(VIDEO) For an Extremely Sharp Knife, Sharpen Your Knife on a Whet Stone. Here’s How:

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To whet, or to sharpen, is a skill of utmost importance for anyone who relies on knives on a regular basis. A great many people allow others to perform this service for them, bringing them to a local blade sharpening shop so that the blade can be ground down by a rapidly spinning wheel. But this method never gives a blade a truly razor sharp edge.

If done improperly, it can also heat up the edge and ruin the temper of the knife. To get a perfect edge, you need to do it by hand with at least two whetstones, one of a lower grit and one of a fine grit.

There are a few ways you can do this, but in general, they will all give you a very similar edge, one that will be the envy of anyone you allow to use your knife. Learn the awesome techniques on the next page.

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7 Comments

  1. Mike Long said:

    high grit sandpaper will not only sharpen but will put a slight shine on the blade. im talkin about 800 and above wet/dry sand paper

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