knife sharpener

[Brandon]

looking to get a legit sharpener or learn more about the process. what do you guys use to sharpen knives, primarily kitchen knives?

I've seen the longer timed ones from an uncle that took forever, but seemed legit. I have one here, but feel like it's janky and that there are better options and sharpeners out there some of you bbq dudes use to have a sharp edge.

[Make Angels Great Again]

A good whetstone is going to be your best bet.

It'll take some practice to get the process down, but you can get almost any knife razer sharp.

 

Number 9 on this list is a great place to begin since it comes with an angle guide and instruction: https://wiki.ezvid.com/best-whetstones

Learn about the different grits and how they apply here: https://japana.uk/blog/what-whetstone-should-you-choose/

[mrwicked]

The ones you can use at home, unless you have legit stone like MAGA mentioned, tend to suck. You just risk f*cking up your expensive knives.

Take them to a legit place. It's totally worth it, and not much money.

[Brandon]

Yeah, I have a 3-1 or some shit and it does technically work, but is way more work than it states to get it somewhere solid. I think I do better with that metal sharpener that comes with the knife set.

Good call on taking them somewhere, I may try that and also just found a whet stone, that I'm curious about.

[Thomas]

Yeah I take my knives to get sharpened.

[Make Angels Great Again]

This is pretty cool:

 

 

[mrwicked]

 That dude's sushi videos are great! His cat is hilarious.

[Thomas]

5 minutes ago, calscuf said:

Im always surprised when MAGA actually knows something about anything.

Is it really that surprising that it's about weapons?

[Jason]

I've been purchasing Cutco knives since the company will do it for you. I have had zero luck with sharpening knives

[ten ocho recon scout]

23 minutes ago, Jason said:

I've been purchasing Cutco knives since the company will do it for you. I have had zero luck with sharpening knives

Man...i worked for cutco knives for a few weeks as a kid. Lol...seemed like easy money...most pyramid scams do.

[Tank]

i have a cutco pocket knife and it's kept relative sharpness for close to twenty years.

[Brandon]

that video was dope...not gonna lie though, i thought by the screenshot and affinity for felines here that the cat was going to get scalped.

that dude makes using the stone look easy and worth a try. now, does he use two types of stones? from my research is does seem like people use a sharpening component and then a finishing or polishing component. 

[Make Angels Great Again]

7 hours ago, Brandon said:

that video was dope...not gonna lie though, i thought by the screenshot and affinity for felines here that the cat was going to get scalped.

that dude makes using the stone look easy and worth a try. now, does he use two types of stones? from my research is does seem like people use a sharpening component and then a finishing or polishing component. 

 

He's really good with it for sure. The Japanese are really into perfecting blades.

You really only need two grits for the most part, a more coarse one around 1000-2000 grit for corrections, and around 6000 for finishing. You can go slowly go higher and higher if you want to be a perfectionist, but it's not necessary. You can find lots of stones that are double sided on amazon with one side being coarse and the other much more fine for finishing the blade. Try it out! Just get a cheap knife and see how you do with it.

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

 

He's really good with it for sure. The Japanese are really into perfecting blades.

You really only need two grits for the most part, a more coarse one around 1000-2000 grit for corrections, and around 6000 for finishing. You can go slowly go higher and higher if you want to be a perfectionist, but it's not necessary. You can find lots of stones that are double sided on amazon with one side being coarse and the other much more fine for finishing the blade. Try it out! Just get a cheap knife and see how you do with it.

no problem there. ever since I created this post my social media ads are non-stop sharpening stones and methods.

[Jay]

I use one of these, works well enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Wüsthof-2-Stage-Hand-Held-Sharpener/dp/B003TWNZ08/

[Blarg]

I have something similar ( or used to until my wife hid it somewhere) but just bought a sharpening kit. Using a metal hone wasn't really doing the job anymore and I really hate dull knives.  

[Brandon]

3 hours ago, Jay said:

I use one of these, works well enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Wüsthof-2-Stage-Hand-Held-Sharpener/dp/B003TWNZ08/

the one I have is similar 

[nate]

13 hours ago, Jay said:

I use one of these, works well enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Wüsthof-2-Stage-Hand-Held-Sharpener/dp/B003TWNZ08/

This will destroy quality knives. 

 

Take them somewhere to get sharpened or learn how to use a whetstone.  Practice on a few shitty knives first.

[Jay]

2 hours ago, nate said:

This will destroy quality knives. 

Like I said, works well enough for my $100 chef's knife.

Sometimes you need a sharp knife NOW, not next Tuesday.

 

[Blarg]

Whetstone showed up from Amazon yesterday and when I got home from work (at 10pm) I dropped it in a rectangular tray of water to basically prime it.

Turned on MLB channel and started working on a few old kitchen knives. It takes time and it's messy if you don't lay a towel down underneath the base. I had a spray bottle of water to keep the stone lubricated and every now and then dipped it back into the water tray to help clean off the accumulated grit.

Since these knives had gone such a long time without proper sharpening there was a lot of knicks that had to be ground out. The chef's knife was the worst and I still have a few small low spots that eventually I will get out but this first pass was mostly a test.

The thinner the blade the harder it is to work with because you can bend the metal while sharpening which causes the edge to round, counterproductive to what your trying to accomplish.

After about an hour I put away the three knives I was working on, they all could cut paper but still were not as refined as I wanted. Still, good results for a first pass on a 1000/6000 stone. 

[Jay]

I used to have (actually I still have) one of these

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pampered-Chef-Kitchen-Chef-Butcher-Knife-with-Sharpener-White-Black-/312049803964?hash=item48a79e22bc

Sharpener built into the knife guard. Brilliant idea actually. Squeeze the knife guard and pull the knife out, gives it a quick pass through the sharpener. Used it for years but finally upgraded. My wife still uses it because it's not as dangerous as the one I use.

 

[Jay]

When we go on vacation we like to rent condo's and townhomes rather than stay at hotels. One time we rented this condo in Mammoth. The kitchen was the dumping ground for every kitchen utensil the owners ever had but didn't want to throw away. So there was a knife drawer with like 30 knives of various sizes and shapes, none of them sharp, and no knife sharpener.

 

[Brandon]

so you have yet to rent from oj?

[Amazing Larry]

The knife buffs rave about this.

https://wickededgeusa.com/

[Make Angels Great Again]

I love the intro to their video.

"Why does the Wicked Edge work so well?"

It's like asking, "Why do you have such a big penis?"

It's so beautifully conceited, it's a cool concept but I can't stomach paying that much money for it.