Coffee Cup Sharpening

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It works! Ill admit I was a bit skeptical. I figured it might give a really rough edge, but not much more. Well I listened to Jackknife and gave it a try tonight. I received a new red bone CV Case Peanut in the Mail that my 4 year old picked out and though I d give the coffee cup sharpening method a try followed by a light stropping. Once I did approximately 20 swipes per side on the ceramic bottom of my coffee cup it was definitely “sharp enough”. Not shaving but who really needs a Case Peanut to shave?

I’m now a believer. Not only will this do in a pinch, but it will put a fine working edge on my knife that will handle any of my daily tasks which typically include pealing an apple for my lunch, opening mail, opening a box/tearing one down, cutting twine for my garden, slicing up some salami and cheese for a late night snack. On weekends maybe carving a stick to roast marshmallows. None of this requires a razors edge. I gotta stop overthinking things.

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Disregard my other post which is the same. Accidentally logged in with an old account.
 
Yep, I have used this technique many times. I can do a much better job with an actual stone. But once you know how to hand-sharpen, pretty much any sort of mild abrasive surface will do the job.

At one time, at work, I had a "progression" of coffee mugs from coarse to fine, depending on the general quality of the ceramic.

The glazed top works fairly well as a smooth "steel" for when you just want to re-align but not actually grind.

This has served me very well when travelling, and all I have with me is a Victorinox SAK of some kind. Coffee mugs in hotel rooms for a stone, and those nice glossy magazines with "places to see" as a strop. :D
 
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jc57 said:
Yep, I have used this technique many times. I can do a much better job with an actual stone. But once you know how to hand-sharpen, pretty much any sort of mild abrasive surface will do the job.

At one time, at work, I had a "progression" of coffee mugs from coarse to fine, depending on the general quality of the ceramic.

The glazed top works fairly well as a smooth "steel" for when you just want to re-align but not actually grind.

This has served me very well when travelling, and all I have with me is a Victorinox SAK of some kind. Coffee mugs in hotel rooms for a stone, and those nice glossy magazines with "places to see" as a strop. :D
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I’ve never tried to strop on a magazine. Ive also heard of using cardboard and even your jeans. Ill try the magazine method sometime. .
 
Why do you have multiple accounts? Why have you created two threads in the same forum with the exact same content?
 
kamagong said:
Why do you have multiple accounts? Why have you created two threads in the same forum with the exact same content?
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Some people do not know me by the other account I created years ago. I accidentally clicked on an auto log in on my phone which used a different email. Not sure why my phone even gave me that option logging in as the account was created years before this phone. I created this new account as Id forgotten my password from my original account. Lastly, I couldnt figure out how to delete my first post. Now you know.
 
Never tried. Youtube has a number of entries on this topic. I'll definitely give this a shot while watching tv when the wife is out of hearing.
 
jc57 said:
Yep, I have used this technique many times. I can do a much better job with an actual stone. But once you know how to hand-sharpen, pretty much any sort of mild abrasive surface will do the job.

At one time, at work, I had a "progression" of coffee mugs from coarse to fine, depending on the general quality of the ceramic.

The glazed top works fairly well as a smooth "steel" for when you just want to re-align but not actually grind.

This has served me very well when travelling, and all I have with me is a Victorinox SAK of some kind. Coffee mugs in hotel rooms for a stone, and those nice glossy magazines with "places to see" as a strop. :D
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You must be staying at higher class hotels then I. When we travel back and forth to Mission Viejo California, we stay at the Comfort Suite in Tucson Arizona on the outgoing, and at the Comfort Inn in Las Cruses New Mexico on the return trip. They have styrofoam cups by the rooms coffee maker. I've never had good luck sharpening my knife on styrofoam.

Maybe its my 'angle'? :confused:
 
There's coffee mugs and there's coffee mugs.

I have a few that barely have a ring on the bottom at all. Then I have one from a boat yard in Annapolis Maryland that you could sharpen a machete on. I've also had great luck with the IKEA soup bowls and mugs.

For some odd reason, I've had best luck with cheap give away mugs from business's. o_O
 
And it actually doesn't matter which way you go on the coffee mug bottom. Usually go into the edge like on a stone, but for some odd reason, though I've taught her my way, our daughter Jessica uses the coffee mug or patio stones like a strop and goes backwards on it. It seems to work well for her, as all her kitchen knives seem sharp when I go to use them every time we stay out there for a visit.

But of course as some of you fathers know, daddy's little girl can hardly ever do wrong!o_O
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