Do cheap knife sharpeners from Amazon really work?
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Thanks, Tylertube, this was the episode I have waited for. I have a unit similar to that hand gorilla grip unit and was curious how it compared to other types. I too experience having to hold that perfect angle or else it will not sharpen. Thanks again for the experiment.
If any of these work use them in your next can i make random objects sharp enough to cut paper
You uploaded video five times lol
What's the scale you use? Can you provide rhe link please?
If theirs anything above utility knife I think a good video would be to see if a sharper can make it better
The crickets sound in the background is just amazing especially that your videos come out at night for me
yoo dude me too ,where you from?
I thought they were crickets too but the missus reckons they're Cicadas... I dunno
@@fordevoGAME cicadas have more or a rattling noise. At least from my experience.
@@fordevoGAME those are 100% crickets.
My dad keeps crickets to feed his big spiders so I hear the damn things going often. The problem is I don't notice them after a while until I do then they get on my nerves until I stop noticing them again. It's an endless cycle.
Tyler: “I’m not good at math” then proceeds to do some math to find out the dollar to sharpness ratio 😂
I think he means he’s crap at maths when going off the top of his head. He seems ok if he takes the time to sit down and work it out properly.
@@TheRivieraKid Maths...lol, found a Brit.
@@themysteriousman1017 LoL "found a Brit"
Literally almost everyone else in the world pronounces it maths, instead of us North Americans..
@@leekias1 when the last time I gave a single shit about any other country...hold on let me think.....OH YEAH, fuckin never.
Foreals. I have never heard maths and I’ve been to every country in the world lol
when you said "you'd be better off sharpening it with a rock" I was intrigued to see how well you could sharpen a knife using a rock, so I think it would be cool if you did a vid about that
If you mean a normal rock it'd have to be somewhat polished to actually sharpen it, otherwise the rough surface would give uneven results. Otherwise...just use a whetstone. The rock used for sharpening knives, which is normally quartz.
@@digital_u4ia iv sharpened on concrete b4 and got the knife sharp enough to carve wood. Any type of rock with a small grain can sharpen pretty well. But if ya want a good sharpen then ya can use a clay pot with no coating on it or clay that has been dried or even sandstone. Ya it won't be shaving sharp probably with the sandstone though but it will get really sharp. O and also if u do have access to clay, then u can always just put some of the wet clay on the ground and use that and that will get ya to shaving sharp kinda easily as long as u know what ur doing. And u can even just use mud with the big rocks picked out and use that as the abrasive. Being broke can get ya to be very creative. 😀 cheers.
You can use a brick in a tight spot believe it or not. Red brick actually does a much better job the many budget whetstone can lol
I want to live in a world where a $12 kitchen knife is considered "somewhere in the middle" for the cost of a good knife.
It is if you want a factory made one, all those super expensive ones are handmade so no they're never gonna be cheap, at that point you're not even paying for the knife you're paying for the effort gone through to make it, you can get a pretty good factory knife for relatively cheap tho
We've been using the same knives I got from my family over 25 years ago. They work great even today so never even considered buying new ones. They're not very good quality either but they're good enough. At the end of the day it's just a piece of metal that you sharpen. As long you're comfortable using a knife that's all that matters imo.
You do lmao it’s called inflation
lolol, me too. Someone said "inflation" but I think they're missing the point. $12 for a middle of the road good knife? I'll buy those all day long
"You'd be better off sharpening on a rock or something"
Sharpening STONE: "Am I a joke to you"?
Actually with what he is saying if you go down to a creek and find a good rock and flatten it would work better than probably all of these if used right
@@streamytime469 better of strapping a strip of sandpaper for metal on very plat surface like a 2by4 plank and there you have a cheap homemade drystone but use water if you want to.... i get em shawing shap using this method
@@streamytime469 If you're reasonably experience, and pay attention, you can sharpen a standard knife on a round(ed) rock. Flat just makes it easier.
All stones are sharpening stones if you're skilled enough?
@@false-set - Very close. They do have to have a smooth grain. Predominantly metamorphic or sedimentary rocks. Rocks with crystalline intrusions, like granite, aren't very good as sharpening stones. Limestone tends to be too soft. I've used cement in a pinch on an axehead.
Flat stones are just much easier to control the edge.
I used to be a fan but after watching these great masterpieces, I am a whole air conditioner now.
I used to subscribe to a magazine called "Tractors and Trailers Monthly" but after a while they've said everything they can about tractors and now I don't bother with them. I guess you could call me an "Extractor fan."
Lol
Damn that's cold of you
Tyler: "This will be triggering... to some people"
Also Tyler: *obviously one of those people*
I felt more bothered by the wood 😂 had to skip past it
@@elleharrop1526 same I was wearing earphones and had to remove them lol
The wood was annoying especially cuz I had headphones but tbh it wasn't so bad I skipped just kinda cringed my way through it
Tyler’s beard gives the peasant guy on his shirt an Afro.
I was thinking the exact same thing
Dude I can't unsee it now ahaha its so awesome
I kept looking at that Imao
Tylers is every infomercials worse nightmare..
Also.. don't you still spend hours sharping knives... lol
Do you mean worst? And sharpening? Jesus christ
@@dan3458 English is not my native or 2nd language..
@@TwiLightVids hey, you only made minor mistakes. Good job man
Hell I'm from Alabama, down there that's perfect English 😂 legit we say worse.
@@prophetyoshii we do in VA too. Must be a southern thing.
Tyler: "These are shaving sharp"
Me: 'proceeds to enter bathroom and shave with a knoife'
instructions unclear shaved peepee off
@@derbabo8455 same
What???????
Your comment reminds me of that scene in Crocodile Dundee where he's shaving with a razor but then puts it down and starts pretending to shave with his knife.
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Tyler, it's a common thing for a knife to feel duller after sharpening than after repair, it's because the sharpening one polishes whilst the repair grinds it to the proper apex, because the repair makes it very jagged but in the right angle, it grabs your skin and feels sharp. a razor has a smooth non jagged feel because it helps with your skin and razor burn.
Well said. Like with toothy edges they feel sharper than a polished edge almost every time
@@ohioknifelover Thanks! Appreciate the comment!
I have notied the same in trying to slice something like a lemon, my shaving sharp knife wouldnt cut through the peel, the edge being too smooth.
the joy in his voice when he says "we're going to completely torture these knives" is like a kid in a candy store
One thing I learned from hours upon hours and blade upon blade this steel and that....you may have over sharpened. using 100 passes may be too many. You possibly could have better results with fewer passes using these type of sharpeners. There is a point where your as sharp as your gonna get, you knife guys know what I mean lol. I personally like to use the 6” tri stone with an Arkansas stone finish. Once the blade is back up to par then depending on use that week I’d touch it up on a leather strop with some fine polishing compound. The main thing is to keep your knife sharp rather let it go completely dull then removing a lot of material to get back to cutting sharp. At some point you’ll get into softer material and the edge won’t hold for nothing.
Edit: I’d like to see more of the sharpener test videos 👍🏻 good stuff
@Raj Ramey-Rodgers I was not criticizing Tyler’s method and those type of sharpeners don’t have instructions because you don’t need any it’s all straight forward place knife in grove and pull. It takes a special kind of special to need instructions with that.
Yes, 5 to 6 passes are recommended. They're not expected to make a knife stropped knife sharp. Just sharpened enough for kitchen work in an average home.
I'm really pleased with this! It works like a charm th-cam.com/users/postUgkxDcr-y2Pf6xdnrFHrSP7dl9kpKaCozcSQ Takes less time than my old electric sharpener because it can take more off the knife faster, and then it smooths out nicely with the finer grit polisher. I don't know how long it will last before the grit wears away, but I wouldn't mind having to replace it every once in a while.
to dull knives, you should cut a thick jute rope. the jute is abrasive and simulates wear without chipping or flattening the blade like the cinder block does. it's also easier to control the experiment by measuring how much you dull the knife in "cuts". A common problem with these types of pull-through sharpeners is that they leave a saw-like, wavy edge rather than a smooth polished one. It means the edge gets dull and wears away very quickly, but feels sharp and grabby when you test it. Testing for edge retention is certainly important as well. I'd also recommend testing out the Fallkniven DC4 and leather belt strop. I'm confident it'll out-perform every pull-through sharpener out there.
Tyler: "I used to sharpen my gas station knives until there was a pile of metal shavings."
Also Tyler: *Sharpens knife #2 until there is a pile of metal shavings*
things never change
This is just Tyler reliving his childhood of sharpening knives to get the sharpest knife for 25 minutes.
With this test, I feel the best thing to do would be to grab a cheap usb microscope. It would really help see just how dull these knifes are and what exactly the sharpeners did to the edge. Also I would love to see you chuck a $10-15 whetstone in there for comparison. They take some time to learn but combine a $10 whetstone with a leather strop and it'll blow away all of those sharpeners right until you get to the super high precision ones which aren't cheap.
Also the reason the lower grit "stones" feel "sharper" is because of the massive teeth they leave. They're really good at digging into your skin. Not because they're necessarily sharp. The tomato test is a good gauge for how "usefully" sharp a knife is. If you really polish up a knife, you'll find it somehow struggles to cut a tomato with thick skin compared to say a 1000 grit stone. (It'll still cut through it just fine, calm down. It'll just take more force than you would expect for a knife that sharp).
A microscope would reveal all.
I've been with this guy from (pretty much) the start, and I'm so proud seeing how he's grown since then. Massively better video quality, and so much more personality coming through in his videos now!
Great tests! You also have to keep in mind there is probably an upper limit of sharpness each one can achieve. Although the gorilla grip may have sharped the most based on starting and ending numbers, the other sharpeners may have achieved similar results if they had a duller starting blade.
You would need a controlled test with the exact damage on each knife. The smith is 1st place all around and I also have the smith. It's a great, cheap sharpener.
I bought a similar one like the yellow one from wish, for 1 dollar 2 years ago, still using it for my bushcrafting knives, works great actually.
i would genuinly have a good time hanging out with tyler for one day
I look forward to every upload
@Cutting Yoko’s Bra! Imao
Instructions on my Chef's Choice sharpener call for tilting the blades alternately to the two sides of each V shape. You need to work separately on each side of the blade.
That sounds like a terrible idea, wouldn't you be laying the edge of the blade against the opposite flat edge of the sharpening stone then?
As a knife sharpener. Please for the sake of heck get a strop or a worksharp guided field sharpener for everything.
Thats a horrendous idea if the sharpener is exactly like the ones hes using. Do not use knife steels on your knives either, buy a ceramic rod they hone so much better.
@@DreamingSheep There are usually two stones arranged at an angle at the bottom of the slot.
Pull through sharpeners are the worst
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I swear by those little smiths sharpeners. I keep a couple in my fish cleaning bag at all times; those knives take a ton of abuse but those sharpeners are always decent little helpers. Especially hard to hate 'em at the price.
From what I've been told people with expensive knifes don't like them cuz they take off too much material so they shorten the lifespan of the knife by alot
what i love most about these videos is the fact I'm British so my amazon/wish etc is very different to American amazon/wish. and it's so cool to see the weapons and things you can buy at ease that is illegal in my country
@@masondougherty7412 nah, I don't mean these,I mean more the offensive weaponry/shields etc. that kinda stuff, kitchen knives and sharpeners are readily available
Land of the free....to buy crap from China ;)
I have found that the yellow two step sharpener keeps my knives functionaly sharp as long as I haven't been abusing it. I have also found that it doesn't work with some of my folding knives because the handle to blade ratio.
I remember TylerTube by doing Flex Tape/Seal/Glue videos and man, this man has grown his channel a lot. Great job man, im proud of you bro 🥲🥲
I remember using the second sharpener when I worked at Sonic! I sliced my thumb pretty bad. Ahhh good times😂
Sonic grilled cheese is amazing
@@matthewschiraldi2763 blood sweat and tears
Hearing the crickets relaxes me 😪
Really? It annoys the hell out of me.
are you into ASMR?
Bruh that one cricket goin WILD out there. Props to my boi cricket 😂
Hey, Tyler, please buy cheap USB microscope, we would love to see the edge!
True! This is a good idea,
Project Farm fan I see? Lol.
The cheapest and also best I've done is the bottom of a ceramic cup or the edge of the car window great video thanks
I keep a Smith’s on top of my Arkansas stone box on the counter for quick “top off” sharpening when I’m cooking. A couple of swipes on each end and the knife is good to go. Hard to beat for under $5.
I love his videos. I know he makes them in his garage but the effort he puts in so the quality of the video can be good is awesome. Like he could of easily just put some tape on the handles and numbered the knives but he took the time to engrave them and I think it's visually appealing.
I've waited long for this episode!! Thanks tylertube!!
I have several knife sharpeners and i was blown away how effective the smith was. I only use it because its so simple and quick. Highly recommended.
can you make a really high power potato cannon for no reason on cam
Thank you, this was very helpful & I really appreciated finding the Amazon links to the ones you tested!🎉
I for one really enjoy the comparison videos. I'd love to see more. I couldn't care less what you compare, just compare...Though the evil side of me wants to see you compare pickles: relish vs gherkins vs dill vs bread & butter vs sour vs any I forgot 😁
the thing I noticed with the cheap knife sharpeners is that while that do make knives sharper, I feel like the edge doesn't last long and will become dull again quickly
11:42 i love how your shirt dude got its hair back
This guy is exactly who I picture when I hear of someone who collects gas station knives.
Should have done a control knife with your sharpening stones. You should do a comparison with an axe and your katana next, that would be sick
11:47 the peasant has an afro
Tyler, I just wanted to thank you for teaching me how to use the knife sharpener that has the "fine, medium and course" settings. I did not know you had to drag the knife at an angle. I thought you dragged it even across it like you tried then you discovered it works when you drag the knife at the edge of the sharpener. Hope that makes sense, but now I have VERY sharp knives.
we use sharpener num 2 at work. they really do work good. never has anyone gotten hurt. good job buddy.
Tyler: ‘When I was a kid….’
The truth: ‘When I was 23…’
I LOVE THE KNIFE VIDS TYLER PLEASE DO MORE
I love these testing videos with your personality haha.
Thank you! This was so Informative!
These videos are actually entertaining
I don't know about everyone else, but I really appreciate your "Everyman" testing videos. the way you break everything down is very easy to understand for everyone.
You should put links to the products just in case we want to purchase them..
well he does say the names of them. google exist. just sayin
Blind test different water brands.... please
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I use the little yellow smiths, and the smith's sharpening bar, and my knives always come out razor sharp. As long as you know what your doing it works.
and yet, using a stone is quicker and gets even bettet results
I wanna see you test the shapton glass stones, you'll f-ing love them, never regretted buying them myself.
The crickets are defiantly appropriate for this video's pace, dialog, and delivery.
Since Tyler put the knife through the gorilla grip again after getting the right angle down he actually did 200 passes on each type of sharpener so I think the crappy gorilla grip shouldn’t have won.
The second time he ran it through it was about as sharp as the other 2, not counting number 4 because it was at 1550, so like it kind of was fair
Well when he redid the gorilla grip, he used the number that he started at after the first time, the 1910. So he calculated the difference between the 1910 and the new total of 800 something after 100 passes. He didn’t assume that it went from 2520 down to 800 something after 100 passes, as it did take him double that. For the results, He only used the numbers from the second go through. In this case, it won.
But I agree that it shouldn’t have won. I think he should’ve factored in the aspect that with that one you had to get it at an exact angle in order for it to sharpen, unlike the others where the angle didn’t matter that much. Ease of use and product design are important. He also had to do an extra 100 passes with it, as it had 3 sharpeners to it. So that added time to use all three, matters.
I didn’t understand that either. Plus it still only made it to 810 after the second run with a start similar to the others at that point and the actual top 2 were at 250 so the other 3 still beat it.
@@jessicawillard1213 wrong he did use the 2520 down to 810 because if he didn’t #1 would have absolutely still won it was like 1985 down to 315. If he didn’t take the 2520 number it would have been ~1670 off vs ~1100. So original commentor does have the right to say it did have an unfair advantage in getting 200 passes on 3 blades where it already had a jump over the others.
idk about y'all but i watch tyler for his ever so-scientifical methods xD. Entertaining nonetheless/
Been so long since I watched one of your videos glad to be back
8:30 when your beard makes the dummy on your shirt look like it has hair
I got to be real, the crickets in the back is great. Not only is it funny but it’s also night time as I watch this and it’s kinda making me sleepy
I always laugh when Tyler gives safety lessons, Not my 1st time here Tyler I know what you're like lol.
It's pretty interesting that you cut with the first knife twice and the rest of them once and you could tell the difference on the sharpness test on the first go around
KEEP IT UP TYLER!!!
I love the vivid details , this man is good at what he does 😁
Sweet video. That was some cool number crunching
I’d love for you to get a hold of some knives from sushi chefs. They would blow your mind
LMAO when you put our head down it makes it look like the bald guy on your shirt has a crazy head of hair hahaha
Best sharpener test I've seen!! Great Job!!! I've got a smith and a case that's made similar that I use for ease of use and great sharpening. I"ve got a sharpener similar to the Gorilla sharpener that works Great but only use it when I have more time and more knives to sharpen. I always wondered if the numbers would support what I was seeing and it appears they do. Again thanks for such a great test and video..
The peaceful crickets got me in the perfect mood to listen to a knife squeaking through a 2x4
The guy who made that first knife who went above and beyond in the quality department of that knife company is patting himself on the back right now
Need to try this with the bavarian edge
Professional knife reviewers usually slice through rough jute type rope until it's dull... And they're using supersteels like S35VN and other stuff that's crazy good at staying sharp.
To even dull a sharp knife quickly, cut bamboo across the grain. My bamboo cutting board wrecks mild steel knives in a few strokes. Textured glass will dull an edge by rolling the edge.
Every time I see a goat guns ad the models get bigger, a year from now they will just be a gun company making full size guns
to dull a knife quickly use cardboard, 20-30 cuts should dull them down dramatically
Sharpening is like sanding. Basically you're looking to go from 80 to 120 to 220... Actual sharpening stones generally have a coarse and fine side.
Sharpening things tends to be a mix of science and art. The angle the sharpeners put on the blade can make it sharper or duller... A kitchen knife has a different angle on it than say a surgical scalpel.
Always worth it when he posts!
The ad I got before this was a bearded man with a cap in a garage testing knives lmao
Tyler should test some as seen on tv heaters
Loving the sounds of the crickets in the background lol
I have kept ones similar to the smith's in my tackle boxes for as long as I can remember
That beard makes the peasant on your shirt look like Bob Ross
I'd like to hear you test the three-piece one on a regularly dull knife instead of one as damaged as you used.
Those Accu-sharp style sharpeners really do ONE thing but they do it well!! It's carbide 'wedge' design is best for when the blade is fairly trashed and needs totally new edge! You MUST try to use the same amount of 'down-force' AND same 'EVENNESS' in every pull, no angle or tilt! When you think you have put a new, even edge on the blade there really only one thing left u can do with a fixed carbide wedge and that is to start decreasing the amount of down-force of your even strokes. Once ur down to just the weight of the knife, you're done...with THIS sharpener. Now it needs a medium-light or finishing stone followed by a good stropping. This sharpener can/will take a trashed and beat up blade and put a new 'fresh metal' edge on it FAST...but will still need further work with a light or finishing surface and strop, ofc. If u don't have the time you can 'sharpen a knife' I guess...just use really light down-force from the start cuz this thing will EAT metal and DO NOT USE on a normally 'sharp af', well kept blade...it deserves better, imho 😉
Tyler: *cuts paper*
Also Tyler: I wonder if this will... *Points blade at skin*
Tyler the crickets weren't too impressed judging by thier voiced opinions. lmao Love the video man
You have a great platform very very good you are thank you for doing these tests now I know which sharpener I need to buy I appreciate this thank you very much 👍
Thanks for the hard work I have the yellow Smith I love it affordable it's affordable super light and it works
When zoomed in your peasant shirt has hair from your beard.
Favorite part of the video are all the crickets chirping in the background 😂
For the money and the end results i always have a Smith sharpener handy , its quick and does what its made to do . I do use my diamond stones when i do take my time to sharpen but sometimes you just need quick and easy
Hey everytime u sharpen the knifes ur beard gives the Mannequin head hair 😆
i'd like to see you test knifes.
just a set of kitchen knifes to see which one keeps their edges best. Considering some really cheap ones lose their edge after a couple of months, whilst expensive ones may keep it for a year or more.
What sort of compact carry in your bag sharpener would you recommend for carbon steel bushcraft knife?