How
to sharpen a knife
Knife
sharpening can certainly be a pain in the back,
particularly when you stand in the kitchen just
in front of a nice piece of meat and the knife
you want to cut it with does not cut anything.
These are the moments where your wife usually reminds
you with a nice smile that you should really sharpen
this knife the next time you are at the workshop.
Thank you darling. So, no excuses anymore. let's
have a look at various manual
and electric knife sharpening tools and the different ways this task can
be done.
Efficient
and low cost ways
The
most common way first. Start your
bench grinder and pass the knife at both sides with
the rough stone. Afterwards, using the finer grinding
wheel on your bench grinder, you
pass it over again getting a finer finish on the blade
of the knife. The bench grinder equalizes the edge of
the blade. The final finish cut of the knife is done
with a good horning stone. Usually
arkansas or diamond horning stones give the best finish.
Do not rush here and take your time because horning
is what makes the difference between somebody who knows
how to sharpen a knife and somebody who does not.
Advanced
knife sharpeners
As
with many tasks in your workshop, sharpening can also
be done in a much more efficient and professional way.
Due to the many sharpening services around, the machinery
industry has developed special knife
sharpeners and advanced bench grinders. These grinders,
for example, the tormek waterstone
grinder, allow sharpening the knife without overheating
the steel because grinding heat is the biggest enemy as
far as durability of the sharpen edge is concerned.
Coming
back to your kitchen, allow me to recommend a simple hand
tool for sharpening. From a very personal experience
(my grandfather had a butchery shop), I know that most
professional butchers use a steel
hand knife sharpener.
It will not make grinding the knife from time to time obsolete
but just a few passes with this handy honing tool sharpens
your knife for the next filet. As it can be stored in your
kitchen drawer, just aside of your kitchen workspace, it
makes sharpening
a quick and easy tasks.
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