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  • comador @lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Those sharpeners are worthless.

    Whetstones are the only true way to sharpen a good knife.

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      2 months ago

      Those aren’t for sharpening. They’re for honing the blade. A sharp edge is thin enough to get bent out of shape during normal use, so the honing tip serves to straighten the edge, not sharpen it.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, honing rods bend back a bent blade edge. This can extend how long a whetstone sharpen is good for, but only by a little. They aren’t a replacement for a whetstone which does the above, and also sharpens the blade.