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[brettprevans]

Anyone getting a feeling of dante's inferno unfolding on this board?

 

[WarmBeer]

Anyone getting a feeling of dante's inferno unfolding on this board?

Terrible movie. Just terrible.

 

[goomboogo]

Terrible movie. Just terrible.

Surely better than Dante's Peak though?

 

[pk.sax]

Figured out I can post pics directly to AHB from the iPhone now. Dunno if it's an iOS improvement or the new software, but this is slick.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Got bored today...kids shitting me off..

I decided to sort qnd sharpen my kitchen.knives

 

[Camo6]

Got bored today...kids shitting me off..

I decided to sort qnd sharpen my kitchen.knives

How did you do em Stu? (the knives not the kids). I used to use a whetstone then switched to a diamond hone then got one of these:





I could never get my knives shaving sharp but with this thing a few passes and they're better than new.

 

[manticle]

I use a stone, followed by a diamond steel followed by a normal steel. Can get close to shaving sharp if you do it right and don't overdo any of the processes.

I'm a handmade kind of guy - looks like you plug that thing in? I always wonder about how much of the knife such things remove. Good sharpening should just replenich the edge with as little loss as possible.

That said, I haven't done anything nice to my knives for some time.

 

[brettprevans]

Terrible movie. Just terrible.

sorry I meant the actual book which is the devine comedy. My bad. I was making reference to each level getting worse and more hellish.

 

[brettprevans]

How did you do em Stu? (the knives not the kids). I used to use a whetstone then switched to a diamond hone then got one of these:

nirey.jpg


I could never get my knives shaving sharp but with this thing a few passes and they're better than new.

link to item please. I hate my whetstone. Actually I hate what my wife does t tge knives and never uses the steel for a quick sharpen.

 

[Camo6]

I use a stone, followed by a diamond steel followed by a normal steel. Can get close to shaving sharp if you do it right and don't overdo any of the processes.

I'm a handmade kind of guy - looks like you plug that thing in? I always wonder about how much of the knife such things remove. Good sharpening should just replenich the edge with as little loss as possible.

That said, I haven't done anything nice to my knives for some time.

I used to do it all manually too but this thing makes my best efforts feel dull. It uses two spinning emery wheels, one for each side of the blade and is pressure dependent. For a really dulled knife you increase the pressure and then lighten it with each pass. To touch up a blade one or two swipes with barely any pressure seems to do it. It does change the angle of the edge by a degree or two but this is supposed to improve edge durability, or so it claims.

link to item please. I hate my whetstone. Actually I hate what my wife does t tge knives and never uses the steel for a quick sharpen.

This is the American 110v version which is half the price of the 240v. I bought a $30 power inverter ( can't find link) to run it and even with the delivery costs it still worked out a lot cheaper. It also came with 3 or 4 spare belts but I'm only on my second because I tried to sharpen some scissors incorrectly. Mind you this was a couple of years ago. There are cheaper versions but I did some research and the ke-280 seemed the best. I thought the vid was a bit exaggerated but was proven wrong when I started using it.

If your keen CM2, let us know and I can probably pop by with it to let you trial one.

(And no, I am not a sales rep for Nirey)

 

[Bizier]

I have a Lasky thingo, but would prefer an Edge Pro Apex. The Lasky is good for small knives like pocket knives, which I use a lot. I have thought about getting the Apex knockoffs. There is nothing like a razor sharp knife. I have been too busy and lazy when not to re-hone the knives in the house, but it is about that time.

I have been thinking about getting a set of these I am not keen on the asymmetrical edge, but I am pretty sure vegetables would part in fear.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Cant upload a pic from phone to site

I am anal about how my knives are treated. Wash under hot water and wipe a sponge along them.
Never placed in the sink.Only cut on wood or plastic cutting boards. Give them a regular LIGHT swipe with a good steel . When they require it I stone by hand. All my knives require different technique with sharpening.

 

[punkin]

I use this diamond Lansky set in combination with a good steel..

http://lansky.com/index.php/products/4-stone-deluxe-diamond-system/

The steel gets used WAY more than the sharpener does... -_-

 

[seamad]

I have a Lasky thingo, but would prefer an Edge Pro Apex. The Lasky is good for small knives like pocket knives, which I use a lot. I have thought about getting the Apex knockoffs. There is nothing like a razor sharp knife. I have been too busy and lazy when not to re-hone the knives in the house, but it is about that time.

I have been thinking about getting a set of these I am not keen on the asymmetrical edge, but I am pretty sure vegetables would part in fear.

I've got this one from edge pro: http://www.edgeproinc.com/Apex-Model-Edge-Pro-System/Apex-4-kit-p7.html
Expensive but so are good knives,some of mine are getting over 20 years old, managed to thin down the blades and re bevel some of them so saved buying some new knives. Very easy bit of kit to use and gives a lovely edge.

 

[simplefisherman]

I have a 30-35cm length piece of high grade stainless round bar I use instead of a steel, polishes up the edge really nicely, gets some funny looks from people but when they see results they become believers. Best to draw the blade along from base to tip of the knife.
If you're ever caught short you can also use the rim on the bottom of a coffee cup to give the edge a tickle up, just make sure there's no chips on the rim, works as well as a $50 ceramic steel...
( can hear the purists groaning lol, but sometimes you just gotta do...)

 

[Camo6]

I use this diamond Lansky set in combination with a good steel..

http://lansky.com/index.php/products/4-stone-deluxe-diamond-system/

The steel gets used WAY more than the sharpener does... -_-

I was gonna get a Lansky setup for my pocket knives and hunting knives as the Nirey is not always suited to some of my smaller blades.

My wife likes to test my kitchen knives on ceramic, glass, benchtops and generally anything harder than the knife itself. Then they get cleaned in the dishwasher . Once they get beyond the help of the steel (I think she believes this is some kind of meat prodder) I can take them all to the shed and have them shaving sharp in about 3 minutes.

It does lack the craftmanship of doing them by hand and I think this is a vital skill to hone (pun intended). I keep a couple of ezy-laps handy when camping/fishing/shooting but they're rarely needed on short trips.

I like the idea of the ss bar as a steel. I wonder if a short piece of annealed ss tube would suffice for camping.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

The back of another knife also works.

My knives occasionaly made it into the dish washer but where allways placed out of danger

 

[simplefisherman]

Yep have used stainless steel pipe as an edge polisher ( the handrail of the flybridge ladder... ) works fine. Just needs to be as hard or harder than the knife metal.

 

[Bizier]

When I've been stuck in the wilderness of a foreign kitchen, sometimes I use coffee cups and then the sink itself. At work I sharpened a rubbish pocket knife on some rusty tin snips just to preserve my sanity.

 

[Florian]

I've bought one of those Edge Pro knock offs a while ago but haven't used it on the good knifes yet, only gave it a few practice runs on some oldies.

At $26 delivered it was less than 10% of the price of the original, and according to a very lengthy and detailed thread on Whirlpool it's a 95% copy. There are some good videos out there on how to use those things and hundreds of different stones available.

I've acquired some good knifes at the start of the year and so far they didn't need any sharpening, a quick hone with a ceramic rod between uses has been sufficient so far.