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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2007, 12:59:25 PM » |
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A steel isn't really designed to sharpen anything, and most gadget's don't work.
 All I use to sharpen my knives is a steel. As long you stay on top of it and not let your knives get dull and lose their edge, a steel works just fine. YMMV |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2007, 01:13:53 PM » |
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I use a steel to keep a good edge on my knives, but I do sharpen them about once a year with a sharpening wheel (kind of like a bench-top grinding wheel) of my dad's.
(FWIW, we have Chicago Cutlery knives. Not necessarily the best or most expensive, but they're decent and we've been pleased with them.)
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2007, 01:23:58 PM » |
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A steel isn't really designed to sharpen anything, and most gadget's don't work.
All I use to sharpen my knives is a steel. As long you stay on top of it and not let your knives get dull and lose their edge, a steel works just fine. YMMV A steel is really just designed to remove burrs and minor imperfections from a blade (much like a leather strop from the old straight razor days), but for truly sharp blades they need to be sharpened with some kind of stone. |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2007, 01:36:40 PM » |
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but for truly sharp blades they need to be sharpened with some kind of stone.
or diamond... |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2007, 01:47:25 PM » |
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but for truly sharp blades they need to be sharpened with some kind of stone.
or diamond... Now Aske, you know only attorney's have diamonds in their kitchen's to sharpen their knives!!!!  |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2007, 02:13:20 PM » |
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Julie, have you been peeking in Clive's drawers again?
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2007, 02:19:47 PM » |
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A steel isn't really designed to sharpen anything, and most gadget's don't work.
All I use to sharpen my knives is a steel. As long you stay on top of it and not let your knives get dull and lose their edge, a steel works just fine. YMMV A steel is really just designed to remove burrs and minor imperfections from a blade (much like a leather strop from the old straight razor days), but for truly sharp blades they need to be sharpened with some kind of stone.
Not if you know how to use a steel, and use it religiously. Though, I will say, that eventually a stone of some sort will be required to bring back a razor edge, but a steel can maintain that edge with proper use. |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2007, 02:22:13 PM » |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2007, 03:23:30 PM » |
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My Father-In-Law is a boner so we get him to sharpen our knives fairly regularly.
My wife used to be a chef so we have some pretty good knives anyway....lol
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #24 on: June 04, 2007, 03:30:00 PM » |
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Hard as steel.
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #25 on: June 04, 2007, 03:41:03 PM » |
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Do you have one of these Julie?
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #26 on: June 04, 2007, 09:55:33 PM » |
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I do mine with a whetstone and light oil, like my dad taught me. He meant for me to be sharpening hunting knives, of course. Whatever.
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #27 on: June 05, 2007, 12:50:37 AM » |
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Do you have one of these Julie?
No I don't, but there have been plenty of times that I have wished I had one!!!!!  Can I get one on ebay!!! |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #28 on: June 05, 2007, 09:00:38 AM » |
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My Father-In-Law is a boner
Sorry to hear that. |
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Re: Buying Kitchen Knives
« Reply #29 on: June 05, 2007, 09:01:37 AM » |
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Do you have one of these Julie?
No I don't, but there have been plenty of times that I have wished I had one!!!!! Can I get one on ebay!!! How about a boner? Is that a special kind of blade? |
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