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Okay, so let's say you just got done sharpening your knife on whatever you use, and you got it just as sharp as you like it. Now you open up a package of something not really nice ( clay cat litter just did it to me ) and you get a few little nicks on your knife, and it's not quite as sharp as it was but still plenty sharp to cut anything you need it to with ease.

The question is: Do you spend the little amount of time it would take to restore the minimal damage back to normal, or do you just wait until the knife is too dull for your liking?

It usually depends on the knife for me. If I don't carry a knife often I'll usually just let whatever happen to the edge until I feel it's too dull, but with my knives I EDC I have this obsession with the edges being free of nicks and as if they were straight-off the stone.

I find it interesting how with some knives I can justify, "Well, they still cut whatever I need them to, so i wont' sharpen them," but with others I think, "Well, it's only about five minutes to get this edge back to what it was."

What about you guys?
 
I constantly touch my blades up... I never let a blade get too dull - I'm not that good at sharpening, so I fight like hell to maintain my edges.
 
I sharpen my users usually every night or every other night. Calms me down before laying my head on my pillow for a few much needed hours of rest.
 
That very much depends on the type of steel and sharpening tools you have at your disposal. Carbon steels can wait as chips can be taken out easily with nothing more than sandpaper. Harder steels (i.e. CPM-3V, 3G or ZDP) heat treated well above 60 RC are another story. I would address those right away before small chips become larger ones. They can take many hours to repair unless you own a belt grinder. Also, convex grinds are easier to repair because you don't have to maintain a constant angle. Chipped "V" grinds can be a real pain to fix depending on the size of those chips and type of steel.
 
I'm more interested in how you damaged your blade cutting a bag of cat litter. Did you just stab it and run your blade through the litter as well or was this a blade so soft cutting a bag gave it trouble?
 
Bluesummers said:
I'm more interested in how you damaged your blade cutting a bag of cat litter. Did you just stab it and run your blade through the litter as well or was this a blade so soft cutting a bag gave it trouble?
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I think it was more like the dust on the side of the bag than the litter itself, because the dust on the tip is why I checked. Had to put it under light to see the dings glint though, so it's more like wear-tear stuff than real damage.

Still I just sharpened it, so I wonder how many like me would go back and do it again just to get it back to "perfect".
 
KennyB said:
Okay, so let's say you just got done sharpening your knife on whatever you use, and you got it just as sharp as you like it. Now you open up a package of something not really nice ( clay cat litter just did it to me ) and you get a few little nicks on your knife, and it's not quite as sharp as it was but still plenty sharp to cut anything you need it to with ease.

The question is: Do you spend the little amount of time it would take to restore the minimal damage back to normal, or do you just wait until the knife is too dull for your liking?

It usually depends on the knife for me. If I don't carry a knife often I'll usually just let whatever happen to the edge until I feel it's too dull, but with my knives I EDC I have this obsession with the edges being free of nicks and as if they were straight-off the stone.

I find it interesting how with some knives I can justify, "Well, they still cut whatever I need them to, so i wont' sharpen them," but with others I think, "Well, it's only about five minutes to get this edge back to what it was."

What about you guys?
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Well, it's only bout 3mins to touch the knife up and strop it, so I'll do it, get the blade back to shaving sharpness.
actually I do, I always sharpen my knife, like daily or once per 3days. I have an obsession about sharpness...:)
It's a pleasure to sharpen a knife and is a pleasure to use a sharp knife
 
Dao.Hung_105 said:
Well, it's only bout 3mins to touch the knife up and strop it, so I'll do it, get the blade back to shaving sharpness.
actually I do, I always sharpen my knife, like daily or once per 3days. I have an obsession about sharpness...:)
It's a pleasure to sharpen a knife and is a pleasure to use a sharp knife
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+1 That's what it's all about for me :)
 
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