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Your "problem" is our opportunity. What a great demonstration! I am in awe over the part @1:20 where you talk about your sharpening intuition and feeling when you have achieved the apex before you even check for the burr. I've been practicing according to your techniques, with vastly better results than I ever had before, and I still have a long way to go. Thank you so much for your videos.
If you are using a grinder to sharpen your knives then I'd say you have to much time on your hands, you literally worked to buy a knife then destroy it in seconds. Which if your doing that I'm guessing you are buying 3$ gastation knives made of pot metal so I guess i understand in that case. However some people like proper tools which with any proper tool they will need maintenance which is the point in getting proper tools so they last a long time with proper care.
@ unfortunately i did and got a lecture on why they didn't sharpen it in the first place. I still have it though. Its a union fork and hoe manufacture one from 1943 i believe
telling people to use an angle grinder also means you're telling people who don't already have one to buy one just to sharpen their knives, which seems even more obsessive than what he was arguing against lol.
Sharpening for me is like therapy. It doesn't matter if it's a $20 knife from a buddy at work or a $300 knife out of my collection. I take the same time and care for each. I find it very stress relieving to do. Thanks for the great content as always.
Me as well. I've actually done it to unwind after a particularly stressful day. Grabbed a fillet blade and took some time completely reprofiling and working it to as close to a mirror finish as possible without >2000 grit stones as I could.
@@brian70Cuda cleaning well engineered things is always nice, but Imma from the UK so can't really comment coz I've never touched a real gun. EDIT , just realised i did comment, so that was a bit of a lie 🙂
@@norrisfong6445No shit sherlock... wait did you think 22 guys were capable of running with 1 ball...you guys gotta start thinking about the shit you say
I WORKED 22 HOURS AT THE BALL CRUSHING FACTORY TODAY. YOU GOT SOFT HANDS BROTHER. HOW DARE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THINGS YOU LIKE AND TAKE TIME TO CARE FOR AND PRESERVE THE THINGS YOU ENJOY
Im 66 been sharpening knives since i could clean fish very young boy, i never had real quality knives, but now i can appreciate a good quality steel, i still am not near as good as you sharpening i have learned alot about how to sharpen razor sharp and good stones and stropping, i love to sharpen anything that cuts go on with your bad self😊
0:10 that’s a golden comment. I hadn’t sharpened my knife in a few months and had been doing a lot with it so it was dull when I grabbed it. In under 5 minutes with a dmt extra corse and a 6micron strop I had it shaving sharp.
I'm a carpenter and use my knife all day for a multitude of things and I sharpen like that every evening. it usually ends up sharper than a new razor knife. So I agree with you, but it takes practice to be able to refresh a knife like that and without it, it will never get that sharp.
Sharpening and stropping a knife is a form of relaxation for me. The fact that I occasionally end up with a relatively sharp knife is of secondary concern.
There's no way I could sharpen a knife in 63 seconds! HOWEVER, I can certainly destroy the knife in under 63 seconds. I'm old and retired so I have LOTS of time to get great edges on all of my knives with my KME. And I can certainly strop that edge every week in under a minute to maintain that near hair whittling sharpness. Only you can do real hair whittling sharpness, Alex! My test for sharpness is will it shave my bald head. As for someone telling total strangers to "GET A LIFE"...I am amazed that the generation that is all about inclusivity, tolerance, and "I don't need your validation" are the most exclusive, intolerant, and judgmental online commenters, IMO. THANKS for this video, Alex!!
I just wanted to thank you and Jerad from neeves for turning me from a bad freehand guy to a good one. Happy Holidays and thanks to you both for all the informative reviews.
Thanks to you, I hand sharpen and I I wait until I have a few that need it because the setting up at my dining room table takes a few minutes and I want to make it worth my while. You are the man!
The irony... someone spent the time to watch someone sharpen a knife (didn't even actually do their own sharpening), then said you are the one that has an issue or needs to get a life? 😂
Thanks for the video! Your videos are very helpful and informative! Please do not let the negative comments get to you! If anything you have 386k subscribers who loves your videos man.
Which knifes need sharpening most often? Correct - kitchen ones. And that is why I keep one my diamond stone in the kitchen - really do not want to run to workshop/garage to sharpen a knife, if I suddenly realize I can't cut tomatos. Just taking a stone from a drawer, drop it on a table, 3 minutes - knife is ready to go, no any running around.
Just when I think I've seen your best video, you do another one! This has so much detail on HOW to sharpen. But yet, not any extraneous details not needed! The more i watch, the more I learn!
It's a good thing to be able to cut stuff quick and smooth instead of sawing away like a cartoon character.
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"How quick you can sharpen a knife real time" I'll be the devil's advocate on this one, -> "how many HOURS of practice did it takes to get that efficient at sharpening?"
You still have to divide those hours by the knives you sharpened along the way. 😛 Also, I have serious doubts whether someone "sharpening" on a bench grinder is actually achieving a sharp knife at all. If so, you probably also have the skills to do it on a diamond plate, freehand.
@@jaredm450 I used to sharpen woodworking tools on a bench grinder. 1) At least with the wheel I was using, things didn't get very sharp. I only used it to reestablish an angle and fix chips. 2) With a standard bench grinder wheel and motor speed, it's pretty easy to overheat the cutting edge and wreck the heat treatment, forcing you to grind off a bunch of metal to basically start over creating the edge.
The people that sharpen on a bench grinder, dull to them is when there is no edge. The same type to say "I've never had to sharpen my spyderco/benchmade/zero tolerance" it's probably because you have no idea what sharp is
Honestly with a half-decent youtube tutorial and that $80 sharpal plate, you can get a solid workable edge from not even knowing how to find the angle inside of 2 hours. Everything after that is just refining technique
@@Guishan_Lingyou Good points! I have a jig for my wood turning chisels, but even then, I like to finish up on a diamond stone (and like you said, you have to keep things cool). I cannot imagine "sharpening" my pocket knife on a grinding wheel though. Maybe if you have an adjustable-speed grinder with a fine-grit wheel? Even then, your bevels are going to turn out all wonky and uneven. If you can hold your knife steady enough to do it though - probably could do it by hand too.
Collecting anything is a "disorder", just like anything else which you do, which does you harm. No harm, no sickness. Enjoy! BTW, great explanation on the 1 minute sharpening. That skill allows me to buy cheap kitchen knives without concern about edge retention.
As someone who uses a work sharp grinder, we all have a problem as knife nerds. We are all just trying to make a pointy thing pointier no matter the method or speed. Lovely video as always.
The normal, bottom of the list, knife enjoyer like me is always eager to see what new awesome knife designs this world comes up with! And occasionally gets one knife per year that "resonate" with my preference! But the more knives I have, which are not many about 7... the more I feel sad that they don't get used as much as they should! And I'm left using some of them for a few tasks, then I sharpen even if they don't need it... I still have a lot to learn sharpening, sometimes I nail it, sometimes I screw up and start over! But here's the deal, the more I learn in the EDC community, the more I realize that you don't need the best there is, the best thing to have is something budget, reliable, easy to sharpen, something you don't mind damaging etc. At first even I was looking for the best steel, the brightest light, the best multitool... but the more you carry stuff, the more you realize you need things that you actually use, and not fancy pieces of metal!
I can relate to your problem. LOL. Someone at work a while back asked if I had a sharp knife they could use. Another employee rolled his eyes and said "Don, not have a sharp knife, what is wrong with you"
Of course we are crazy knife nerds, but at least some of us know what we are talking about. I often wonder why are those people who make such dumb and mean comments even taking the time to watch or comment on a knife channel when they clearly don't know what they are talking about; yet they feel a need to fill some space with their presence because they long to be noticed, and for that we love them all - if only they would start their own YT channel and get even more attention.
We watched it maybe I do have a problem. Sharpening is like meditation to me the sound of steel on stone is soothing to me and when you have the edge just razor sharp and it glides thru whatever you cut it just feel so good
That guy would think I am really crazy if I made videos when I first started sharpening m own knives. I used wet stones that I first had to soak for an hour. Then I would pass over four different grits. Then strop. Then clean up the entire mess. Took me at least a half hour if not longer. I guess the part he doesn't understand is I enjoyed it. Since watching this channel I now simply use 2 grits of diamond stone. Still takes me 15 minutes though.
I told my children, when they were growing up, it doesn’t matter what you do in life as long as you enjoy it. We all spend too much time doing things most other people don’t understand, but we enjoy doing it, and that’s all that matters.
I don't like sharpening. But i do like to have a sharp blade around. Which is exactly why i'd prefer to take more time for sharpening, but the edge to last longer. Freehand is a black magic but thanks to your videos i'm finally getting a feel of it and teh results are worth it. All i need is ducttape/bubblewrap annihilating sharp...
Sometimes does feel like a sickness. "This is probably sharp enough ... but what if it isn't? Lets make sure it is." A bench grinder also has some portability issues while you can easily carry a stone.
I like quality tools and I like taking care of them. Those tools then make a living for me, and I like to think that I take the same care throughout all of my labor ,and do the best job I can, for myself and for my clients. That brings me enjoyment.
Teaching others a useful skill like sharpening is definitely a good use of your time and more productive than complaining on the internet about people who enjoy something like rubbing knives on expensive stones.
I don't have room in my apartment's kitchen drawer for a bench grinder. I'm rocking a $20 satc diamond stone, a cheap strop with the compound that came in the box, and a knife I got for free for helping an old man set up his vendor tent at an event. Sometimes we learn skills that are useful to us, dadgumit. Re-sharpening my knife takes like 5 minutes of my time and I'm not a pro. I watch the channel from time to time because it's funny.
great video man. I see tons of comments from people who lack the experience to understand that freehand is the fastest and easiest method. go ahead and fiddle with your clamps, 'I will be done before you start and have better results. and it's not hard to learn. people make a big deal out of it, but it's literally one of the easiest things you could learn how to do. It's hard to think of any actual skill thats easier to learn. Fixing a car? way harder. Origami? Way harder. learning music? way harder. learning a language? much much harder. Knife bros are just weird children and man children mostly. thats the issue.
Best thing to do is to shapen a butches knife previously sharpened with bench grinder or angle grinder....free hand....I sharpen with a Tormek ...sometimes takes me 30 minuts for one 6 inch knife...you grind and grind and grind and you se not apexed but silverline....but in the end I am always happy when I am done...
Sharpening knives is literally an expression of me getting a life by a way of learning a useful manual skill. And it takes me way longer because 1. I kinda suck at it and 2. I go way overboard with it. I recently got myself a resin bonded 1u stone and 0.1u diamond emulsion for the strop so whenever I sharpen, it takes me at least half an hour per knife. And it's fine, because I like to do it, so if it offends some internet random then I'll sharpen more and longer just to spite them ;-) Maybe they'll motivate me to finally get enough practice to get good at it. Also I don't have a bench grinder.
I have a lunch break that is an hour long. I spend 30 mins driving there and back, I walk my dog for 5 ish minutes, eat lunch and some days I sharpen a knife with 14c, nitro v or 9cr on my Worksharp precision adjust. I get far from great edges but I get hair shaving sharp before I gotta go back to work.
The most ironic thing about that commenter is mentioning "expensive stone" and thinking everyone has a freaking bench grinder laying around lol. A good stone can cost around $50 and last years if your are just maintaining your kitchen knives. People living in apartments dont have a need or have space for an expensive power tool, but I guess that commenter didnt think 3 seconds before writing that.
Been a subscribe for a few years now. I have to say, you really seem more comfortable in front of the camera. I've always enjoyed your videos, and they've just gotten better and more polished over time. 👍
What's wrong with these meanies? I'm down here in Australia and wanted to sharpen my $10 kitchen knives that could barely cut butter. I found your channel and now my kitchen table is covered in sharpening stones, a lansky kit (the thing cost $179 AUD, crazy), a microscope to check the scratch pattern and I've just upgraded to the TS Prof to give that a go as you can never have too many sharpening gadgets....right? Oh, and not to forget my custom made leather strop complete with the best diamond compound and all thanks to you my tomatoes can now be cut without any effort at all! Hair whittling still eludes me. It's on the bucket list! My wife loves the sharpish knives but thinks I have become possessed by the devil and I suspect she has a divorce lawyer on speed dial! What happened to golf and fishing? :)
Nice ,but most of us cant get a knife that sharp that fast. Thats you and your skill level. Some people ,imo dont want to take the time to get good at sharpening. That is the key . It takes time to develop .
Proper care of tools, especially ones that can easily cause death, isn't dumb, it's common sense. Buying expensive tools that your life or livelihood depends on isn't dumb, it's the best kind of investment. Only someone who doesn't use or know how to use tools would make such an unwise blanket statement; that's the kind of person you never, ever by a car, house or even a cheese grater from.
Yes knife sharpening is a decease. A lovely contagious, one that is.. And you gave it to me! What I've learned about sharpening so far, I mainly got from your channel. I remember the first time i reached "hair whittling" sharpness... Wow! I was 45, but I felt like at a kid kissing his first girlfriend..
Soaking my stones before sharpening is the part i hate waiting for. Sharpening doesnt take long, about as long as waiting for the stones to soak. Thats why i use diamond plates in the kitchen at work when time is an issue, otherwise aluminum oxide japanese stones...
If the only purpose is to get a sharp knife, there are plenty of powered "bench grinders" like, Work Sharp etc. There is a satisfaction to developing a skill that most never get. There is a meditative aspect as well. Not everybody wants to spend the time to be into million different activities. We just choose to be good at something old school, uncommon, useful and satisfying.
The problem most people (Not me) have with hand sharpening is they just plain don't want to. They'd rather replace a knife once it won't cut. Yeah, it sounds ridiculous to those who watch the channel but ask the average person. I've taught tons of people to hand sharpen and 9 out of 10 won't do it. Many will however bring them to me to sharpen.
Heyyyy..the Baby Banter has recently become my EDC (I needed something less scary than my old Onion at work..haha). I love it so much I bought a second one to keep in my toolbox. That being beside the point I find sharpening by hand to be very satisfying and enjoy the process. One more question I seriously have though is how do you recommend cleaning (or I guess specifically wiping down) a diamond stone? Everything I've tried so far seems to leave an annoying residue because of the abrasive nature of the particles. Should I just spray it down as best I can and wait for it to dry or is there another option I'm unaware of maybe?
It takes more time to soak a stone than make a knife sharp. Exceptions are maybe if the blade is too hard for the stone, or if you don't need to soak the stone :D
I think this is unfair. It is like an professional athlete demonstrating you can do what he does. Like why would you need more than 10 seconds to run 100 meters. You are the great profesional.
Not my first time comenting this but I would love to know what tips do you have on single bevel blades like chisels or bench planes, I find a lot of mysticism on the matter and I would love a no bs technique and blade close ups Great video as always!
one question i have is when to sharpen on what stones. do you always reprofile the bevel on a diamond stone or can you re-sharpen completely on something like a korumaku 1000. also how are you getting a paper cutting edge off a 325 grit stone? maybe my technique is just bad
People have the right to have opinions, but that right doesn’t mean that they’re right, it’s subjective, you can either agree or disagree, sometimes they have really stupid and strong opinions, so arguing with them is useless, let the haters hate, since it’s impossible to appease everyone, since your content, quality wise is great, they’ve got no point in hating, since all the loyal followers will lend you a hand if you need one. Greetings from Spain, keep the great work, king! 👑
I have the sickness as well. I'm not as good at sharpening as you, but have upped my game from watching your videos. I definitely have to warn my wife when I've sharpened the kitchen knives. But she manages to cut herself anyway. 😮 😅
Can someone explain how it feels to apex properly? I know that’s a tough question, but if a few people give their best attempt to answer the question, the sum total of the responses might make sense.
Anyone sitting around watching videos about stuff they don't like or agree with and than taking the time and effort to leave dimwitted comments needs to get a life.
I am an old guy. I should be out spending my time cruising AARP conventions in my C8 Corvette but I cannot afford the insurance on one much less the payments and would end up hating it because of my bad back. I tried spending all my money on women and 2 ex-wives later... So, knives. I can afford to buy knives and sharpeners and stones and cases and oils and ... Stamp collecting, that ought to be a cheap hobby! fwiw I hate sharpening. I have not spent the time to learn free handing so I depend on various fixed angle setups. Get it perfect then use a strop when I can feel the edge rolling.
If its a sickness i must have it the worst being that i tell people how i want my knife to be and they make it for me to pay upwards of $400 occasionally 😂😂😂 Currently my favorite knife is my Kershaw 5150CF that is easily my sharpest in rotation. A balisong that i could literally shave with or see myself in the mirror edge of. 🤣
The issue with this is, how much time did it take you to hone your skills and get this good at sharpening? I’d venture to say that 99% of people probably can’t just pick up a knife and stone and get a good freehand edge. On top of that, you have people like me that can’t even put a sticker on straight, so trying to guess angles is nearly impossible. I do a lot of freehand sharpening, so don’t think I’m with that guy and criticizing you. I just know it took me a lot of time to even be able to put a decent edge on a blade, and I’m sure my angles are all wonky. Plus, I shake really badly, so that further complicates things.
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Your "problem" is our opportunity. What a great demonstration! I am in awe over the part @1:20 where you talk about your sharpening intuition and feeling when you have achieved the apex before you even check for the burr. I've been practicing according to your techniques, with vastly better results than I ever had before, and I still have a long way to go. Thank you so much for your videos.
I keep looking at burrfection's strops. I have a problem 🤣 but a rolled buffalo, strop? i mean, who wouldn't want one.
If you are using a grinder to sharpen your knives then I'd say you have to much time on your hands, you literally worked to buy a knife then destroy it in seconds. Which if your doing that I'm guessing you are buying 3$ gastation knives made of pot metal so I guess i understand in that case. However some people like proper tools which with any proper tool they will need maintenance which is the point in getting proper tools so they last a long time with proper care.
12 year old me getting reprimanded by my grandpa for sharpening his M1 bayonet on a benchgrinder.
@thaknobodi please tell me you didn't 😂
@ unfortunately i did and got a lecture on why they didn't sharpen it in the first place. I still have it though. Its a union fork and hoe manufacture one from 1943 i believe
Haha i know! It's hilarious 😆
telling people to use an angle grinder also means you're telling people who don't already have one to buy one just to sharpen their knives, which seems even more obsessive than what he was arguing against lol.
Sharpening for me is like therapy. It doesn't matter if it's a $20 knife from a buddy at work or a $300 knife out of my collection. I take the same time and care for each. I find it very stress relieving to do. Thanks for the great content as always.
Was gonna say the same.
yeah i agree. the rhythm , the sounds and the end result. Its all a nice short break from the madness.
I get the same therapy from cleaning guns too:)
Me as well. I've actually done it to unwind after a particularly stressful day. Grabbed a fillet blade and took some time completely reprofiling and working it to as close to a mirror finish as possible without >2000 grit stones as I could.
@@brian70Cuda cleaning well engineered things is always nice, but Imma from the UK so can't really comment coz I've never touched a real gun. EDIT , just realised i did comment, so that was a bit of a lie 🙂
Definitely a problem… spending money on knives because I like them 🤣… well… others buy tickets to see 22 guys running a ball…
You have to support those poor 22 guys, they can't even afford to buy their own balls and have to share.
Lol 😂
All 22 aren't even doing that.
@@norrisfong6445No shit sherlock... wait did you think 22 guys were capable of running with 1 ball...you guys gotta start thinking about the shit you say
Sportsball lasts mere hours but a good knife is forever. ❤
The *real* sickness is wasting time complaining about videos you *chose* to watch.
Amennnnnn ...probably holiday depression. Mad at the world and looking for someone to take it out on.
I WORKED 22 HOURS AT THE BALL CRUSHING FACTORY TODAY. YOU GOT SOFT HANDS BROTHER. HOW DARE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THINGS YOU LIKE AND TAKE TIME TO CARE FOR AND PRESERVE THE THINGS YOU ENJOY
This is the best one.🤣
Best freehand sharpening lesson on the internet!!! And hilarious too! Thank you.
Im 66 been sharpening knives since i could clean fish very young boy, i never had real quality knives, but now i can appreciate a good quality steel, i still am not near as good as you sharpening i have learned alot about how to sharpen razor sharp and good stones and stropping, i love to sharpen anything that cuts go on with your bad self😊
We all need a hobby. Some of us prefer that hobby to not be poking pins in insects and pinning them to a display board...
0:10 that’s a golden comment. I hadn’t sharpened my knife in a few months and had been doing a lot with it so it was dull when I grabbed it. In under 5 minutes with a dmt extra corse and a 6micron strop I had it shaving sharp.
I'm a carpenter and use my knife all day for a multitude of things and I sharpen like that every evening. it usually ends up sharper than a new razor knife. So I agree with you, but it takes practice to be able to refresh a knife like that and without it, it will never get that sharp.
It's not just a hobby, it's a skill. A skill that I'm proud of. Also a skill that many men are envious of. Some more than others. Poor little guy.
The right answer right there
NAILED IT!!! What a problem you have! You have a skill most people cannot come close to. Last I checked, having skills is a life.
Sharpening and stropping a knife is a form of relaxation for me. The fact that I occasionally end up with a relatively sharp knife is of secondary concern.
There's no way I could sharpen a knife in 63 seconds! HOWEVER, I can certainly destroy the knife in under 63 seconds. I'm old and retired so I have LOTS of time to get great edges on all of my knives with my KME. And I can certainly strop that edge every week in under a minute to maintain that near hair whittling sharpness. Only you can do real hair whittling sharpness, Alex! My test for sharpness is will it shave my bald head. As for someone telling total strangers to "GET A LIFE"...I am amazed that the generation that is all about inclusivity, tolerance, and "I don't need your validation" are the most exclusive, intolerant, and judgmental online commenters, IMO. THANKS for this video, Alex!!
I just wanted to thank you and Jerad from neeves for turning me from a bad freehand guy to a good one. Happy Holidays and thanks to you both for all the informative reviews.
Thanks to you, I hand sharpen and I I wait until I have a few that need it because the setting up at my dining room table takes a few minutes and I want to make it worth my while. You are the man!
The irony... someone spent the time to watch someone sharpen a knife (didn't even actually do their own sharpening), then said you are the one that has an issue or needs to get a life? 😂
Nevermind some people need to sharpen their work tools, like woodworkers, carpenters, machinists, farmers, etc. etc. Its NOT just a hobby...
Thanks for the video!
Your videos are very helpful and informative! Please do not let the negative comments get to you! If anything you have 386k subscribers who loves your videos man.
"You guys just watched it..." Literally LOL'd. Yep, I have a problem. I like things to be right, including the edge on my blade.
Which knifes need sharpening most often? Correct - kitchen ones. And that is why I keep one my diamond stone in the kitchen - really do not want to run to workshop/garage to sharpen a knife, if I suddenly realize I can't cut tomatos. Just taking a stone from a drawer, drop it on a table, 3 minutes - knife is ready to go, no any running around.
Just when I think I've seen your best video, you do another one! This has so much detail on HOW to sharpen. But yet, not any extraneous details not needed! The more i watch, the more I learn!
I have learned much from your videos. Learning how things work is not a sickness.
It's a good thing to be able to cut stuff quick and smooth instead of sawing away like a cartoon character.
"How quick you can sharpen a knife real time"
I'll be the devil's advocate on this one, -> "how many HOURS of practice did it takes to get that efficient at sharpening?"
You still have to divide those hours by the knives you sharpened along the way. 😛
Also, I have serious doubts whether someone "sharpening" on a bench grinder is actually achieving a sharp knife at all. If so, you probably also have the skills to do it on a diamond plate, freehand.
@@jaredm450 I used to sharpen woodworking tools on a bench grinder. 1) At least with the wheel I was using, things didn't get very sharp. I only used it to reestablish an angle and fix chips. 2) With a standard bench grinder wheel and motor speed, it's pretty easy to overheat the cutting edge and wreck the heat treatment, forcing you to grind off a bunch of metal to basically start over creating the edge.
The people that sharpen on a bench grinder, dull to them is when there is no edge. The same type to say "I've never had to sharpen my spyderco/benchmade/zero tolerance" it's probably because you have no idea what sharp is
Honestly with a half-decent youtube tutorial and that $80 sharpal plate, you can get a solid workable edge from not even knowing how to find the angle inside of 2 hours. Everything after that is just refining technique
@@Guishan_Lingyou Good points! I have a jig for my wood turning chisels, but even then, I like to finish up on a diamond stone (and like you said, you have to keep things cool).
I cannot imagine "sharpening" my pocket knife on a grinding wheel though. Maybe if you have an adjustable-speed grinder with a fine-grit wheel? Even then, your bevels are going to turn out all wonky and uneven. If you can hold your knife steady enough to do it though - probably could do it by hand too.
Collecting anything is a "disorder", just like anything else which you do, which does you harm. No harm, no sickness. Enjoy!
BTW, great explanation on the 1 minute sharpening. That skill allows me to buy cheap kitchen knives without concern about edge retention.
As someone who uses a work sharp grinder, we all have a problem as knife nerds. We are all just trying to make a pointy thing pointier no matter the method or speed. Lovely video as always.
4 53..... I thought you were just gonna read comments, but this was so much better. Gotta take down the haters with facts and kindness.
The normal, bottom of the list, knife enjoyer like me is always eager to see what new awesome knife designs this world comes up with!
And occasionally gets one knife per year that "resonate" with my preference!
But the more knives I have, which are not many about 7... the more I feel sad that they don't get used as much as they should!
And I'm left using some of them for a few tasks, then I sharpen even if they don't need it... I still have a lot to learn sharpening, sometimes I nail it, sometimes I screw up and start over!
But here's the deal, the more I learn in the EDC community, the more I realize that you don't need the best there is, the best thing to have is something budget, reliable, easy to sharpen, something you don't mind damaging etc.
At first even I was looking for the best steel, the brightest light, the best multitool... but the more you carry stuff, the more you realize you need things that you actually use, and not fancy pieces of metal!
I can relate to your problem. LOL. Someone at work a while back asked if I had a sharp knife they could use. Another employee rolled his eyes and said "Don, not have a sharp knife, what is wrong with you"
I'm 38yo, started sharpening knives when i was 6.
It's more than just a hobby.
Sharp knife, way of life!!!
Of course we are crazy knife nerds, but at least some of us know what we are talking about.
I often wonder why are those people who make such dumb and mean comments even taking the time to watch or comment on a knife channel when they clearly don't know what they are talking about; yet they feel a need to fill some space with their presence because they long to be noticed, and for that we love them all - if only they would start their own YT channel and get even more attention.
Love your videos and keep it up man! Don't listen to the haters!
Having haters just means you’re doing something right. Keep up the informative videos my guy. Love your stuff
Freehand sharpening is clearly the fastest way to (re)sharpen an edge 😂
It looks so easy and it is, while the skill demonstrated is on a high quality
We watched it maybe I do have a problem. Sharpening is like meditation to me the sound of steel on stone is soothing to me and when you have the edge just razor sharp and it glides thru whatever you cut it just feel so good
That guy would think I am really crazy if I made videos when I first started sharpening m own knives. I used wet stones that I first had to soak for an hour. Then I would pass over four different grits. Then strop. Then clean up the entire mess. Took me at least a half hour if not longer. I guess the part he doesn't understand is I enjoyed it. Since watching this channel I now simply use 2 grits of diamond stone. Still takes me 15 minutes though.
I told my children, when they were growing up, it doesn’t matter what you do in life as long as you enjoy it.
We all spend too much time doing things most other people don’t understand, but we enjoy doing it, and that’s all that matters.
I don't like sharpening. But i do like to have a sharp blade around. Which is exactly why i'd prefer to take more time for sharpening, but the edge to last longer. Freehand is a black magic but thanks to your videos i'm finally getting a feel of it and teh results are worth it. All i need is ducttape/bubblewrap annihilating sharp...
Sometimes does feel like a sickness.
"This is probably sharp enough ... but what if it isn't? Lets make sure it is."
A bench grinder also has some portability issues while you can easily carry a stone.
Putting a knife on a bench grinder will land you straight in hell
I like quality tools and I like taking care of them. Those tools then make a living for me, and I like to think that I take the same care throughout all of my labor ,and do the best job I can, for myself and for my clients. That brings me enjoyment.
😂 'Maybe I do have a problem.' cracked me up.
Teaching others a useful skill like sharpening is definitely a good use of your time and more productive than complaining on the internet about people who enjoy something like rubbing knives on expensive stones.
😂 lol! Thank you for the cheer me up ending 🎉 Loved it 😊
I don't have room in my apartment's kitchen drawer for a bench grinder. I'm rocking a $20 satc diamond stone, a cheap strop with the compound that came in the box, and a knife I got for free for helping an old man set up his vendor tent at an event. Sometimes we learn skills that are useful to us, dadgumit. Re-sharpening my knife takes like 5 minutes of my time and I'm not a pro. I watch the channel from time to time because it's funny.
Rule number one of "mean" comments.
90% of them are trying to help, in a inefficient manner.
May that person never find out about jnats.😎
great video man. I see tons of comments from people who lack the experience to understand that freehand is the fastest and easiest method. go ahead and fiddle with your clamps, 'I will be done before you start and have better results. and it's not hard to learn. people make a big deal out of it, but it's literally one of the easiest things you could learn how to do. It's hard to think of any actual skill thats easier to learn. Fixing a car? way harder. Origami? Way harder. learning music? way harder. learning a language? much much harder. Knife bros are just weird children and man children mostly. thats the issue.
There is no reason to spread negativity like that it's a hobby that doesn't hurt anyone and it's a positive thing Let It Go
I never said I don't have a knife problem. I started buying decent pocket knives (EKA Sweden or Normark) 56 years ago at age 9.
We've all got problems but sharpening knives ain't one of them. 🔪
Best thing to do is to shapen a butches knife previously sharpened with bench grinder or angle grinder....free hand....I sharpen with a Tormek ...sometimes takes me 30 minuts for one 6 inch knife...you grind and grind and grind and you se not apexed but silverline....but in the end I am always happy when I am done...
Sharpening knives is literally an expression of me getting a life by a way of learning a useful manual skill. And it takes me way longer because 1. I kinda suck at it and 2. I go way overboard with it. I recently got myself a resin bonded 1u stone and 0.1u diamond emulsion for the strop so whenever I sharpen, it takes me at least half an hour per knife. And it's fine, because I like to do it, so if it offends some internet random then I'll sharpen more and longer just to spite them ;-) Maybe they'll motivate me to finally get enough practice to get good at it. Also I don't have a bench grinder.
I have a lunch break that is an hour long. I spend 30 mins driving there and back, I walk my dog for 5 ish minutes, eat lunch and some days I sharpen a knife with 14c, nitro v or 9cr on my Worksharp precision adjust. I get far from great edges but I get hair shaving sharp before I gotta go back to work.
The most ironic thing about that commenter is mentioning "expensive stone" and thinking everyone has a freaking bench grinder laying around lol. A good stone can cost around $50 and last years if your are just maintaining your kitchen knives. People living in apartments dont have a need or have space for an expensive power tool, but I guess that commenter didnt think 3 seconds before writing that.
Yep, we sure did watch! 🤣 And I'll watch more and more as long as you continue to put out great vids like this.
Don’t freehand sharpen but I still watch all your videos
Been a subscribe for a few years now. I have to say, you really seem more comfortable in front of the camera. I've always enjoyed your videos, and they've just gotten better and more polished over time. 👍
What's wrong with these meanies? I'm down here in Australia and wanted to sharpen my $10 kitchen knives that could barely cut butter. I found your channel and now my kitchen table is covered in sharpening stones, a lansky kit (the thing cost $179 AUD, crazy), a microscope to check the scratch pattern and I've just upgraded to the TS Prof to give that a go as you can never have too many sharpening gadgets....right? Oh, and not to forget my custom made leather strop complete with the best diamond compound and all thanks to you my tomatoes can now be cut without any effort at all! Hair whittling still eludes me. It's on the bucket list! My wife loves the sharpish knives but thinks I have become possessed by the devil and I suspect she has a divorce lawyer on speed dial! What happened to golf and fishing? :)
Nice ,but most of us cant get a knife that sharp that fast. Thats you and your skill level.
Some people ,imo dont want to take the time to get good at sharpening. That is the key . It takes time to develop .
Proper care of tools, especially ones that can easily cause death, isn't dumb, it's common sense. Buying expensive tools that your life or livelihood depends on isn't dumb, it's the best kind of investment. Only someone who doesn't use or know how to use tools would make such an unwise blanket statement; that's the kind of person you never, ever by a car, house or even a cheese grater from.
Yep i knew it. I need a life big time. Lmao 🤣 🤣
Yes knife sharpening is a decease. A lovely contagious, one that is.. And you gave it to me!
What I've learned about sharpening so far, I mainly got from your channel. I remember the first time i reached "hair whittling" sharpness... Wow! I was 45, but I felt like at a kid kissing his first girlfriend..
It's super quick after years of practice...
I just sharpen my Mora knives on a Beavercraft leather strop with green grit. Sanvik steel is easy to sharpen
Soaking my stones before sharpening is the part i hate waiting for. Sharpening doesnt take long, about as long as waiting for the stones to soak. Thats why i use diamond plates in the kitchen at work when time is an issue, otherwise aluminum oxide japanese stones...
If the only purpose is to get a sharp knife, there are plenty of powered "bench grinders" like, Work Sharp etc.
There is a satisfaction to developing a skill that most never get. There is a meditative aspect as well.
Not everybody wants to spend the time to be into million different activities. We just choose to be good at something old school, uncommon, useful and satisfying.
The problem most people (Not me) have with hand sharpening is they just plain don't want to. They'd rather replace a knife once it won't cut. Yeah, it sounds ridiculous to those who watch the channel but ask the average person. I've taught tons of people to hand sharpen and 9 out of 10 won't do it. Many will however bring them to me to sharpen.
Heyyyy..the Baby Banter has recently become my EDC (I needed something less scary than my old Onion at work..haha). I love it so much I bought a second one to keep in my toolbox. That being beside the point I find sharpening by hand to be very satisfying and enjoy the process. One more question I seriously have though is how do you recommend cleaning (or I guess specifically wiping down) a diamond stone? Everything I've tried so far seems to leave an annoying residue because of the abrasive nature of the particles. Should I just spray it down as best I can and wait for it to dry or is there another option I'm unaware of maybe?
I never clean it, just wipe it with a dry cloth.
@OUTDOORS55 Very good to know. Thank you!
Life is overrated anyway 😅
It takes more time to soak a stone than make a knife sharp. Exceptions are maybe if the blade is too hard for the stone, or if you don't need to soak the stone :D
I think the proper response to the comment would have been a 4 hour ASMR session where you sharpen every knife you own.
I was looking into getting the Sharpal strop and compound combo. Do you have any opinions about it?
I haven't tried their strop. But stones are good
That rex 45 smock looks great 👍 👌
I think this is unfair. It is like an professional athlete demonstrating you can do what he does. Like why would you need more than 10 seconds to run 100 meters. You are the great profesional.
How much time practicing it took to really sharp your first knife?
Knife collecting is unchecked Male Hoarding. 😂
Not my first time comenting this but I would love to know what tips do you have on single bevel blades like chisels or bench planes, I find a lot of mysticism on the matter and I would love a no bs technique and blade close ups
Great video as always!
one question i have is when to sharpen on what stones. do you always reprofile the bevel on a diamond stone or can you re-sharpen completely on something like a korumaku 1000. also how are you getting a paper cutting edge off a 325 grit stone? maybe my technique is just bad
Lol, great video as always.
Love your channel.
I got a good laugh out of your comment about us swatching you sharpen a knife lol
People have the right to have opinions, but that right doesn’t mean that they’re right, it’s subjective, you can either agree or disagree, sometimes they have really stupid and strong opinions, so arguing with them is useless, let the haters hate, since it’s impossible to appease everyone, since your content, quality wise is great, they’ve got no point in hating, since all the loyal followers will lend you a hand if you need one.
Greetings from Spain, keep the great work, king! 👑
I'm sorry that we're enablers 🤣🤣
Ah no I have the sickness. Getting old is stupid every day I find out some new condition I have.
I have the sickness as well.
I'm not as good at sharpening as you, but have upped my game from watching your videos.
I definitely have to warn my wife when I've sharpened the kitchen knives. But she manages to cut herself anyway. 😮 😅
I might have a worse problem because I want to be able to sharpen my knife in 1 minute! But I can't!
I'm sick in so many ways.
Can someone explain how it feels to apex properly?
I know that’s a tough question, but if a few people give their best attempt to answer the question, the sum total of the responses might make sense.
Anyone sitting around watching videos about stuff they don't like or agree with and than taking the time and effort to leave dimwitted comments needs to get a life.
Thought you’d be quicker than that. 😂
I am an old guy. I should be out spending my time cruising AARP conventions in my C8 Corvette but I cannot afford the insurance on one much less the payments and would end up hating it because of my bad back. I tried spending all my money on women and 2 ex-wives later... So, knives. I can afford to buy knives and sharpeners and stones and cases and oils and ... Stamp collecting, that ought to be a cheap hobby! fwiw I hate sharpening. I have not spent the time to learn free handing so I depend on various fixed angle setups. Get it perfect then use a strop when I can feel the edge rolling.
If its a sickness i must have it the worst being that i tell people how i want my knife to be and they make it for me to pay upwards of $400 occasionally 😂😂😂
Currently my favorite knife is my Kershaw 5150CF that is easily my sharpest in rotation. A balisong that i could literally shave with or see myself in the mirror edge of. 🤣
Must be nice to have this ability... I just ruin knives doing this lol
It just takes practice! A little goes a long way👊
Don't know about anyone else but I have learned a great deal here. IOW f'em.
Awesome brother
that handle doesnt glow in the dark does it? just that weird jade stuff? I want a knife with an all glow in the dark handle...
It does not glow🙂
It it necessary to progress past 320 grit and stropping? I’m not going to shave with it and prefer a toothy edge.
The issue with this is, how much time did it take you to hone your skills and get this good at sharpening? I’d venture to say that 99% of people probably can’t just pick up a knife and stone and get a good freehand edge. On top of that, you have people like me that can’t even put a sticker on straight, so trying to guess angles is nearly impossible. I do a lot of freehand sharpening, so don’t think I’m with that guy and criticizing you. I just know it took me a lot of time to even be able to put a decent edge on a blade, and I’m sure my angles are all wonky. Plus, I shake really badly, so that further complicates things.