Sly-one
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- Sep 15, 2011
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- Nocatee, Fl
I've never been able to get a good sharp edge on a knife using a wet-stone, and even crock sticks only did a fair job for me. I guess you could say I'm "sharpening impaired". I usually had to resort to taking my knives over to Grayeagle to sharpen for me.
Recently I've had some luck using some of the things I read about here on the forum. I established an edge using one of the hand held sharpeners with carbide blades, but learned the hard way not to use too much force. Several light swipes with that, and then use the fine ceramic stick side of the small Smith's hand held sharpener. That gave me satisfactory results, in that it could remove a few hairs from my arm and cut veggies acceptably well. But, when watching YouTube videos of things like how to dice onions, I saw that their knifes virtually fell through the onion, using very little force. I could dice an onion like that, but I had to sometimes exert a bit more force than they were using. Hmmm.
My Work Sharp Knife and Tool Sharpener arrived. I took it over to Greyeagle's house because he said he had a few dull knives that his son brought over, and we could test it out on those knives instead of possibly ruining one of our own knives, lol.. All I can say is "WOW"!!!!! I put an edge on an old Boker carving knife that made an entire patch of hair jump off my arm. After he checked the Boker's sharpness, Greyeagle smiled and handed me his prized Henckels 10" Chef's Knife. The Work Sharp put the same kind of shaving edge on it in about two minutes, using the P220 and the 6000 grit belts. Oh Yeah!
I then went on to sharpen his wife's favorite Henckels Utility Knife, two Old Hickory Knives, a serrated bread knife and a carbon steel 13 or 14" scimitar knife that his wife's grandfather used to use. All of them took their turns being tested on my arm and all made the hairs literally jump off in clump, leaving bare spots all over.
I then went home and sharpened 9 different knives that I use periodically, plus a small file-type sheath knife that I carry in my truck for emergencies. All of these also took a turn removing patches of hair from my arm.
My left arm has just about run out of places to test my knives, and I might have to resort to slicing pieces of paper for a test.:laugh:
All in all, I have found my knife sharpening system that I plan to use for many years to come. It's easy to learn, easy to use and produces awesome results. Perhaps not the equivalent of an expert using a Japanese water-stone (which I can't use anyway), but it gets them sharp enough to scare the hairs right off my arm!
:thumb: :thumb: for the Work Sharp Knife and Tool Sharpener system (WSKTS)
Recently I've had some luck using some of the things I read about here on the forum. I established an edge using one of the hand held sharpeners with carbide blades, but learned the hard way not to use too much force. Several light swipes with that, and then use the fine ceramic stick side of the small Smith's hand held sharpener. That gave me satisfactory results, in that it could remove a few hairs from my arm and cut veggies acceptably well. But, when watching YouTube videos of things like how to dice onions, I saw that their knifes virtually fell through the onion, using very little force. I could dice an onion like that, but I had to sometimes exert a bit more force than they were using. Hmmm.
My Work Sharp Knife and Tool Sharpener arrived. I took it over to Greyeagle's house because he said he had a few dull knives that his son brought over, and we could test it out on those knives instead of possibly ruining one of our own knives, lol.. All I can say is "WOW"!!!!! I put an edge on an old Boker carving knife that made an entire patch of hair jump off my arm. After he checked the Boker's sharpness, Greyeagle smiled and handed me his prized Henckels 10" Chef's Knife. The Work Sharp put the same kind of shaving edge on it in about two minutes, using the P220 and the 6000 grit belts. Oh Yeah!
I then went on to sharpen his wife's favorite Henckels Utility Knife, two Old Hickory Knives, a serrated bread knife and a carbon steel 13 or 14" scimitar knife that his wife's grandfather used to use. All of them took their turns being tested on my arm and all made the hairs literally jump off in clump, leaving bare spots all over.
I then went home and sharpened 9 different knives that I use periodically, plus a small file-type sheath knife that I carry in my truck for emergencies. All of these also took a turn removing patches of hair from my arm.
My left arm has just about run out of places to test my knives, and I might have to resort to slicing pieces of paper for a test.:laugh:
All in all, I have found my knife sharpening system that I plan to use for many years to come. It's easy to learn, easy to use and produces awesome results. Perhaps not the equivalent of an expert using a Japanese water-stone (which I can't use anyway), but it gets them sharp enough to scare the hairs right off my arm!
:thumb: :thumb: for the Work Sharp Knife and Tool Sharpener system (WSKTS)
