Sharpening

f you are an owner of a set of Japanese knives, you would want to take the best care of them that you can. Mostly when you see a Japanese knife being sharpened, it is on a whetstone of some sort. You may wonder if sharpening steel has any place being used on a Japanese …

Sharpening knives is a necessary part of owning a knife and is a maintenance task that we all need to perform to keep our knives in peak operating condition. Whichever method you choose to sharpen your knife it will involve passing the knife over the gritty surface of the sharpener. What does this do to …

Whetstone sharpening of a knife takes time and practice to master. It is one of the most popular sharpening methods because of the control that you have to get the edge on your knife exactly the way you want it. If you are new to sharpening a knife on a whetstone, you may have some …

Sharpening a knife does have a learning curve associated with it that some knife owners find difficult to master. It is a craft that needs patience, practice, and understanding to master. There are some questions that people new to knife sharpening frequently ask, and one of those is can you oversharpen a knife? It is …

Knife sharpening can be challenging enough with commercially produced or cut stones and other sharpening devices. But, you may find yourself in a situation where you don’t have these modern options available to you. In this case, you can revert to humanity’s roots and try your hand at sharpening your knife with a rock. So …

Knife sharpening and honing is often one of the aspects of knife making and knife maintenance that many knife makers struggle with in the beginning. Much of this has to do with conflicting information that they read online or experiences that other people relate in this area. The difference between sharpening and honing is one …