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If you recommend a knife to someone..
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I hope not, because I would be sharpening A LOT of knives. 
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Nope. but it does mean that you get to help dull them!
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Hell, I sharpen enough knives that I had no part in them getting... if I had to sharpen every knife that folks got on my recommendations, I'd never have time to handle mine.
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I was recommending knives to one of my friend. After a few months, he becomes very efficient for knives sharpening. Now, I never do it myself : he always want to see if my knife is sharp, and if he considers the edge is not well, he takes the knife to do the job !!!
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I find that this issue takes care of itself. Someone who does not know how to sharpen a knife properly it not qualified to handle a properly sharpened knife.
I've been in my new location for only 6 months and I'm already known as the local 'knife whisperer' and have all sorts of people bringing me their knives to be sharpened.
I always put a good functional edge on their blades (30deg on a lansky) but stop well short of hair popping sharp. I don't want to feel responsible for someones severed finger tendon. I make it plenty sharp enough to be safe while avoiding the 'whats that warm sticky feeling - oh sheesh I just severed a tendon' type sharp.
Law of the knife universe no: 1. We are blessed with the ability to handle a knife as sharp as only we can make it.
I've been in my new location for only 6 months and I'm already known as the local 'knife whisperer' and have all sorts of people bringing me their knives to be sharpened.
I always put a good functional edge on their blades (30deg on a lansky) but stop well short of hair popping sharp. I don't want to feel responsible for someones severed finger tendon. I make it plenty sharp enough to be safe while avoiding the 'whats that warm sticky feeling - oh sheesh I just severed a tendon' type sharp.
Law of the knife universe no: 1. We are blessed with the ability to handle a knife as sharp as only we can make it.
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Im able to maintain my edge very sharp !!! But I use 4000 grits water coticule stone. Free hand sharpening is a difficult way to obtain a nice edge (the angle depends of your skilfulness). My friend use a Lansky set with a several number of hones, so he get into the habit of doing industrial linear edge
My free hand sharpening is hair popping like his one but it simply doesnt please him
I have in several cases, resharpened and periodically maintained the edges of knives that I have given people.
If I have close friends or family members that I have given a knife to, or who just have knives they already have used and carried on their own, I will sharpen it for them once in awhile. I find that people get so used to using dull knives (really dull by our standards) that they don't even realize their knife could be sharper. Every time I resharpen one that was really dull, and return it, the look on their faces is well worth the time to sharpen! They get that "Holy #%*@" look, and you can see them thinking, "Dang, is this thing still safe for me to use?" I'll remind them to slow down and be careful, that most cuts shouldn't take too much force.
It could get out of control quickly if you've given away lots of knives to a lot of different people.
If I have close friends or family members that I have given a knife to, or who just have knives they already have used and carried on their own, I will sharpen it for them once in awhile. I find that people get so used to using dull knives (really dull by our standards) that they don't even realize their knife could be sharper. Every time I resharpen one that was really dull, and return it, the look on their faces is well worth the time to sharpen! They get that "Holy #%*@" look, and you can see them thinking, "Dang, is this thing still safe for me to use?" I'll remind them to slow down and be careful, that most cuts shouldn't take too much force.
It could get out of control quickly if you've given away lots of knives to a lot of different people.