What do you guys use to sharpen your knives??

The number of woodworkers who have come out of the local art school that have never seen or used a cabinet scraper is depressing. I couldn't make it through lots of projects without mine.

 

Loud and clear! I get what you mean 1000%! Drove me nuts dealing with them types. They’d look at me all puzzled trying to figure out wtf my cabinet scraper was.......so I’d have ask them “you went to school for this?!” Face it man, we are a dead trade

 

Yep.

 

Your 1st mistake was buying a Kershaw. Your 2nd mistake was thinking they were worth re-sharpening.

Juuust kidding . I have several Kershaws and I don't cry when I lose or break them, because they're affordable and some aren't half bad. My OD green Knockout is a damn fine knife.

 

Kershaw's are extra affordable if you go to the annual warehouse sale.

I've got 2 Shuns for over 50% off

 

I'm looking at a 3 knife set of Shuns. They come with a stick shear and another type sharpener. I hope they work well. They'll sure be an improvement over my cheap Hampton Forge set I've had for the last 15 years.

 

+1 Lanske.

 

If you want to see someone who takes knife sharpening a little too seriously....
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8801072&postcount=4353

 

It's not that serious & I'm not that dedicated!! I'm just trying to sharpen my kitchen knives but NOT get a Samurai sword edge. I ordered one of these, I'll update on how it.works.

 

I bit the bullet a week ago and bought a wicked edge with the stones and stropes from 50 to .5 microns.

The damn thing is incredible.

Previously I used stones from 200 to 6000 (DMT, Shapton, and King). The locked in angle the WE provides a whole new level of precision and speed.

I will say that since the diamond stones are so new I'm still getting deep scratches with some of the more coarse stones than I'd expect. WE says this is to be expected as there are typically extra diamonds that need to wear away to get to the true advertised grit.

Expensive AF but I sharpen as a hobby and for friends.

 

I bought one of these probably 25 years ago for sharpening my kitchen knives. I have a J.A. Henckels chef's knife that I use 95% of the time that is as old as the sharpener. I probably paid $30 for the sharpener and it has worked flawlessly. It has a coarse grit and fit grit wheel. I probably only sharpen my knives a couple times a year, if that. It may not be the best way to sharpen a knife, but for my needs, it works great.

 

I sharpen my knives on the skulls of zombies.

 

Bullshit. You just buy a new one.

 

True.

 

Keep it very short and fast, been banned for a while. Maybe my comments on how well South Americana girls cook and clean. Get a wet stone. A steel and a tomato. Do the stone one way 3o times, repeat, till you can cut a tomato skin

 

The tomato skin sure is there international benchmark.

 

That was a test reply, so I'm officially not banned, Christmas came early, joy to the world, ride fast and drag your knees

It works, 1000/6000 on the right angle. And a diamond steel (cheap dexter russel) Do the same count sharpening both sides, steel it and cut a tomato skin until your knife goes in it like butter

 

I have this one for about 5 years, definitely does the job.


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