Thread: can i use my barber hone to sharpen a knife

I used to use the bottom of ceramic coffee mug to sharpen pocket knives. It would put a nice edge on them

Originally Posted by sharpy

I have a lansky sharpening kit too, had it for several years now. My problem with it is that it takes AGES to sharpen my Shun Classic chef knife (VG10 ?).
Is this steel just hard to sharpen ?Last time I sharpened all the cheaper kitchen knives I just did it by hand with a stone, I cut a little wooden wedge at 22.5 deg (approx) and just used that to periodically check my angle. It was a cheapo double sided oilstone and I got them nice and sharp in no time at all. So I am feeling a little miffed at my Lansky sharpener at the moment...

Depends how dull it was to start with mate My mother and sister are great at making knives blunt, but not so good at sharpening. I do their knives for them when I can. A couple of years ago, my sister bought a whole new set of knives, because the ones she had "didn't work". The edges were rounder than a basketball! Took some work, but I got them back to perfect sharpness and now my mother (who was given the knives) has a large selection to use, which means all I have to do is touch up several edges instead of sharpen from scratch.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Depends how dull it was to start with mate My mother and sister are great at making knives blunt, but not so good at sharpening. I do their knives for them when I can. A couple of years ago, my sister bought a whole new set of knives, because the ones she had "didn't work". The edges were rounder than a basketball! Took some work, but I got them back to perfect sharpness and now my mother (who was given the knives) has a large selection to use, which means all I have to do is touch up several edges instead of sharpen from scratch.


Mick

To hold a proper angle to me is what is hard freehand sharpening knifes. The Lansky or others take that out of the question. Razors have their own built in angle.

You won't get any argument about that from me mate. I agree 100%.


Mick