Sharpening stones are a great way to put an excellent edge on your knife once you have learned the skill and developed your technique. If you are new to sharpening with stones, there are many questions that arise during your journey to become competent with this sharpening equipment. One of the most frequently asked beginner …

Knives can become an obsession for many people, and for those of us in the West, the topic of Japanese style knives is a fascinating and interesting topic. The Japanese seem to have a style of knife for every activity under the sun, and the funayuki and the gyuto are two such knives of Japanese …

Most knife owners know that there is no point in a knife that is not sharp. The challenge, however, comes in keeping the knife sharp. A knife that loses sharpness and does not hold the sharp edge can be a frustrating thing when you reach for the knife and find the edge unsatisfactory. Why do …

Japanese-style knives are a fascinating topic, and there seems to be a knife that is purpose-designed for every task in the household, which brings us to the honesuki and the hankotsu knives. Both these knife styles are for processing meat, so what are the differences between the honesuki and the hankotsu knives? The honesuki is …

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 …

Knife sharpening is a cause for many controversies and results in much debate among knife makers and knife owners about sharpening methods and tools. Everybody has their own preferred method and tools that they would recommend over others. There is no sharpening method that causes more debate than stone sharpening, and in this category, the …