Knife Sharpening

October 12, 2023

Last week I discovered Scope of Work and since then I've enjoyed reading through the archives. They cover so many interesting topics! The post about knife sharpening was particularly timely.

Recently I bought a whetstone to sharpen my knives at home. I have a decent set of knives that I've largely neglected maintaining. As a part of a renewed focus of taking care of myself and the things around me I decided I'd try to bring some life back to the blades.

I've had a few sharpening sessions and I have enjoyed the process of knife sharpening. I've struggled to find the factory edge of the knife to sharpen. The whetstone came with a guide that is about a 20 angle, but I haven't been able to make that widget work well. After reading the post I've reduced the angle to sharpen more of the face and that seems to have helped.

I think there's been an improvement in the knives. At least C said she noticed a difference. I'm planning to do a chive test with the two 10 inch chef knives I have that are identical in all aspects expect that one has been my sharpening test subject. These knives are so old I'm going to have to work on them some more.

I'm certainly not going to put them under an electron microscope anytime soon, but this is a new process I'm enjoying and will continuing practicing at.