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Cermic sharpening. WHAT?!?!

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Sooo I'm texting a fellow knife knut and everytime I ask him what hes doing hes sharpening knives. So I texted hima and he said "Sharpening my new gerber knife on a ceramic cup." ....whatt...... So he told me if you take a ceramic cup or mug and flip it over you can sharpen it on the bottem. Now I'v never heard of a sharpening cup. He said his dads friend Bret told him about it and he told me its one of the best things you can use to sharpen a knife, is this true? If it is, then why don't they sell sharpening cups or sharpening ceramics. I don't know, sounds kinda fishy to me.
 
It works, but I wouldn't say its the best thing to sharpen a knife, but it's more of a improvised sharpening tool when you don't have proper sharpening equipment.
 
So if I have a norton sharpener 2 sided india stone, which I'll be getting soon, thats better then using a cup.
 
Once upon a time in Pakistan, there was an emergency where a live chicken was running loose and a family was hungry. They were all sitting around the dinner table with empty plates, frowns on their sad faces. Suddenly the chicken entered their home.

Unfortunately, their knife was not sharpened. Little Boumik suddenly had an idea. He sharpened the dull knife on the back of their ceramic plates. They proceeded to cut and eat the chicken, and the family lived happily afterward.

This was a true story.
 
cotdt said:
Once upon a time in Pakistan, there was an emergency where a live chicken was running loose and a family was hungry. They were all sitting around the dinner table with empty plates, frowns on their sad faces. Suddenly the chicken entered their home.

Unfortunately, their knife was not sharpened. Little Boumik suddenly had an idea. He sharpened the dull knife on the back of their ceramic plates. They proceeded to cut and eat the chicken, and the family lived happily afterward.

This was a true story.
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A simple yes or no would have worked :)
 
cotdt said:
Once upon a time in Pakistan, there was an emergency where a live chicken was running loose and a family was hungry. They were all sitting around the dinner table with empty plates, frowns on their sad faces. Suddenly the chicken entered their home.

Unfortunately, their knife was not sharpened. Little Boumik suddenly had an idea. He sharpened the dull knife on the back of their ceramic plates. They proceeded to cut and eat the chicken, and the family lived happily afterward.

This was a true story.
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Sometimes the sillyest things just make me smile. :)
 
I had the edge of my blade hair poppin, cut some boxes, no more hairs popped. I stroped it on the back of my leather belt and it was back to hair poppin.
You can sharpen on a lot of surfaces in a pinch. For home use look at ceramics, diamond , or oil stones as they are more precision ground and made for what you are doing.
 
I sharpened my knife on my coffee cup and it was so sharp. I left it in the kitchen in the cupboard under the sink and my girlfriend walked by it and all the hairs on her legs and where they intersect fell out. Good thing she is tall and it was on the bottom shelf, I aint into that Sinead O'Conner thing.
 
cotdt said:
Once upon a time in Pakistan, there was an emergency where a live chicken was running loose and a family was hungry. They were all sitting around the dinner table with empty plates, frowns on their sad faces. Suddenly the chicken entered their home.

Unfortunately, their knife was not sharpened. Little Boumik suddenly had an idea. He sharpened the dull knife on the back of their ceramic plates. They proceeded to cut and eat the chicken, and the family lived happily afterward.

This was a true story.
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So, you're telling me Pakistanies eat raw chicken?


As to ceramic, you can also use some ceramic bricks, ceramic electical isolators, etc. It is the finish of the surface that is important.
 
cotdt said:
Once upon a time in Pakistan, there was an emergency where a live chicken was running loose and a family was hungry. They were all sitting around the dinner table with empty plates, frowns on their sad faces. Suddenly the chicken entered their home.

Unfortunately, their knife was not sharpened. Little Boumik suddenly had an idea. He sharpened the dull knife on the back of their ceramic plates. They proceeded to cut and eat the chicken, and the family lived happily afterward.

This was a true story.
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This is clearly fiction, as a knife made in Pakistan wouldn't take such a fine, chicken-splitting edge. :p:p:p
 
Cups, plates, top of car wndows, smooth stone out of a creek, all good.

Contrary to obsessive knife knuts, you don't need a 'sharpening system' to sharpen your knife, no matter what the makers of those systems tell you to get you to spend your money to make them wealthy.

What did your grandfather use?
 
You REALLY need a new pair of trousers! :eek:
 
Back in the day, when pickles were sold in the Deli out of a round unglazed 5 gal ceramic pot (the sort with tall straight sides) it was common to sharpen knives using empty pots. By resting the knife's spine and edge against the inside of the pot, tip pointing down, the curve of the pickle pot maintained a constant edge angle so all that was needed was to rub the knife around and around the pot several times in both directions to end up with a well sharpened knife quickly. Even easier than using a Sharpmaker! If you have a large Pyrex measuring cup (one or two quart sized) you can do the same thing with it. Pyrex is a great 'touch up' tool although it won't remove metal.

Stitchawl
 
Great !! Now I can use my ceramic sharpening rod to stir my coffee, and when I'm done drinking it, flip the cup over and touch-up my knife !!:D
 
jackknife said:
Cups, plates, top of car wndows, smooth stone out of a creek, all good.

Contrary to obsessive knife knuts, you don't need a 'sharpening system' to sharpen your knife, no matter what the makers of those systems tell you to get you to spend your money to make them wealthy.

What did your grandfather use?
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which is why i continue to soldier on sharpening with a few stones and an old leather belt, oh and a cheap pocket hone:)
still have the "god only knows how old" stone that was my granddads:thumbup:
ivan
 
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