Best sharpening method

[juanwayne714]

Electric or stone? What do you guys recommend?

[hermosabeach]

It depends on several things

How much time do you want to spend sharpening knives?
How much time do you want to spend to learn to hold an angle?
Do you cut in the kitchen only on a cutting board?
I mean only- never on a plate

Does your significant other need to use the sharpener?


The Ken Onion belt sharpener is stupid simple

Stones take a lot more time to learn the correct method

Kits like lansky are very affordable

The two more expensive kits would be edge pro and wicked edge


If you are younger, learning to sharpen with stones is a great skill

A friend wanted sharp knives but did not want to spend the time or money for the edge pro kit- $300-$400

He is happy with the men onion kit




So tell us more about
What knife you will be sharpening or if you will end up sharpening all of your relatives knives every Easter / thanksgiving/ family dinner.

[Guns and guitars]

Stone for me, but Im going to try the Wicked Edge system I think.
I have my blades locally sharpened when I have time since its cheap and they do a great job but having the ability to keep a sharp edge at home whenever I want would be awesome...

[johnk518]

I use stone

[Volksgrenadier]

Stone all the way. Found some quality stones well over a century old in estate sales and on Ebay. More time consuming and there is an art to it, but the edge produced is awesome.

[MeatyMac]

Spyderco Sharpmaker, get the optional extra fine stones, under $90 shipped for the unit and extra stones.

Steels maintain the edge, stones reshapes the edge and removes metal, I steel my knives maybe 5 times more than I stone them. You don't have to be fancy like the Chef below with a steel, just a few slow passes on each side at a 15 to 20-degree angle is all it should take, if that doesn't work get out the Sharpmaker.

Friedr. Dick's Dickoron steels are some of the best in the world, typically 66 HRC, this is a good video on their steels, I use their Sapphire series steels,




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[golfish]

I've used stones my whole life. I bought the Lansky system late last year, is the best that I have used.

[racinjason233]

I use a warthog honing device to keep mine scalpel sharp.

https://wisementrading.com/knifes-and-saws/sharpeners/warthog-v-sharp-classic-ii-knife-sharpeners/

[sealocan]

Lately I have just been using whatever is around... the bottom of a ceramic coffee mug and the other day I used the edge of my vehicles glass window and it put a quick workable sharp edge in no time.

Even if you have a professional sharpener it's good to practice this once or twice ( maybe with your lower price knives at first ) in case you're in the field with a dull tool (or the zombie apocalypse comes). This method is really not for a knife with a folded / rolled edge or in very bad condition, it's more like a glass sharpening rod for polishing the edge.

https://youtu.be/zleVA9yxdm8

[MeatyMac]

^^River Rock in a pinch

Bottom of a mug or coffee cup is a good one, any ceramic plate or bowl with a unglazed foot will have a raw edge you can use,, the finer the china (porcelain vs. vitrified china) the higher the grit. Grandma’s fine Lenox china is a higher grit clay on a raw edge (under the glaze) than Mom’s Homer Laughlin Fiesta Ware, porcelain vs. vitrified respectively.

[tomk556]

Stone. I'm cheap. I'll have to try the mug trick though.

Let me ask this as a follow up: what's your standard for sharpness? I can get decent steel like 154cm to shave my arm hair and go through relatively taut magazine paper. All of that's to say I think I'm decent with a whet stone but no doubt could improve.

[castgold]

what's your standard for sharpness?

I usually have cherry tomatoes somewhere in the kitchen. After a few minutes on the stones, I check to see how thin I can slice them.

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[waynesworld12]

Warthog

I use a warthog honing device to keep mine scalpel sharp.

https://wisementrading.com/knifes-an...fe-sharpeners/

Even my wife can sharpen knives

[tomk556]

I usually have cherry tomatoes somewhere in the kitchen. After a few minutes on the stones, I check to see how thin I can slice them.

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I'll have to grab a few tonight to see. haha I rarely cook but own Shun knives

[MongooseV8]

Depends on the knife and its grind