Knives and Sharpening

[TMC]

[shrink]

No such thing as a sharpening steel. Steels don’t sharpen, they hone. You can’t sharpen a material with a material of equal or lesser hardness.

Steels are great for maintaining an edge on a knife that has been properly sharpened.

Apologies if preaching to the choir, I just see this information misunderstood a lot.

[Gyroscope]

One piece of your advice that I think we will be taking is a trip to the Victorinox shop to buy some sort of simple set to replace the higgledy piggledy collection of blunt rubbish we’ve accreted over the years.

Oh, and I like the look of this

WÜSTHOF Classic Ikon 2-Stage Hand-Held Knife Sharpener

Borough Kitchen* are always trying to flog me this

HORL 3 Knife Sharpener / Oak

which I’m sure is very clever but it’s simply more than I’m prepared to spend.

* I like them. They sell Richard Brendon glasses.

[shrink]

@Gyroscope

WÜSTHOF Classic Ikon Hand Held Knife Sharpener | Borough Kitchen

These hand held sharpeners tend not to work very well.

Ideally something like this:

SHARPAL 162N Diamond Whetstone Knife Sharpener with Storage Base | 2 Side Grit Coarse 325 / Extra Fine 1200 | Diamond Sharpening Stone | Non-Slip Base & Angle Guide (203 x 76mm / 8 x 3 Inch) SHARPAL 162N Diamond Whetstone Knife Sharpener with Storage Base | 2 Side Grit Coarse 325 / Extra Fine 1200 | Diamond Sharpening Stone | Non-Slip Base & Angle Guide (203 x 76mm / 8 x 3 Inch) : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools

And a bit of practice on some crap knives before you use it on good ones. This will yield proper results.

[Gyroscope]

I’m pretty certain that I never asked for any advice but by gum you’re determined to give it

[shrink]

I prefer to think of it as helping someone not throw money down a drain on useless gadgets that don’t work

[MrKettle]

@shrink

I prefer to think of it as helping someone not throw money down a drain on useless gadgets that don’t work

Hello and welcome to a hifi forum.

[shrink]

I mean, I’d stop people doing it there too!

I can’t even do pink fish any more. If I see one more “audiophile” switch or Ethernet cable, I’ll lose my damn mind!

[thebiglebowski]

Nigel Bellend has got his shills working overtime pushing his £6k wanky reiki switches on pfm and maverick.

Sadly he generates so much noise and has so much of his bullshit repeated it’s now become the trump truth.

[TMC]

@Gyroscope

• I like them. They sell Richard Brendon glasses.

I like them too, because they sell Mauviel, which seem to be quite rare in the UK.

[AmDismal]

I use an IKEA version of that kind of sharpener. It’s not very good, and it’ll ruin my knives within a few years.

But I’m fine with that. I buy low to midrange knives, keep them until they’re literally pointless, then bin them and buy more.

I’ve tried whetstones and the like, and I’m just not very good at it, and I’ve fucked a couple of decent knives. Now I just CBA.

Not everything has to be a pursuit of excellence - good enough is good enough.

[Ruprecht]

@AmDismal

Not everything has to be a pursuit of excellence - good enough is good enough.

[Kevin]

“But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity’s a hairball coughed up on the Persian carpet of Creation.”

Tom Robbins

[Gyroscope]

“Perfect is the enemy of good”

(attributed to) Voltaire

[AmDismal]

In some ways I agree, but being amazing at everything is not going to be easy. I’d rather pick and choose the things I do well.

I’m hoping to find one soon.