July 28, 2008

Knife Sharpening Experts: Sharpening Angles

You’ve decided to sharpen your knives yourself. No more squandering money by handing them over to a professional sharpener. No more throwing away your dull knives just because you don’t know how to sharpen them0and refuse to turn them over to a professional. Good for you!Sharpening angles are extremely important to the effectiveness of your knives. Pay close attention to them because, if you don’t, you really will be wasting your time. The sharpening angle of a knife is the angle of the bevel, the sloping angle of the edge. It determines the cutting effectiveness, just how sharp you knife will be.Kitchen knives, especially a chef’s knife, have a small sharpening angle. This is good because you want your knife to work fast. In the kitchen, you don’t want to keep repeating strokes with all the cutting you’ll need to do. Utility knives and hunting knives have a much larger sharpening angle. This is also good because you want these types of knives to be durable, reliable. Their cutting jobs are much tougher than what you’d find in the kitchen. Generally speaking, then, small sharpening angles are best […]

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