Sharpening kitchen knives

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IMG_20181118_101027926-1968x2624.jpg Today is the day, I get to sharpen everybody's kitchen knives. So they are ready for Thanksgiving. I don't mind doing it, and will do it for anybody that asks. I just wish they'd bring them by more often than once a year. They get so dull I don't know how they can use them.

Anybody else have this annual tradition?

I did sharpen one Buck knife today.
 
Yep my daughter dropped off a set of ceramic kitchen knives for me to work on. Not sure if my ceramic Sharpmaker rods will do the trick or if I'll have to use my diamond rods and stones?
 
Sounds like a tough job. I've never sharpened a ceramic knife. Let me know how you make out.
 
In younger days, I was the guy that sharpened everybody's knives at hunting camp. I loved doing it (better eyesight back then) and people were appreciative. Every once in a while I'd get some Ramboesque junk and refuse to do it. I would often have a couple new Bucklites or Schrades in the truck that I'd buy when they were on sale. I'd berate the guy for buying junk, act all pissed off and then hand him a new knife.

I ran into one of those guys a few years back and we talked about the old camp days. I asked him if he still had that Old Timer with the small fixed blade I gave him. He said that it was now his granddaughter's deer hunting knife. Also said that he now carries a Buck folder in the woods AND he's learned to keep an edge on them.

Thanks for what you're doing!
 
Badhammer said:
Yep my daughter dropped off a set of ceramic kitchen knives for me to work on. Not sure if my ceramic Sharpmaker rods will do the trick or if I'll have to use my diamond rods and stones?
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id expect diamonds would work, ceramic stones not so much. good luck on that task.
 
jbmonkey said:
id expect diamonds would work, ceramic stones not so much. good luck on that task.
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Yeah, don't know if there are different degrees of hardness with ceramic or not? I've reprofiled a ceramic knife one time that had the tip broken off. The diamond stone on my Buck tri-stone sharpener did just fine with that.

Need to look into getting some diamond pads/stones for my Wicked Edge. May still have my old Lansky set with the diamond stones. That would work pretty well.
 
People should have to read and then sign a release when they get their knives back. You can tell them, but they either don't listen or don't believe you when you say that they are real sharp. It's amazing how many people come back and say, It was so sharp, I cut myself. Yep, they are "Wicked Sharp"!
 
Badhammer said:
Yep my daughter dropped off a set of ceramic kitchen knives for me to work on. Not sure if my ceramic Sharpmaker rods will do the trick or if I'll have to use my diamond rods and stones?
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John, take them to the diamond and set the angle at 23*- 25* giving them plenty of backing. Check for chipping often as you proceed. DM
 
The trouble is they thought it was sharp when it was new, and have no idea it could be sharper than it was when it was new.

I feel like I'm keeping them safe. The old adage was "a dull knife is more dangerous". Of course a dull knife doesn't cut through flesh and tendons like a laser.
 
I would always sharpen knives for my Grandmother, Mother, Aunts and Mother in Law. I still do for my Father in Law. It's a great service
to do for them. Thank you eveled. DM
 
In the past couple years Ive tapered off sharpening for people outside my family, even some inside my family as some will inevitability injure themselves and I hear about it. I occasionally have guests that like to tinker in the kitchen with me, I have a separate couple of modern soft steel knives for them.
 
fatboy148 said:
People should have to read and then sign a release when they get their knives back. You can tell them, but they either don't listen or don't believe you when you say that they are real sharp. It's amazing how many people come back and say, It was so sharp, I cut myself. Yep, they are "Wicked Sharp"!
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I agree. We keep several kitchen knives that my wife uses that are sharp enough then there are the knives I use which are air bleeding sharp. My wife is careful when using any knife but when she goes into my drawer her attention is much more focused on the task at hand.

I still tell her if I've sharpened her knives just to give her a heads up. It's funny how folks will saw and hack at something with a dull knife and never give it a second thought but, put a sharp knife in their hand that cuts properly without the extra force and they are scared of the knife.
 
If your excuse for getting cut is "the knife is too sharp" then you shouldn't be using a knife!!!
 
I was just comparing the feel of a few kitchen knives we have this morning and pulled a couple cheap ones out of the block we've had for over 25yrs (I havn't touchd these knives with a stone in a few years since I got the Buck cutlery set). Slice a few pieces of meat not really paying attention to how well it cut but the ergo, then picked up a Buck boning knife that I am reshaping the handle on, and it nearly fell thru the meat as I sliced, funny the things that make you smile. :-)
 
My wife regularly cuts herself after I sharpen our kitchen knives unless I warn her I’ve done it! I sharpen them very regularly, but we are a household that cooks pretty much every meal from fresh ingredients. The kids cook too, which is great, but those knives are not always used in a way that doesn’t make me wince or actually intervene. ;)

I have been using my new SK/Buck Silver Fox lately for citrus fruits. Such a pleasing knife. :)
 
My wife hates it when her kitchen knives get dull. She usually nags me when thinks I ought to "get er done" in a timely manner. She knows a sharp knife is easier to use and thereby safer.
 
I will ask my wife once a month, how the knives are holding an edge? She will then tell me which needs attention. If I can catch them in this time frame they are much easier to bring back to good sharpness with back honing than having to do a full sharpening. Usually once
a month and for sure once every 2 months they need some attention. DM
 
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