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Figured out why my knife sharpening was taking forever - it was the angle
I spent like two years thinking I was terrible at sharpening knives. Every time I tried to get that edge back on my chef's knife at home it took me close to 45 minutes (which is crazy when you think about it). Turns out I was holding the angle way too steep, like closer to 25 degrees instead of the 15-17 I needed for my Japanese blade. I finally watched a video from a guy in Portland who used a sharpie on the edge to show where the metal was actually hitting the stone. After that one trick my sharpening time dropped to under 15 minutes. Feels dumb it took me so long to figure out. Has anyone else had that moment where a simple visual hack fixed your whole process?
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wilson.kelly4d ago
Honestly, the sharpie trick was a total game changer for me too. I spent months getting frustrated at my sharpening before I finally tried it and realized I was off by like 10 degrees the whole time.
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phoenix_thompson44d ago
10 degrees off? How'd you finally figure out the right angle?
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