To keep your fingers and your dinner in good shape, you'll want to learn how sharpen a kitchen knife by using a whetstone or a sharpener, and maintain that edge by honing it with a steel rod. You've likely seen someone using a honing rod to "sharpen" a knife. But the steel rod doesn't actually sharpen your knife—it just straightens out the cutting edge on the blade to allow for smoother, safer cuts. Sharpening your knife, on the other hand, actually, well, sharpens it.
So yes, you need to do both. Hone your knife weekly—every time you use your knife, if you'd like—and sharpen your knife every few months, or at least every year depending on how often you use it, and how soon you notice dulling that honing doesn't really improve. Our favorite way to sharpen a blade is to use a whetstone—a rectangular block that works almost like sandpaper, helping to straighten and refine the cutting edge on the blade as you slide the knife across it.
Most whetstones are designed to be soaked in water before every use, so check the manufacturer's instructions to be sure. Fun fact: Whetstones aren't actually named for the fact that most are used wet—"whet" is actually just an old word for "sharpen". If your whetstone needs to be soaked, submerge it in water until it's completely saturated and there are no bubbles coming out of it, 5 to10 minutes. To use it, hold the knife at a degree angle against the whetstone, and gently drag each side of the knife against it a few times.
It was dull and the blade was chipped. I tried the nail file method, and it actually worked to sharpen and smooth the blade! Thanks for the info! Glad to have helped. April 7, at am. I agree with Tim. A knife is a last resort as a form of self defense. Fact is you have to get too close for it to be effective. On your your next trip to walmart spend 12 bucks on a can of pepper spray.
It will keep you a safe distance from your threat. Carry that knife as a very valuable tool rather than a weapon. May 3, at pm. Many years ago I sprained my ankle and had to use a cane for awhile. Nothing fancy, just an adjustable one from the big box drugstore. I finally realized its self defense potential and started watching every video, YouTube tutorial, etc.
I could find. May 25, at pm. October 20, at am. February 6, at am. July 8, at am. I see videos on knife sharpening and see people slicing hair off their arms, as well as the paper slicing thing and think. I even did the 4-quarters stacked on top of one another to get the right degree angle and still no luck. However, I really think I would like sharpening knives and other tools if I could do it: Nice read and thanks for posting.
April 8, at pm. September 1, at pm. Another item that will help produce a great edge is a standard note card! By stropping it on a card while on a smooth surface like a counter top, you can feel the burr dragging on the card. When the dragging stops, watch yourself! September 5, at pm. You can use the filament from light bulbs like from hi pressure sodium or metal halide light bulbs.
They are tempered and very hard and work great like a steel to keep a knife honed. Epoxy a couple inches of the filament into a hole drilled into your handle material. December 2, at am. February 6, at pm. February 21, at pm. Some are well meaning and helpful. As for the others, what in the hell is wrong with you people? Do you think your sicko comments are funny or entertaining? Try getting a job or going to school, anything to be a productive member of society instead of a parasite.
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Best Pocket Knife Guide. Pocket Knife Buying Guide. Serrated vs. Plain Edge Knives. Types of Kitchen Knives. Search for:. Actually o have a question for ya guys Do you know of this will be able to be used for the pencil sharpners blades if i used used the nail files Reply. Penis June 29, at pm. Yes Reply. The asshole October 24, at pm. Why did i guess your name was Hunter by reading that Reply. Lily November 10, at am. Buy another sharpener you cheap fuck.
Tim Post author March 26, at pm. Waste not, want not! Deez Nuts Master February 7, at pm. Use light, single strokes side-to-side. Make one stroke from hilt to tip, then turn the knife to the other side and stroke once from hilt to tip. Repeat until there is no burr. This will final set the edge. You shouldn't feel any micro serrations on the edge, from hilt to tip. The knife should be razor sharp at this point. If the knife fails to cut as expected, you may need to go back to Stage 2.
And remember don't apply too much pressure. Serrated blades hold their cutting ability long after a straight edged blade will go dull, however they are much more difficult to sharpen. A flat stone or steel will grind off your serrations therefore we recommend a tapered or cylindrical fine diamond steel or ceramic for this job. Each separate serration much be sharpened individually. Serrated blades have a grind on one side of the blade. Only sharpen the grind side of the blade.
Hold the sharpener at the angle that matches the original edge angle. Hold the knife with the edge away from you and the serrated side of the edge facing up. Set the tapered diamond sharpener in a serration so that you fill the indentation. Draw the sharpener towards the edge. The goal in sharpening a serration is to maintain the ramp of the serration right to the edge. You do not want to create an edge bevel. Therefore we once again recommend the trusty felt pen trick.
Paint the serration to be sharpened and follow your process. Evaluate if you are removing all the black. It should not take more than strokes to resharpen if your angle was correct. Rotate or spin the sharpener as you go for the most even, consistent sharpening.
Recreating the "Initial Sharpness" on a serrated knife is difficult even if you use a tapered sharpener. But you can expect to get a "serviceable" edge. A serrated blade is more easily distorted through sharpening than a straight blade edge. So, don't sharpen unless dull spots are truly visible. While very similar in process to a serrated blade, a gut hook is ground on both sides of the blade.
Both are excellent tools for sharpening gut hooks. Do not try to fill the entire width of the gut hook with the wide end of the sharpener. This will enlarge the gut hook curve and distort the cutting edge.
Put the pointed, narrow end of the sharpener up against the open end of the gut hook. The narrow, pointed end of the sharpener should face in toward the thickness of the blade, away from the edge of the gut hook. Match the angle of the sharpener to the original edge angle. This will maintain the correct sharpening angle and prevent you from getting cut by the blade tip.
Hold the same angle when sharpening each side of the gut hook. In a forward and sideways motion, stroke the sharpener from one side of the gut hook to the other. Spin the sharpener as you go. As with sharpening a blade edge, the objective is to start at the edge and stroke away from the edge. Don't overdo It. Restrain from over-sharpening or putting too much pressure on the tool.
Alternate sides and check your progress often. To sharpen fishhooks and other small, pointed objects, use Buck's portable EdgeTek Fishing Flipstik They have a straight-line "fishhook groove.
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