Indefinitely Wild takes stab at sharpening

"Most knives don't come sharp"

and his explanation of why. My gosh some folks are dense.
 
Typical internet "article". I call it uneducated bloviating. Most Americans today will read that and fry a lot of brain cells and decide it is too "complicated" or too "hard" and then decide it's easier to just go buy a new knife. In my life I have watched America change from a nation of craftsman to a nation of consumers. The process is not complete but it is definitely going that direction. A few years back when I became disabled I started a knife sharpening business and worked really hard to get it going. What I found was that in every restaurant or deli I approached the people in charge had no idea what a sharp knife was and that when their knives became so dull they couldn't cut anything they would send someone to Walmart and buy a bunch of new knives. Even shops that had nice quality knives. In one deli I took all their knives back to the shop and sharpened them and returned them with a warning that they were now very sharp and to be careful. Immediately they had a rash of employees butchering their fingers because of careless handling. They never wanted sharp knives again. I had a small handful of people who understood knives but certainly not enough to make a business out of. It's really kind of sad to me.
 
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That philosophy has allowed me to snag some very nice kitchen knives at Goodwill that had never been sharpened. Dull, get a new one!
 
I glanced through the article. Not bad. It's a door opener for those never sharpen one. They should link this site there.
 
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