Sharpener for my mother?

After following this thread with interest and watching the conversations re: pro/cons of a powered system, or even a simple sharpmaker, I have found what I think is the best advice given to the OP. (Key word is what I think is the best advice) your thoughts may be different.

Hats off to AREAD for posting this:
"Or better yet, 600 miles is a long a$$ drive, but she's your mother, she gave you life! Go do it yourself, you'll be glad you did." A trip a couple of times a year and teaching her to use a steel in the meantime as they say in the commercials is "PRICELESS". Some day she will not be around and you will only have memories. Make sure those memories are special, in that you shared something that you enjoy doing, and that she will appreciate forever. Not only the end results of sharp knives, but that her son thought enough of his mother to drive 600 miles just to see her and help her with some chores.

I regret that I did not do more of the same for my mother before she died.

Omar
:rolleyes:
 
OHALLUM said:
After following this thread with interest and watching the conversations re: pro/cons of a powered system, or even a simple sharpmaker, I have found what I think is the best advice given to the OP. (Key word is what I think is the best advice) your thoughts may be different.

Hats off to AREAD for posting this:
"Or better yet, 600 miles is a long a$$ drive, but she's your mother, she gave you life! Go do it yourself, you'll be glad you did." A trip a couple of times a year and teaching her to use a steel in the meantime as they say in the commercials is "PRICELESS". Some day she will not be around and you will only have memories. Make sure those memories are special, in that you shared something that you enjoy doing, and that she will appreciate forever. Not only the end results of sharp knives, but that her son thought enough of his mother to drive 600 miles just to see her and help her with some chores.

I regret that I did not do more of the same for my mother before she died.

Omar
:rolleyes:
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Amen to that! My mother died last year. Even though we lived 5,000 miles apart (one heck of a Sunday drive...) and I saw her as often as I could, these days I sure wish it had been more.


Stitchawl
 
I wish I could spend more time with her - it's pretty difficult, though. I spend about 1/3 of my time in AFG as a contractor. The rest of the year I work out of our office in the Atlanta area. We've also got an infant and a toddler. My wife works full time as well. None of it makes time for a visit particularly easy. What time we do have is split between my wife's family and my father, all in different directions.

Thanks for all the suggestions, though. I still think the chief's choice is a decent compromise. The hand sharpeners won't really do it for her, and she has the mechanical sense not to run it through the coarse grinder all the time.
 
Okay, this feels kinda wierd since I'm not a real big fan of most other sharpeners similar to this, but this one I really like http://theblocksharpener.com/ My dad picked up a couple at a gunshow a while back and initially I wrote them off, then I decided to give one a shake on a slightly dull kitchen knife. Wouldn't you know it works? The plastic is kind of a hard rubber, so the grooved steels self adjust to the edge angle depending on how hard you press, and a light press realigns a fine edge with little fuss. At 19 bucks a pop I personally think they're overpriced and I kinda think "why not just use a real butchers steel", but hey it's one of the first cross stick "gadget" sharpeners I've used that left such a good impression on me. I wouldn't try to repair chips or other heavy damage, but a few licks on a Block sharpener before cooking keeps things cutting quite well, and stores easily in a drawer.
 
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