A knife is only as good as the edge it holds. After all, a sharp edge is a safe edge, as it is much less likely to slip and will require far less force to slice through whatever it is you're cutting. Not all knives are the same, however. Some need a steeper cutting angle while others utilize a narrow blade edge to ensure the finest slices possible.
There are also different methods of sharpening that will yield different results and of course there are different sharpening tools available that will lead to a quick edge or others which will result in the smoothest polished edge possible.
Knowing all of these differences will make sharpening your blades a much easier prospect, making it possible to have some of the most reliable tools available.
Learn these excellent secrets and improve your blades on the next page.
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Running your knife on the truck window is “honing”, not “sharpening”.
https://lansky.com/index.php/blog/difference-between-honing-and-sharpening/#.V1XR-JA8KK0
Feels sharp ,not honed
I’ve had 2 for decades that will absolutely cut someone in half!
I agree that diamond stones are the best all around stone. I use EX-LAP diamond stones that are made in the USA in Carson City , Nevada.
Instead of using an Arkansas stone to polish the edge , I use a leather strop with a little polishing compound . Leather strops are less expensive than a good Arkansas stone , last as long as an Arkansas stone and they will leave you with a razor like edge.
Also…if you strop your shaving razors , even disposable razors will last an incredibly long time.
Try stropping your already used razor on a pair of blue jeans , about 15-20 strokes before you shave and see for yourself… If happy with the results then buy a leather strop for 10-20 bucks and you’re set with an even better strop.
Aside from being used , rust is the #1 cause of any blade losing it’s edge. Keep your blades clean (dirt attracts moisture)
Dry them off and oil them lightly to protect them and your blade will stay sharp for when it’s needed…
I use a light coat of Frog Lube paste on my blades because it stays on way better than oil and attracts less dirt.
He must not like certain parts of his anatomy!
Not so secret anymore, huh?
Secret my$#%&!@* billions of people over millennia is not a secret.
By feel, the way gramps taught me.
Cory Rubright
I work for a Arkansas Wheatstone company in Hot Springs Ar you can’t beat a good Novaculite Wheatstone ( Dan’s Wheatstone)
Thanks!
I use mine too and it makes it real sharp. Call it honing or sharpening, doesn’t matter to me, it works great.
A most uninformative article. I learned from a man who cut cypress cross ties for the railroad during the great depression with an ax and cross cut saw. He and my granddad. 1930s. Caped and shrouded beef for Lykes meat packing in Tampa. He knew something about edged tools. Thanks to Daddy, so do I.
I always keep mine sharp as heck!
Make it so sharp that Muslim fanatic radical will$#%&!@*at!
Me as well….best sharpening took I have found…a few strokes and I can shave hair
Bump for a later read
Creative way to sell something. There is no wrong way as long as it’s sharp in the end.
I can do better with a piece of sandstone.
Chock sticks
Chock sticks
How can you not know how to spell where you work?
You don’t need any gismo to sharpen a knife just a good stone a pay attention when you sharpen it I can sharpen any blade with just a stone if has a well formed bladed
Waste of money
Kalub Wood
Now the damn secret is out! Who declassified it?
If you I will remember that it could come in real Handy
Men used to learn this as boys.
Dull edge does more Damage.. ..
David J Bosley
see that guy in the picture sharping a kukri on a stone..WRONG ! use a STEEL SHARPENER ..not only is it better but its lighter too , i have them strapped to the Sheaths of my knives along with a Fire maker..
What do you mean by a steel sharpener? Like a kitchen steel? Or are you talking w carbide pull through sharpener?
the kitchen steel you are taking about is actually a HONER its not a sharpener..the sharpener is the one with the Carbide V cutters What you call the pull through…
my knives are razors
Nothing presented here was a secret. BS.
He’s probably pushing away… some cut into the stone and some cut away from it. What I’ve learned over the past 40 years is everyone has a special kind of$#%&!@*stone!
my preferred as well
Been doin it just fine by hand since my Grandpa taught me how in 1960
Without a honing gauge sharpening to 20 degrees is a matter of “feel” and practice , differentiating between 21 and 22 degrees is nearly impossible .
Nothing secret about this. Keeping that angle is the hardest part. I’ve though about making some type of gig to help out but never got around to it. Knowing what the angle is as opposed to what it should be after a fool got a hold it can be perplexing.
What a crock. This page is bullshit. Sorry, but so done with this$#%&!@*page. Hope you guys enjoy it. Take care everyone.
Still want to know what knife that is?
Rylan Gray
Looks like a condor kukri
G******n people are misguided! Start sharpening by stone, once an edge is obtained. Use carpet, leather or a buffing wheel to make the edge sharp as it gets. Wiping off microscopic metal flakes is the key.
Nothing like a piece of ceramic and a piece of leather make for some fine edges
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…secret technique?lol what?
But a Spyderco SharpMaker.
Daniel Burnett