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- Jan 20, 2004
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Oh, so this is a bit out of the blue, bear with me.
I was standing in my kitchen this morning sharpening a small paring knife and it occurred to me that what I was doing -- or, more specifically, how I was doing it -- might be a bit odd. I was sharpening the knife freehand on a sharpening stone, as I usually do.
I'm somewhat loath to admit it but over the years I've spent a small fortune on sharpening gear: stones (oil, water and ceramic), diamond plates, sharpening guides, sharpening systems, flattening plates, abrasives (sheet, powder and paste), etc etc. I know that "normal" people probably don't do this but then I realised that I have no idea what normal people do to sharpen their kitchen knives, pocket knives, bush knives, carving knives, chisels, gouges, scissors, axes, adzes, plane blades, spokeshave blades, drawknives, machetes, billhooks, parangs .... And yes, I do have all of those, plus a few more actually, but I digress.
Anyway, that's why I've started this, to find out what other folks use. Feel free to chip in, mention things I've missed, whatever. All fair game IMO.
I was standing in my kitchen this morning sharpening a small paring knife and it occurred to me that what I was doing -- or, more specifically, how I was doing it -- might be a bit odd. I was sharpening the knife freehand on a sharpening stone, as I usually do.
I'm somewhat loath to admit it but over the years I've spent a small fortune on sharpening gear: stones (oil, water and ceramic), diamond plates, sharpening guides, sharpening systems, flattening plates, abrasives (sheet, powder and paste), etc etc. I know that "normal" people probably don't do this but then I realised that I have no idea what normal people do to sharpen their kitchen knives, pocket knives, bush knives, carving knives, chisels, gouges, scissors, axes, adzes, plane blades, spokeshave blades, drawknives, machetes, billhooks, parangs .... And yes, I do have all of those, plus a few more actually, but I digress.
Anyway, that's why I've started this, to find out what other folks use. Feel free to chip in, mention things I've missed, whatever. All fair game IMO.
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