Sharpening knives?

[butcherboy]

I sharpen knives every single day. Well, not really sharpen, it’s more like a touch up. I actually sharpen them about once a week. The rest of the time I just have to touch them up on a medium stone then a fine stone and all day with a polished steel. I like to sharpen knives, fletch arrows, and tie flies. It’s almost therapeutic for me in a way.

 

[mphysgr]

I appreciate this thread, I have never gotten very good at this skill, useful to see the perspectives here.

 

[KChunter71]

@6mm Remington like to sharpen! He also sends bandaids back with the knife.

 

[6mm Remington]

I never could sharpen a knife worth a darn until I got the Lansky guide rod system and after using it and learning the ins and outs I can get edges scary sharp. I really enjoy sharpening knives and it's similar to loading my own hunting rounds. I spend two hours doing it (on multiple knives) and it feels like 20 minutes has gone buy. My wife has become a sharpness queen now and will let me know when our butcher knives or her favorite paring knife needs work. She can't stand a dull knife in her kitchen now!

I sharpen knives on the side to make a few bucks and I enjoy doing it. I get a lot of satisfaction out of folks being extremely satisfied with how sharp their knives are now and saying that they have never been that sharp before, ever!

 

[6mm Remington]

@6mm Remington like to sharpen! He also sends bandaids back with the knife.

There's been more than a few who have been required to use the bandaid after I finished sharpening their knives.

 

[goathunter]

I hate it, and am awful at it. I use a worksharp, which I still don't like to use. But I do like a sharp knife

 

[Dukhtr3]

I hate it too. I like the lanske guide rod but it takes forever. I have a work sharp and edge just doesn't last as long as the lanske. I just bought this hoping to take the forever out of the equation.

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[Idaboy]

I never could sharpen a knife worth a darn until I got the Lansky guide rod system and after using it and learning the ins and outs I can get edges scary sharp. I really enjoy sharpening knives and it's similar to loading my own hunting rounds. I spend two hours doing it (on multiple knives) and it feels like 20 minutes has gone buy. My wife has become a sharpness queen now and will let me know when our butcher knives or her favorite paring knife needs work. She can't stand a dull knife in her kitchen now!

I sharpen knives on the side to make a few bucks and I enjoy doing it. I get a lot of satisfaction out of folks being extremely satisfied with how sharp their knives are now and saying that they have never been that sharp before, ever!

Which Lansky system are you referring to?

 

[fisherman983]

I hate it. It's very time consuming and I'm not very good at it. I dislike dull knives. If I was good at it, and I didn't feel like I was making things worse more often than not, I'd probably enjoy it and speed up in the process

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