I know a lot of people struggle because they've got dull knives the steaks just
won't slice and you've got an apple to slice you want it nice and thin to go in
the bottom of that pie crust all of those different issues this is so simple
this is how you should sharpen your knives if you've got a cutting board a
book anything about this thickness three-quarters of an inch
7/8 of an inch somewhere on there take your knife if you can by these paddles
these work great I use these all the time because I'm a woodworker but in the
kitchen these work perfectly well too so I've got superfine I've got fine and
I've got medium but if that's prohibitive you can use a piece of wood
with different grits of sandpaper on them and this will get you dow n very
quickly so I just put different grits on the paddles takes a few seconds to do so
what you do is you put your paddle on a kitchen table top I've got my bench here
and you just align it with the edge of your knife like this I'm going to put
some black on here so you can see where I've removed the steel this works better
than anything that I know I think so watch what happens here I move this here
I want to get the whole bevel can you see I'm already getting the bevel there
I'm going to go a little bit more so it's a bit brighter but just by rotating
those shortcuts can you see I've got my bevel is being established and I need a
bevel on both sides so I have to do both sides of the knife but what's this now I
go over the whole bevel like this careful because you're creating a
cutting edge but just in those short circular movements walk around keep your
fingers away from the cutting edge work around this way all the way around this
is where it gets a little bit difficult here flip over and do the same on this
edge here this is my coarse grinding this is to get the blunt edge down after
years and years of neglect now I know this seems complicated no this is
anybody can DIY this you've got to take control of your life here I'm going to
the medium on this one but this would be medium grit some papers somewhere about
180 something like that here pick up some sand paper from the local hardware
store in a circle flip over do the same again so we work through the grits until
we get to that cutting edge now I know this has already got a burr on one side
from this so I feel for that burr this is already sharp so I'm going to my fine
level so now I'd be at 240 grit something like that 250
flip over and do the same again this is super sharp this now we're at a super sharp
level sharper than you've ever known your knives
probably so be careful your fingers safety is your whatever you feel
comfortable with but just work carefully now we go to the super fine keep
replacing them trading them out now I'm at a very very polished edge here careful
with your fingers flip over and do the same on this side and now we're right up
against this edge here and we'll see what you can do with this knife work up
to the edge like this that is basically it now clean this off make sure you
don't have any residue this is sharp just to show you how sharp it is we'll
go across the Apple this way see this is that sharper what this is a kitchen
butter knife remember ooh
so sharp I think you'll love it this is a simple method for you to DIY your
kitchen sharpening you can sharpen any knife you can sharpen bowie knives you
can sharpen any bushcraft knife if you're struggling this is the way to go
so there we go one, two, three see that? that is
so nice love it
thank you
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