KNIFE SHARPENING TIPS BEGINNERS MUST KNOW 2 | HOW TO MAINTAIN AN ANGLE
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- This is my exact freehand knife sharpening method I use when I'm not filming. Note: In some of my older videos you may see me using a little bit different technique. Thats due to me filming, and trying not to block the camera.
Separating the knife sharpening movements, and using two different joints, or muscle groups to help maintain the blade angle goes a long way.
Some of these things I talk about in this video may seem simple and insignificant, however I believe they are extremely important in getting that hair whittling knife edge. Hope this video help!
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I accidentally hit your video and I have to say you explain everything in simple and complete . I've subscribed because of the simplicity and common sense video.
Thank you for the sub my friend 😀 I really appreciate it 👍
Yea I been watching him for a min
The tip of locking in wrist, elbow, and shoulder, then allow the torso to make the movement is a great tip which I am going to try. Having your workspace free of clutter around the stone most people would call common sense. But a good lesson taught. Important to to get into that habbit.
Finally a video on knife sharpening telling you what you did wrong instead of leaving you with a dull knife, shattered promises, and broken dreams.
Haha! Thanks for watching my friend!😀
I just watched your video again. You give some good instructions for beginners and even make some good points for those who are experienced. I see quite a few people lift the blade off the stone at the end of a stroke and it will usually change the angle as it’s coming off the stone. You can actually tell that the angle changes from the sound it makes. The sound is something to listen for when sharpening anyway: a change in the sound will happen if you accidentally let your angle rise or fall. With experience you will be able to feel a sudden change in the angle and the sound confirms it.
Good video.
Good points, thanks.
This is literally the best well explained video on knife sharpening. I was wanting to get into it but everyone who makes videos on it explains it as if it's rocket science.
It's a very simple concept. Bring two pieces of steel together to form a point or apex in the middle. Everything else is personal preference, and what works, or doesn't work for the individual who is doing the sharpening. Thanks for watching and the comment 😀👍
Really appreciate your going back to basics in a clear and concise manner. "Locking the angle" is the crucial info I was looking for. I can work with your directions!
Thank you! I am constantly trying to get my knives sharper and your videos are very helpful and well done!
Thank you for the part of keeping angle. Locking the wrists really makes sense.
Thank you for the best sharpening instruction video on CZcams. 💪🏻
Awesome! I thought I knew how to sharpen a knife but these tips made it just so much easier and quicker. Thank you.
Really appreciate your videos! To the point, no fluff and simply practical. No need to qualify what your doing with comments such as "this may seem sill." It works, that pays the bill!
Probably the best tip on maintaining angle I've heard yet. Thanks for posting.
I have been sharpening my knifes for quit awhile all self thought it is nice to learn what I have not known and enjoy how you explain keep them coming I am looking forward to seeing my sharpening skills improve. Thanks
Excellent video! I’ve watched 100 sharpening videos on CZcams but after watching this one, I can see it is the best tips available out there. Thank you.
Best video on sharpening I have seen thus far.
Escpacially the details you went into considering locking in the wrist was very helpful.
Thanks! Glad I could help 😀
It's cool going back to see your old videos and seeing how much you've improved and found your style/voice today. I didn't even fully realize how much your videos today have a distinct style until I went back to the old videos, the style is so "transparent" I didn't even notice it was there
Thanks for another great video! I've already improved my knife sharpening a lot using your advice, and getting better all the time. Keep 'em coming!
Oh wow awsome! Thanks brother 👍
This was a good/easy explanation to knife sharpening! And I think your technique/tips are good and make sense! Thanks man !
Your videos are really easy to understand and you really have the patience to explain everything very well. I think sharpening knives does take patience..I find it rewarding. A knife can have a sharp edge on it fairly quick and it can become much sharper with a little more time.
Another great video. locking your joints in place and twisting your trunk is a great method. Thanks for sharing
Great video. At last someone gets down to the nitty gritty and explains exactly how to do this.
Great video man, I've found that sharpening is like playing an instrument you must practice or you will get extremely rusty. Once you work with a certain edge your muscle memory takes over and it becomes second nature. I recently switched from using nothing but scandivex grinds to full flat and saber grinds with micro convex edges and it has been a chore finding that apex . The thing I like about moving to higher fine grits is that you can hear the blade sing ....If it ain't making that curtain smooth ninja sound its not working 😁
You are spot on with locking in and using your waist rotation.... One huge thing I would add is that taking care of your knives makes sharpening almost a non issue, a well maintained knife usually only needs a few passes on a loaded strop to bring it back to hair popping sharpness. Many people literally use their knives to the point of destruction making what could of been a simple task into a much longer stressful one.
Best knife sharpening tutorial on CZcams!! Your a great teacher my friend! Love from the UK...
Thanks. Your tutorial is very helpful. I am a hobby woodcarver and I have never quite mastered the knife sharpening thing. I am probably a bit too aggressive and your tutorial has helped me realize that. I enjoyed your presentation and am a new subscriber. Again, thank you.
Excellent advice. Thanks, going to practice with what I learned tomorrow
Your vids have me pretty pumped about sharpening knives. I have a 8 inch henkel chef's knife that I got as a gift from my late grandfather about 15 years ago. I haven't taken very good care of it. I am pretty excited to get it back in the condition it should be in.
Practice on cheapos!
Great video. You do a nice job on the camera angles and giving clear instruction.
This is a great video, really helpful, thank you. Your emphasis on ergonomics and correct anatomical positioning were so on target.
I think it's important to be standing with the counter/work surface equal to the height of your hips. The closer the work surface is to hip height the easier it is to maintain consistent momentum of your hip swing, proper angle of the wrist, and blade pressure on the stone. Also, holding the knife close to and perpendicular to the body, centered between the hips was helpful to me.
I guess it's like learning to drive a car, after a while you don't have think about the mechanics of each movement, you just get in it and drive.
Thanks again for your thoughtful explanation. This was hands down the single best video on the subject I've seen. And, quite frankly the amount of time I've spent watching knife sharping videos is concerning.
SIMPLE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS,YOU GOT IT DUDE
BEST sharpening video I’ve seen! Thank you
Thanks for watching😀👍
Doesn't sound silly at all! Thank you for the videos!
Great video. Really learned a lot from it. I’ve just started sharpening my kitchen knives after years of using crappy sharpeners. I’ve managed to do a half decent job on a couple of knives but they are definitely nowhere near your ones!
I’m always on the lookout for a new ‘no bullshit’ tutorial channel with someone who obviously knows what they’re talking about. You have been accepted!
Nice work.
Awesome! Usually crappy sharpeners are just that, crappy lol. Glad your getting results. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help 😀👍
Can you show how to sharpen blades that are curved and of different sizes?
I really enjoy and appreciate your videos. It's almost therapeutic to watch. These are important and valuable skills and you do a great job teaching them. Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. 😀
Thanks for your expertise on sharpening, makes sense and well done 👍
All makes complete, rational sense to me man! Nothing silly about your points, all make complete sense. 👍🏻
Really well explained, thank you.
Not silly at all.... thank you for sharing these ideas.
thanks!!!! Watching this may just have saved my new knife!!!!!! (whittling beginner!!!!)
i remember sharpening plastic knives on sandpaper in boyscouts. then my dad bought me a somewhat decent folding pocket knife and it couldnt cut butter after the first time i tried to sharpen it haha. these videos are awesome man, thanks for sharing your knowledge
I've found that keeping a really firm grip on the handle helps. I think most of us, when we grab something in a "death grip" (a rope, a bar, someone else's wrist or judo jacket), we tense and set everything for optimum strength, and don't change that. If I use a loose grip, I find it easier to move my wrist, letting it change with varying pressures. Also, getting the initial edge contact is maybe a little easier if you watch the water on the stone. Not a puddle, but moist, so when the edge makes contact, it squeezes a bit of water out. And of course the Magic Marker trick (painting the edge).
This video is very helpfull , the positioning is perfect.
Merci beaucoup.
Thank you very much for making this video and for your great advice. The best knife sharpening video I have seen- excellent job!!
Thank you😀
I like all of your videos I have seen. You have helped me learn a lot. I sharpen knives all the time for friends and myself. I want to get into making my own knives. I appreciate your videos on knife making.
I used to sharpen my collection quite alot but stopped for awhile (career change) and recently started using my knives again and they really need a repair. thanks for not giving intimidating advice to help me put my blades back on the stones I have my setup rigged up and ready to go🔪🪓😈🗡🏹
Very well explained, simple but detailed.
Thankyou - I recently got a kitchen knife with a unique aesthetic to it - but it for legal reasons arrived at my door blunt as a hammer. Thanks to these videos I was able to free hand take it to a point where it can slice through steak with relative ease. I've got a long way to go before I'm splitting hairs but at least I can produce a functional edge now.
My friend, keep up the good work on these videos please. They're incredibly useful and brilliantly demonstrated. Far better than most so called professional sharpening videos. For weeks I've been struggling maintaining angles. As soon as I started "body popping"; hey presto!!! Now I can develop my skills further from this base line. Cheers and Merry Christmas from the UK
Thanks for the kind words! Glad I could help. Merry Christmas to you as well👍
Ive been sharpening knives for yrs but there are always better ways to do anything . glad i found your channel .
This is the technique I picked up from your other videos . I am lucky . I'm ambidextrous so I can go in one direction with one hand and the other direction with the other hand . I've never been able to get knives really sharp till I used the turn at the waist technique, it's a game changer
I've been looking at other videos on how to sharpen knives and people make it sound so complicated but you kept it simple and easy thanks for the vids
Thanks for watching 😀
You have helped me alot. Thanks for your advice
Why do you always present yourself as though you're telling a loved one that you've lost the family pet? Love the content man.
I have watched several videos, I like yours the best. Not very often you hear someone admit their mistakes. Good attitude keep up the good work!! 10+👍
Thanks, just what I was looking for! Lots of great tips that I hope will make my sharpening better!
Thanks for watching my friend. Let me know how it goes!👍
At last someone sharpening with the stone across the body and not pointing away. It is the way I was taught 50 years ago by a knife maker perfectionist. It is much easier to maintain an angle. Thanks
Thanks...very clear and very helpful.
Hey dude, you do great work. I appreciate your knowledge and how you present it. I got a knife block for Christmas and stumbled upon your channel, and instantly subscribed. Keep up the awesome work. Side note, your song choice is pretty dope.
great channel, man. Thank you for the tips.
Thanks for watching 😀
Best tip ever, and I mean it. Thanks.
You're smart bro! Another good video!!
Thank you for your effort and time u helped me a lot .
Happy new year .
I've watched many sharpening tutorials. Honestly, the vast majority of which, would send into Noddy land. I mean 30 mins plus per knife and up to 5 stages of 220-10,000 grit media - yeah, right! I'd rather spend the time chopping veggies and eating good food.
Anyway, by accident, I presume, I landed on your tutorials and have to say, for the first time every, I've managed to get my cheapo supermarket and expensive Japanese chef knife really sharp again.
I've been sharpening chisels for years and found that 220 and 400 usually did the trick. I have owned a double sided diamond plate 400/1000, just like the one you demo' in one of your other tutorials - never really used it much for the chisels - but following your guide, along with an old best strop I made years ago, I now have super sharp knives in no time.
Thank you for sharing! Very much obliged.
Very good tips man!
Thanks dude so much great info,awesome channel
Excellent advice dude!
Hey great videos! I have a quick tip to help solve your weak side strong side problem and everyone will have one because when you change the direction you are sharpening you are looking at the knife from a completely different angle. My solution? Don't switch sides switch hands!! I know it sounds scary doing something with your non dominate hand but after a few times doing it you'll find that your non dominate hand is much easier to use than trying to keep an angle using 2 different surfaces of the knife. I shave my face and head several times a week using a traditional straight razor and I switch hands when I do that too for the exact same reason its a lot easier to move my left hand straight up or down than it is to reach across my face and try to move my right hand at all those funky angles. I literally seen the little light bulb over my head in the mirror when I thought this might work for sharpening too. I am by no means ambidextrous, if I can do it anyone can. Love the videos thanks!
Thank you!
I guess always working at the same height on the same bench is also important to keep the angle consistent and build some muscle memory
I'm very new to knife sharpening on a stone and your videos have really helped me. I'd love to tell you the story behind it sometime I think it's pretty funny
Great tips. Thanks
Thanks for these smart and easy tips. Too many of the videos of people "teaching" how to use stones are already good at it, and they go too fast for a beginner without stressing that as a beginner you need to SLOW DOWN, really take your time and think about every single stroke. One off angle stroke can ruin the work of the last 5 good strokes (or something). Like you, I started having better success with the stones when I started locking my arms and slowing way down.
Yeah... you don't want to practice a mistake. I did that for WAY too long! Thanks for the comment!😀
It works. I even do this with ceramic rods.
"Gently", Lock wrists, elbows, shoulders. Movement comes from the waist/torso"... Absolutely correct! Excellent tutorial sir!
Wasn't sure where that sentence was going there for a sec..haha😉 thanks for watching !!
A $5 angle guide is a great little item for beginners to get a decent centered apex.
Excellent info. Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by Native Tearz👍😀
Great video, I've been slow to learn but my 'style' is much the same as yours, which is reassuring. I find it easier to work with my stone on a high bench, so it's easier to see, but I still lock my upper body up and guide with my left hand. My wife says I pull a silly face too, but I guess that's concentration 😊 At least I've finally started getting my knives how I like them.
Nothing goofy about any of this!! Awesome tips and advice for sharpening. Thanks for sharing!!
That cuz you didn't see the other camera angle from behind...NOT pretty😉 haha. Thanks for watching!
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Great advice 👍 Thanks
THANK YOU!
Since I know your channel, all of my knives are sharp af. Thank you for that
Good video, learnt a bit more .
Thanks.....
Thanks for the video
Thanks for your video
It was very helpful!
Glad I could help🙂 Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Great vid!
nothing beats practice, practice, practice. If at first you don't succeed, try again. just try keeping the angle the SAME all the time. Good help here.
Have you learned this somewhere or did you figure it out yourself ?
I just got into sharpening, and thanks to your video, i just realized i attained proper form on my own ! That's really reassuring. Thank you very much ! As always, very useful and straight to the point.
Thanks for the video again. Nice, interesting and useful as usual. I will say the most important thing of sharpening a knife is patience and do it slowly... without rush. Every time I try to rush, I ruin the edge.
Yep same here. Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you Sir!!
Wow, what a nice demo on knife sharpening! I finally subscribe!!! what about a demo on sharpening a convex edge?
Great content!
tons of great info bro! eventually i want to get a nice set of stones.. right now my lansky sharpening system seems to work ok and every once in awhile i will use the small stones in my vise and sharpen that way
Never used a lansky but heard lots about them. One day I may pick one up just to mess around with.
What you did in this video is to reveal the struggle we all have when we try to sharpen a knife. Normally, watching you do it on youtube seems so easy and nice but in reality, for me, for example, it is a constant focus on keeping that angle right. It sometimes happens to me to mess it and lose the angle on the "hard side" and then I have to start it all over again. What I wanted to ask you is how do you sharpen convex edge knives, like the Bark River Aurora ones? Thanks and great job! You've guided me to modify an old long-bladed butcher knife into a small but bushcraft useful one. Still that is my first, I promise to do better with the second.
Some pretty good advice. I have always had the stone in front of me and used my arms as opposed to my torso, although I have caught myself at times using my torso in a back and forth rocking motion. I still prefer to keep the movement in my arms and the stone in front of me, so my blade is moving to and from my body instead of side to side, but whatever works for you, go for it
Will done and easy explain
Thanks for the link and the vid brutha 👍
Thanks for watching 😀👍
If it's stupid but works, then it's not stupid. Great video and excellent technique! I sharpen knives all the time and I enjoy others sharing the trade because it's a dwindling trade. I have been around others who buy cheap to mid-range knives, only to throw them away after a year or 2 of use! I hope to see this channel continue to grow!
Thanks my friend! I appreciate you taking the time to watch! It is a dwindling trade. Not many people can do it. Its worth learning though. 👍
Hi Alex, I like your videos because they are not like you are a actor or something. It shows me that you are a real character and not like the other people on CZcams! Thank you for your great videos! I hope we will see more from you.
As real as can be, just making videos in my shed🙂 Thanks for watching my friend 😀👍
Seems like consistency for the ordinary Joe, its probably best to get a sharpening device that can also maintain the angle for you. If heard of a Lanski system or something like that. Your technique is great.
Just wanted to say thank you. I have yet to find a better and more concise explanation of how to do this.