For many knife owners, sharpening their knives with a whetstone is the only way to go, especially for owners of Japanese knives. Whetstone sharpening requires skills that are only acquired by practice and experience, but we all have to start somewhere. We have compiled a step-by-step process to guide you in getting started sharpening your …
A common question around the internet is, what is the easiest knife to sharpen? It’s a complicated question because of the sheer number of different steel types out there. We’ll dive into this topic, but keep in mind you can sharpen a stick of butter with extreme ease, but it won’t hold an edge and …
There are so many hacks for sharpening knives that you can see online that it is not surprising that someone would come up with this one at some point. There are hacks for sharpening your knife on car windows to using kitchen scourers to put an edge back on your blade. Some are totally bogus, …
Knife sharpening is a vast topic, and people are always looking for ways to put an edge on a knife with the tools they have on hand or looking for faster, more efficient ways to get their knives sharp. A bench grinder is essentially a sharpening power tool that you can use to sharpen garden …
People have tried many ways to sharpen their knives other than doing it the proper way. Some of these methods have come out of desperation, laziness, or looking for a new method. Aluminum foil used to sharpen scissors has been around as a hack for some time, but will this scissor-sharpening hack work to sharpen …
Elmax is stainless steel that also exhibits qualities more commonly associated with high carbon steel, which makes this steel very popular among knife makers. The edge-holding capability of this steel and the level of hardness to which it can be hardened and tempered contribute to its popularity. Stainless steel already has a reputation for being …