Great Knife Sharpening Demo

Few things are more frustrating than a blunt knife.  It takes skill and practice to sharpen knifes correctly

There are a number of different ways to sharpen knifes.  An understanding of the basics is important regardless which method is used.

An understanding of the sharpening angle is important.  When a knife has been sharpened before, it is generally best to continue with the same angle.

Most people would start on a rough grit and then move to the finer grit.

Some people use pull through knife sharpeners but more experienced users will use either a sharpening steel, waterstone or other types of sharpening stones.

The following video demonstrates the use of electrically operated sharpening wheels.

Warning: Although this guy new what he was doing, he ended up cutting himself.

 

 

Source: SyberPrepper
Image Source – From the same video