Sharpening Knives

[arpie]

Hi guys

From the professionals ...... a top introduction to sharpening, maintaining & looking after your good Fish Filleting knives!

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=26036

Roberta

Here's a video of the Edgepro system

http://www.edgeproinc.com/sharpeningtips.html

Edited June 14, 2008 by Roberta

[copafisher]

Excellent find Roberta, though I think the authors comments "Hey, 5,000 words into this and we’re actually getting to the “how-to” part" shows how much detail there is. I am going to print it out and read it all later.

If he thinks a kitchen is bad on knives he's obviously never been fishing! I know how bad I am at times, I have been known to use a piece river rock or even concrete to sharpen a blunt knife (cheap filleter or outside/garden knife, defitely not one of my good ones !).

Amazingly a good river rock can be as good as the Arkansas stones mentioned, I read some years back how Africans use them to sharpen hunting/skinning knives and have tried them a number of times.

keep your edges sharp, blunt knives cut worse that sharp

cheers

Steve

[jewgaffer]

Top information on sharpening knives properly Roberta. This will save members a lot of money on buying new knives because of the number of wrong ways that can be developed, myself included while trying to sharpen filleting knives.

Well done as usual Roberta !!

Cheers

jewgaffer

[double pluggers]

Thankyou for the info Roberta. There is nothing better when preparing food than a really cold beer & a really sharp knife.

[Scienceman]

Great article. I have a Japanese wetstone as well as several Japanese and Western knives but never knew the proper way of sharpening. I just followed the outlined method and it worked well. Go to the bur stage on both sides and then used the fine grade to finish it off. Nice and sharp. I use a steel almost every time I use a knife so will see how well they hold the edge.

Thanks again Roberta.

[slinkymalinky]

Roberta... I'll love you forever for posting that link. I love cooking so take care of my knives but have always used gut instinct combined with very basic knowledge to sharpen them. I get them sharp enough to shave the hair off my arm.... sometimes.... but this is awesome. Hopefully I won't ever need to buy another Schick.

Thanks heaps, Slinky

[arpie]

Hi guys

A really sharp knife is much safer than a blunt knife!! It makes a cleaner cut, so they can reattach your fingers easier!

Hey Steve - Like you, I've used stones & even the edge of fine wet concrete before to sharpen a knife before, 'specially when 'on the ground' & you don't have a sharpener with you ...... as you say, some stones are good! I have brought a few home that I thought looked good, too!!!

I love the theory behind that edgepro setup - if you have some really good stones, it shouldn't be tooooo difficult to knock up your own version .... I have a couple of steels - on coarse one & one that is almost smooth ...... plus numerous stones & other sharpening devices .......

I have a confession to make ..... a bit of a fetish, really ...... I LIKE KNIVES!!!

This is how one ex meat inspector set his stone up - he kept the knife still & used the stone on it manually.

I reckon you could make an angle thingo & attach that to it & swing it along the blade. So long as the knife is in a fixed position, & the angle correct, it should work??

Ahaaa! A new project! :) But I always look at those expensive stones & then buy a cheap one!

Cheerio

Roberta

[MrGenius]

I used to give my knives to my Pop as he was a butcher and has all the gear and the technique to do the job much better than i ever could, then i got given a set of diamond fingers and now i get the whole families knives to sharpen

Heres the website http://www.furitechnics.com.au/products_aus.html

[arpie]

Hi MR Genius

The diamond Fingers look magic!!! have looked at them & drooled!

You still need the knives to have the correctly shaped shoulder for it to work correctly tho, I would imagine!

Cheerio

Roberta

I wonder if they would send out a 'test unit'!??

[jewgaffer]

.....The diamond Fingers look magic!!! have looked at them & drooled!

......I wonder if they would send out a 'test unit'!??

No Roberta no test unit they'll only send our two trial units

Cheers

jewgaffer

[Flightmanager]

Hi MR Genius

The diamond Fingers look magic!!! have looked at them & drooled!

You still need the knives to have the correctly shaped shoulder for it to work correctly tho, I would imagine!

Cheerio

Roberta

I wonder if they would send out a 'test unit'!??

The first stage TECH EDGE Restorer quickly reshapes worn edges with accurately angled tungsten carbide cutters. The TECH EDGE 'fingers' of Stages 2 and 3 are curved in such a way that the perfect 20° cutting edge angles are always maintained, while producing the correct edge finish. All 3 components click in and out of a sturdy handle that folds flat for easy storage.

Ross

[MrGenius]

Yep i have the edge restorer also and it works very good. It comes with a small tool to adjust the angles which is easily done by loosening some small grub screws and aligning to the angle required using the tool.

Most of the time only use the diamond fingers, just use the edge restorer when its really required.

[arpie]

Ahaaa! The Tech Edge is very similar to the KralCut sharpener, which also reshapes the shoulder of the blades rather than just removing a layer from the whole blade, ending up with a scoop in the blade (as happens with most Wiltshire knives.)

The Furitech price is dropping all the time! I'll put it on my xmas list

Cheerio

Roberta