Can you sharpen a knife?

[clamum]

I can do an ok job but not great; I need to practice more. The only thing I have is a cheap sharpening set I got from Wal-Mart: 2-Stone Sharpening Kit. It works ok but obviously isn't ideal.

 

[Howard]

Just bought this one from Amazon...
www.amazon.com/AccuSharp-1-001-Knife...dp/B00004VWKQ/

Seems good enough.

I have one. It works OK, but the edge you get isn't even close to what you can do on the right stones or belts.

I would say it gives you an edge no better than 400-grit worth (probably worse).

 

[BladeVenom]

I keep my pocketknife sharp enough to shave with.

 

[shortylickens]

I keep my pocketknife sharp enough to shave with.

What pocket knife?

 

[Robsasman]

I just use the sharpener that's on the big wooden block my knives came in. Good enough for cutting the raw veggies and meat I use them for. I don't plan on performing surgery with them.

 

[Rubycon]

Isn't that what the slot behind the can opener is for? :biggrin:

Using a wet stone on your knife = bad if you want to have the knife around for a long time, it wears down the metal. What you want to use instead is a sharpening rod or steel. If you magnify the knife edge you would see lots of little serrated edges with one bit of metal going to the left and the next going to the right, that is what makes the knife dull. To make a knife sharp again you want to get those serrated edges back in a straight line, a wet stone doesn't do that, it instead removes all the edge material . when you use a wet stone it makes the knife sharper because it removes the metal and leaves a new surface.
If you use a rod , once on each side of the knife it sharpens it by pushing the metal back straight without removing the metal, making the knife last much longer. Only use a stone when you have nicks in the blade or really bad spots.

This is a forum full of computer nerds. Surely they have plenty of spare whetstones to sharpen their blades with.

 

[lxskllr]

Isn't that what the slot behind the can opener is for? :biggrin:

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Perfect! I needed a serrated blade!

 

[shortylickens]

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Perfect! I needed a serrated blade!

Spyderco Ladybug can be found in serrated.

 

[Rubycon]

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Perfect! I needed a serrated blade!

:biggrin:

You've seen them?
Nice thing to put some scrap high carbon steel like a broken bimetal hacksaw blade in. Makes a lot of sparks and sparks scare people. This should be in the scary power too thread. :whiste:

 

[BladeVenom]

What pocket knife?

Usually I carry a Kershaw, sometimes a Boker. All are kept very sharp.

 

[lxskllr]

:biggrin:

You've seen them?

That's a good example of old tech feature creep. How can we sell a new can opener when the old one is still working? I know! We'll add a spinning concrete disc to the back, and call it a sharpener. That'll also help boost sales in our knife division! :^D

 

[Rubycon]

That's a good example of old tech feature creep. How can we sell a new can opener when the old one is still working? I know! We'll add a spinning concrete disc to the back, and call it a sharpener. That'll also help boost sales in our knife division! :^D

I've heard of people using them on scissors too. Well at least trying...

 

[dan4patriots]

I sharpen them with my penis.

 

[Rubycon]

Well if you bend over there's a place to insert the blade.

 

[disappoint]

Well that depends on the knife. If it's a $300 forum knife it needs a $1000 electric knife sharpener with a $3000 power cord.

 

[olds]

Yes.

 

[Howard]

Well that depends on the knife. If it's a $300 forum knife it needs a $1000 electric knife sharpener with a $3000 power cord.

Please, you're just embarrassing yourself now.

 

[HeXen]

seriously? just use this

 

[BoomerD]

That's a good example of old tech feature creep. How can we sell a new can opener when the old one is still working? I know! We'll add a spinning concrete disc to the back, and call it a sharpener. That'll also help boost sales in our knife division! :^D

Many of the new can openers have a fixed ceramic rod built into the back.

 

[lxskllr]

Many of the new can openers have a fixed ceramic rod built into the back.

I gave up electric can openers when I moved out on my own. Swing-A-Way forever!

Electric can openers were always a PITA. Slow, and sometimes they wouldn't open right. If nothing else, it's wasted energy that I can provide free, while getting a trivial amount of exercise on top of it. I'd use a P38 before I bought another electric opener.

 

[BoomerD]

I gave up electric can openers when I moved out on my own. Swing-A-Way forever!

Electric can openers were always a PITA. Slow, and sometimes they wouldn't open right. If nothing else, it's wasted energy that I can provide free, while getting a trivial amount of exercise on top of it. I'd use a P38 before I bought another electric opener.

We have two Swing-a-way can openers that we got for wedding gift over 36 years ago...still work just fine, but my wife's arthritis is getting so bad that she can't open cans anymore...so we bought her a cheap electric for when I'm not available to do it for her.
It's a real piece of crap compared to the ones made 30-40 years ago...but that's not surprising.

 

[disappoint]

Please, you're just embarrassing yourself now.

Still projecting I see.

 

[Howard]

Still projecting I see.

You are true to your name. Shall I recap everything you have been wrong about so far?

 

[Pray To Jesus]

Yes with spyderco triangle

 

[SlitheryDee]

I just press harder when cutting. It's probably why my triceps are so big. I know my biceps are this big because I curl 135 lbs like 50 times a day, but I can only explain my massive triceps by the incredible dullness of my buck knives.