What's 5 times worse than a carbide scraper sharpener?

[hardheart]

Why, a sharpener with five carbide scrapers (per side)! While awaiting the banhammer on a recent spammer, I went ahead and googled their product. Five times the sharpening power, five times the ragged edge, shorten the life of your knife five times faster! I can see using a scraper in a pinch, but not for 'industrial' knife sharpening. I would expect a power tool to be faster and give a higher quality edge.

 

[winbag338]

I believe technique will play a big role in the lifetime of a knife. After all a diamond hone in the wrong hands is just as dangerous. Somebody once said "its the singer, not the song"

 

[Phillip Dobson]

Ha. Anything that produces (and captures) metal "shavings" is way too aggressive for touchups.

A power tool would be vastly superior for mass sharpening. Just don't put your food at the base of the grinder and wipe the blade off, and you'll be fine. And anyone who's taken a magnet to crunched up cereal knows that a bit of iron is actually good for you.

 

[knarfeng]

I believe technique will play a big role in the lifetime of a knife. After all a diamond hone in the wrong hands is just as dangerous. Somebody once said "its the singer, not the song"

Yeah, but Jascha Heifetz strumming a $5 tourist Ukulele will still sound bad.

A man needs skill, but he also needs a decent tool.

Carbide scrapers are not decent tools for sharpening knives.

 

[Ben Dover]

Things like carbide scrapers, bench grinders, paper wheels, etc really do have a place in the scheme of things.

I wouldn't bother soaking a stone or setting up an Edge-Pro for a K-mart,
Wal-Mart or Cutco kitchen knife. :thumbdn:

 

[Gotsouthern]

Things like carbide scrapers, bench grinders, paper wheels, etc really do have a place in the scheme of things.

I wouldn't bother soaking a stone or setting up an Edge-Pro for a K-mart,
Wal-Mart or Cutco kitchen knife. :thumbdn:

LOL...good to know I'm not the only one who sharpens a knife differently based on the quality of the steel.

 

[shecky]

I've found carbide scrapers can be quite useful. Sure, a power tool is faster. But you can't always carry a power tool. Basically, a carbide scraper is like a file with a single burr. If you treat it as such, and know the hows and whys behind a sharp edge, they can be effective. Knowledge is what makes the tool work.

 

[Dog of War]

Kinda like those 'Gillette Fusion' razors -- five blades, and not a one of 'em seems to give a close shave on my ugly mug.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

I wouldn't bother soaking a stone or setting up an Edge-Pro for a K-mart, Wal-Mart or Cutco kitchen knife.

I've actually bought a couple of Walmart 'cheapo' ($5.00 - $7.00) kitchen knives just so that I can practice & refine my technique with my Lansky sharpener. Beats the heck out of 'practicing' on my expensive knives. It's virtually guaranteed to improve the edge on these 'brand new' knives (almost all of 'em come with ridiculously obtuse edge grinds). Once I get the bevel I want, almost all the subsequent maintenance can be done by stropping and, occasionally, a few light touch-ups on a Spyderco 'Double Stuff' ceramic stone.

 

[Phillip Dobson]

I wouldn't bother soaking a stone or setting up an Edge-Pro for a K-mart,
Wal-Mart or Cutco kitchen knife. :thumbdn:

I don't even bother sharpening those. They're mostly disposable. Everyone has a bunch of them lying around, you can just grab another one. Mine usually get used to spread cream cheese when the regular butter knives are in the wash.