irons, chisels, etc etc. I like to sharpen stuff so its a deal to me.

That's all. Try and tolerate us mortals just a bit.:p
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You can't wreck it. You'll just have to spend some extra time, and shorten it by a whole millimeter or 1.5. Take life by the 30~25 degree balls man! Want some buffing compound for those? :D
 
WHAT NO MENTION of the Arkansas stone?
Oh and by the way SM 610 you could shave with a dull butter knife!:laughing:laughing:teeth
 
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