When Becky and I took a cooking class, the chef lamented how he had damaged (I believe “ruined” was his exact word) a knife by trying to sharpen it himself. Between that, and all the difficulty I’ve had sharpening hand plane blades freehand (ie without a guide\/jig\/fixture), it was with quite a bit of trepidation that I attempted sharpening 2 of our good knives tonight.<\/p>\n
Both had become incredibly dull, now that the cheap knife sharpener had become deformed with use. It has since been relegated to the circular file (AKA trash).<\/p>\n
However, I am happy to report that the experiment was a success! I only needed to start with the 1000 grit stone, and worked my way through 4000, then up to 8000. Both knives sliced a fresh tomatillo (small green tomato-ish Mexican vegitable\/fruit) without really even being able to notice that it was there.<\/p>\n
Buoyed by that success, I tried sharpening the cleaver. I think I did a pretty good job, but because the cleaver has such a quick transition from edge to 1\/8″+ thickness, I definitely felt the tomatillo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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