Beginner's Guide to Whetstone Sharpening
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
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- (Note: this is just the 1000 grit, if you can only get one grit, get this one.)
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Today, I'll be showing all the basics of sharpening a knife on a whetstone. First, we are going to go over the 4 fundamentals of sharpening, which are: 1. The abrasive 2. The sharpening angle 3. The burr & 4. Consistency.
Next, I will do an end to end sharpening of a cheap $11 knife, showcasing that you don't need expensive knives to get a screamingly sharp edge.
A sharp knife is a happy knife, A sharp knife is a safe knife. Once you enter the world of whetstone sharpening, you'll never want to go back.
OTHER CHANNELS WITH GREAT SHARPENING CONTENT
- Japenese Knife Imports: / jknifeimports
- Burrfection: / @burrfection
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All sources used:
- An Edge in the Kitchen by Chad Ward
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- www.chefsteps.com/activities/...
- • Japanese Knife Imports...
- • How To Sharpen Chef Kn...
- • Learn How To Sharpen: ...
- imgur.com/Og8xBV7
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Filmed on: Sony a6400 w/ 18-105mm F4
Voice recorded on Rode Video Micro
Edited in: Premiere Pro #SharpKnifeHappyKnife
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Squeamish Intro: (0:00)
Importance of sharp knives: (0:34)
4 Fundamentals of Sharpening: (1:27)
The Abrasive: (1:50)
Sharpening Angle: (3:32)
The Burr: (5:15)
Consistency: (6:00)
Whetstone Sharpening Tutorial: (7:00)
EPIC BROLL: (29:40) - Zábava
Useful links and stuff:
► Magic Marker Chart: imgur.com/Og8xBV7
► Whetstones I use: amzn.to/2q5r9s0
- (Note: this is just the 1000 grit, if you can only get one grit, get this one.)
► Budget Friendly 1000/6000 grit stone: amzn.to/33r6qgH
► Cheap Knife sharpened in this video: amzn.to/2oFaQlh
► Sharpening Book: amzn.to/2oVnH2P
All sources used:
- An Edge in the Kitchen by Chad Ward
- czcams.com/video/-aQKhb8aEWw/video.html
- www.chefsteps.com/activities/...
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnhIK...
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCWAn...
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-IW1...
- imgur.com/Og8xBV7
Hey Ethan. Your channel reminds me so much of Alton Browns T.V. show Good Eats. It was honestly the first cooking show that got me hooked as a 5th grader who was just dabbling into milkshakes and burgers. His show was just informative with a slight sense of humor and really good food. If you havent watched it i definitely recommend it. I miss his show but yours just brings me to a special place in my childhood where everything was so simple. I would come home mix some M&M chocolate chip cookies with some ice cream and milk and say it was a world class milkshake. Thank you for keeping that part of me still present daily.
3:44 “removing the knife from the metal at a specific angle”
(That said great video and awesome job making cooking techniques accessible!)
I saw several reviews of the cheap stones saying they were radio active.😬 Anyone have any idea if those reviews are legit.
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Him: sharpens knife Apple Watch: WHY ARE U RUNNING
Apple Watch: never run with knives
I'm dead 💀💀
Lol
Jerks handle vigorously*
In Counterstrike you can run faster with a knife
After having watched dozens of knife sharpening videos on CZcams, yours is the first one that even addressed when to apply the pressure to the knife (down or upstroke). Also, I realize now that I was applying way too much pressure and just curling the burr over and over. No wonder my knives would never sharpen to the point I needed. Thank you for the extremely detailed information, Ethan!
The scale trick rules. I was having trouble getting a burr, turns out 4 pounds of force is more than I thought it was!
Doesn't matter which way you put pressure. Trailing stroke is safer for the stone but other way is more efficient in terms of sharpening. I have sharpened hundreds of knives and razor blades and use pressure both ways since it is faster, but there is the risk of chipping your stone IF your sharpening angle changes. Also depends on the steel quality how much pressure is needed and what type of stones you have. Some stones bite a little bit more so don't require that much pressure. Some stones require a lot of pressure in the beginning to open up the surface (unless you are using a nagura).
@@taylorh79 I remember using this method for my wet shaving
2kg of pressure is quite a lot. I bet all this time I havent been using enough pressure.
I've spent an average of two hours per knife. I didn't realize how much I was doing wrong until this video
I was starting to get overwhelmed, because I have a bunch of good expensive knives, some whetstones, and I've been trying to learn for weeks now how to sharpen them felt like such an idiot for wasting so much money on something I could never learn. Aaaand now I saw this video. Idk what I'd do without you Ethan you've improved my life a millionfold with the amazing tips/suggestions/research you provide - and you do it in such a non-condescending, honest, clear way. Your channel is a gem - you are a gem.
Yeah, I have a ton of cheap knives and they're all dull. I decided I'd get some expensive ones and figured I should get a whetstone and learn how to use it before I do that.
Same here, but I still can't get my knives sharp. Maybe I'll have my break through some day
Excellent video...ive been a professional chef for 10 years and have been servicing my blades for 15 years and u have explained in the best terms many people need to know according to the fundamentals of edge manipulation and sharpening..keep it up!!
Wow u waffle
You're a professional chef yet you use whetstones to sharpen your cooking knives? I call bullshit. Nobody uses whetstones anymore, they've been obsolete for longer than I've been alive. All they do is fucking destroy your edge and ruin your steel. Use a file, or a ceramic block, or a tump, or a wheel charged with buffing compound. You don't live on the frontier in the Wild West, so don't use technology from those days.
my guy, nice pancake@@ludwig8795
Pour éliminer le feutre l’alcool a 90👍👍
“I’m going to be blunt” hahahaha I guess that’s much better than being dull. This is cutting edge!
That was punny
God shoot me
You're pretty Sharp! That was a Farber less joke!
You have a dull sense of humor. You really need to hone your jokes in.
Bad! Bad Reddit people! Get back to Reddit where you belong! Shoo!
I've watched like 10 videos on sharpening knives via whetstone now and for some reason this is the first time I've seen the sharpie trick.
It's a game changer when you are first starting out. Helped me a ton.
I saw someone comment it on another video but couldn't really visualise it. Good to see here
Sharpie it all you want ,his angles are all off, for the effort he put in that could've been a katana!
@@supabry26 Oh look, the resident youtube compulsive contrarian.
@@CerpinTxt87 Oh look, the pretentious simple-minded dweeb who needs to label everything
You should wipe the knife clean when changing stones. Otherwise you introduce some of the larger grit particles into the finer medium and don’t end up getting the best effect from finer stone.
That is correct, I agree with you.
Thank you! Your instruction were so clear and thorough. My ex-husband was the knife sharpener and always told me that if the angle was 1 degree off at any point the knife would be forever ruined. I am no longer intimidated. Bought my own knives and whetstone and am confident and ready to go!
You could always reset the angle with a 320 grit stone
People tend to use scare tactics like that to either sell you something or to keep their job security.
“Ex” 😂 Get a new knife, stone n “New” husband, 💪🏻
your ex-husband was a dingo good for you on doing it yourself!great job!
@@jacobheinz8236 I'm glad someone else has a sense of humor. I can just see her now. Does this feel a degree off sir?!😈Knife is so sharp he wouldn't even feel it.
Since Josh Wiseman compleeeeeeeetly fell off and turned into a meme machine for 10 year olds, I'm so fucking thrilled you are keeping true to yourself. You were recommended in many reddit threads and you've become one of my favourite channels.
Totally agree. I so hate when a good informative CZcamsr gets popular and completely changes their content/leans into cheap comedy and memes. Love seeing Ethan get big and still maintain quality content.
Your analogy of snapping a paper clip is what made the concept click in my mind. Now I know what I'm actually looking for when I feel the edge with my thumb!
Glad to hear it.
I've tried sharpening guides from several different videos, with little success.
This was the one that finally clicked for me!
I spent the whole afternoon undoing years of abuse to my main kitchen knives. The satisfaction from a clean cut through paper was unbelievable!
Excellent video. Let me add some points:
1) when you sharpen, you're also removing a bit of stone. So when sharpening the point or heel of the knife, if that's in the middle of the top, you'll be cutting a light groove into the stone. I do the same move but with the tip (or heel) of the knife right on the edge. Granted it still cuts the stone, but instead of a groove has more of a slight rounding effect.
2) Once I find an angle that works, I put enough of my index finger on the lower side of the knife that it maintains light contact with the stone as I move. That keeps the angle precisely the same. If you don't have the angle very close to precisely the same, you won't get as sharp relative to the amount of metal you take off.
I really enjoyed the video, Ethan. In case it hasn't been mentioned already, isopropyl alcohol (e.g. 91% or greater) also works great for removing permanent marker - like a Sharpie pen - from non-porous surfaces. And it will be kinder on plastic-handled knives than acetone.
Should note it doesn't work well on all plastics, like if you knife is made of plastic storage containers.
3:40 I really didn't wanna remove my knife from the metal, but alas. Hope it's worth it.
My new whetstone set and this video allowed me to easily slice through a tomato with a really old never sharpened knife.
Good consistent logic to your method. Thank you for sharing. Always takes me a lot longer than I'd like to sharpen. Maybe 20-30min per knife on 1000/5000 stones. Watching you gave me some nice tips, and I now know that I am spending the correct amount of time sharpening my knifes.
To add - slicing, slowly, through thinner paper, eg receipt paper, like from the food orders' ticket machine, let's you know where the blade hangs up due to uneven blade edge, not sharpened enough, or stuck burr. Should go through very smoothly, and evenly at very slow speed through the thinnest paper, from the heel to tip. Going slow let's the edge hang up more easily where it needs more work.
Thank you for being so thorough with not only the instructions of sharpening but also making it VERY easy to order what is needed to begin.
I appreciate you showing your finger, I needed something like that to drill the importance of sharp knives into my head. I bought a kit and am gonna get to work
Yay! Thank you, this really helped! I've been sharpening as best I could using common sense but it didn't seem to get very sharp. Today sitting down and sharpening while watching this video has taken it to another level. PS: As mentioned by others, alcohol takes permanent marker off without marring plastic, whereas acetone or nail polish remover will dissolve plastic.
Just sharpened a knife for the first time in my life. Waited until we had a knife so dull I figured I couldn't make it worse if I flubbed the job. Following the tutorial assiduously, I estimate I brought the edge to about 70% cutting efficacy. Better than I expected for a first try! The video's carefully presented concepts along with detailed, real-time demonstrations of the end-to-end procedural steps demystified the process and gave me enough information for a reasonable success given no prior experience. Thanks!
Honestly the best thing with those whetstone is how clean the cut is all the way around, my co worker always sharpened the kitchen knives with a fusil, and it leave uneven edge, like we have a real Sabattier amazing knife, but it only sharp 5-8cm in the back, and the rest is dull :(
I yelled every time he tried to use the marker on a wet knife. Great vid though, saved my life
Excellent beginners video, many of the Pro's have kind of forgotten what its like to really start from a blank slate and I picked up quite some good tips here. The theory at the beginning for example was helpful. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I had actually been struggling for months to sharpen my knifes and I tried a bunch of different methods but eventually I gave up/lost interest until I saw this video. I swear I’m not lying when I tell you that this is the sharpest I’ve ever had my knife and it’s not even close. I truly appreciate the video because I doubt I’ll ever struggle to sharpen my knives again. Much love
3 times to perform a knife sharpening! I feel his pain so much. lol. That took DISCIPLINE to go for doing it a third time, just to make sure it got done right. =) Kudos.
The Samurai believed their souls were represented by their swords, so when they took them to a polisher, they weren't merely sharpening a blade, but polishing their soul.
thats why suicidal through blade is most honorable to their soul
This is why I fucking love samurai
@La Hire ok cool boy
@La Hire ok cool boy
That is why my sword is full of feces
This is the most thorough and step-by-step tutorial I’ve seen yet. Really helpful, thanks!
i have 14 due assignments but i must have this knowledge in my brain asap!
Hi Ethan - to remove the Sharpie marks you can also write over it with a dry erase marker, then wipe that off.
And alcohol of any kind.
ie
rubbing alcohol(isopropyl alcohol)
or
vodka (ethyl alcohol)
What a great tutorial! I was able to sharpen my two everyday knives into a condition they haven’t been in years. Lovely! I really enjoy being able to make improvements - great or small - to my everyday life. This will make me smile every single time I cut up some tomatoes or something else that requires a sharp knife. Many thanks!
Yeah, this video is bloody excellent! So many of the details I couldn't find in other videos, they're usually like "Get a coarse/medium and fine stone, do this random angle on both sides, and Bob's your uncle." Now I did a successful paper test, never had knives this sharp before. Major thanks!
My aunt got me a nice knife set for my birthday. I just bought a whetstone to make sure I take care of them. This video is so helpful. Love your channel, man.
My grandmother gave me a knife when I moved away from home several years ago and I've been stubbornly using it even though it's gotten pretty dull (I couldn't cut a piece of paper with it). I've been trying to learn how to sharpen it for years. Because I didn't know what I was supposed to be looking for, it would get marginally sharper, but not to the point where I could cut paper like this.
Man, I just sliced through two pieces of paper folded in half because of you. Thank you.
Thank you for the video. I was quite intimidated of sharpening but with the help of this video, I succeeded in getting a knife sharp. It took way too long, and the edge is fairly inconsistent but it is way sharper than it used to be, so it's a good start. Thanks!
I’ve never sharpened a knife before I watched your tutorial. It was great. I feel I can do it now, so I ordered some supplies. I do wish I could have seen more microscopically shots of the blade at various steps of sharpening and a finished shot. Great video!
I like how you called it "zen". I remember watching my dad sharpen his knives when I was young and I swear it was hypnotizing. I was a very hyper child but it calmed me down.
Thank you for this. Its been years since I've sharpened knives and this taught me much more than what I used to know. You made it all very easy to understand.
Thanks so much, Ethan, for showing us this technique!! I’ve always wanted to know how to do it!! I’m always asking for help sharpening my knives but now I can do it myself!! Hooray 😃
Thank you, this was really helpful. I appreciate how you explained everything, the sharpie tip is amazing, and thank you also for the links that you provide. This was incredibly informative and well done.
My mother nearly completely cut off the tip of her finger right through the middle of the fingernail just like you did. Only her knife was SCARY sharp. Always use a knife with care and don't let distractions take your eyes off your hands.
@i9Dolphin What you said! I'm not deft with a knife just like my mother. Therefore I chop very carefully in the kitchen.
People who are not experienced with handling a knife should invest in a cut grove.
@@susanchandler2317 What is a cut grove? I googled and got nothing.
@@TheSouthIsHot sorry for the mistake I meant cut gloves, sorry my phone has autocratic.
@@susanchandler2317 Thank you! 👍🏻
This is probably the most helpful whetstone video I've seen on CZcams and I've watched as many as 3.
something very mesmerizing about the rhythm of him sharpening
Dude thanks so much! I tried sharpening my knife I use at work earlier today and I'm pretty sure I came away duller than I started. Tried again after watching this and while it's not factory sharp again, it shaves if I try to. Sharpie trick + realizing that if it's still dull on the lower grit stone it won't get better from higher grit is game changing! Really saved me from having a rough day tomorrow.
simply put, this is best knife sharpening video. I really appreciate the explanation of why your doing these motions and then the demonstration. Plus it's like learning from friend which makes you feel comfortable enough to jump in and try right away.
This is definitely the best tutorial I've found yet! Thank you for making this.
Kudos! Superb content, script, dialog, postproduction and editing. Complex task reduced to easily understood execution. Again, KUDOS ! BRAVO! MORE !
Keep refining.
I tried many techniques and could not cut paper. With this one I managed to do it on the first go with minimal effort.
Great video!!
Probably the only knife sharpening video CZcams ever needs. Thank you so much!! Now I’m ready to sharpen my knife!
Great video. Just getting started with whetstones and this has been the best introduction I’ve watched so far
Agreed. I've been sharpening my own knives for a couple years now. And I can tell you the cutting Paper thing is real. It's become a problem. There isn't any more Paper in my house. I've gotten friends into it too. I'm holding my favourite knife now lol.
Wow you have a massive catalog of videos! Congrats on turning your passion and HARD WORK into a career! Thanks for the great tutorials and teachings!
Thank you so much for taking the time to record this tutorial; I love to cook and struggle with keeping my knives sharp just using one of those “pull through” type sharpeners. I’d heard that using a whetstone is much better, so I’m glad I found your video before i made any sort of attempt to use one myself.
I have to agree about the zen of sharpening. It’s something I’ve been doing for decades, I enjoy it (here I am watching sharpening videos on CZcams at 2:00 a.m.), and I find it almost meditative. You have to focus, but you don’t really have to think.
The ladies admire him for the whetness of his stone.
😂 lol
Honestly, the mustache doesn't do it for me.
Dhrip dhrip dhrip
Wow
Jealousy will get you nowhere 😉
Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. It has given me a good understanding of how to use my whetstones.
Very good tutorial! I can't wait to start my little knife collection and improve my skills. Thank you!
Dont listen to this guy if you want to improve....he is self taught no actual experience AND DOING IT ALL INCORECTLY
@@tloutfitters where is your evidence, show the right way then
@@almojabanas9296 i am a butcher...you go agaist the edge so you dont create the burl on the edge...i sharpen 9 knives everyday...EVERYDAY...FOR 4 YEARS...THIS CZcams JUNKIE HAS ONLY SHARPENED 15 IN HIS LIFE AS HE STATED
@@tloutfitters can you give a link to a good guide then?
I have this knife. It's nice that this knife is really easy to sharp with and its super cheap as long as you have high quality whetstones and a leather strop. IMO greatest beater knife ever!
What knife is it?
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Great detail, really appreciate the clear examples and descriptions of what to do
Incredibly helpful. Pictures and reading don't really give you enough information on technique, so showing the process from beginning to end was the most helpful part of this video (at least for me). The details were great benchmarks to check your work. Thanks so much!
I've been looking for whetstones and have had no idea what I'm looking for, just knew I wanted to try them and have heard they're great for sharpening. This video really helped me figure out what to keep an eye out for.
Really appreciate the details, intro, and walkthrough and when to switch stones. I had no idea about the burr and switch to get it off. Thanks for the upload my dude.
I need to try that sharpie trick as well. I like how it'll show and teach you consistencies.
Had a similar injury on the same finger years ago, but it happened because I was working double shifts at the restaurant, my prep cook called out sick and I micronapped while slicing peppers 😆🤦♂️
Best instruction video I've seen to date. Good tips and excellent explanation, detail, and demonstration. Thanks!
Thanks! I've watched a lot of videos and this one was the only one that actually helped me and guided me through step-by-step.
Best guide I've seen yet, you actually explain the process that gives me an understanding of why and how. Love the sharpy idea!
This is exactly what I'm meant to watch at 1:30 AM on a weekday right?
What... This was only 3 weeks ago!? It's like I posted this in the tiger king phase of lockdown!
This is the best knife sharpening tutorial with wet stones I've seen, and I've seen many! Thanks!
if so you still not seen enough :D
Try watching korin he does better classes step by step
@@craigsayer8710 thanks. I did. Its also very good, but in my opinion, its more geared towards "pros", which I am not and have no intention of being ;)
@@pcbartolomeu are you sure lol he does step by step videos on angles grips you name it the lot geared for pros definitely not aimed at beginners for sure
@@craigsayer8710 Not everyone wants to know all the angles, grips, methods, theories. Some folk just would like to sharpen their knife for their kitchen and move on. No need to make something as sharp as an aztec sacrificial knife to cut a potato, for exemple.
What a good video on the basics of sharpening. Very thorough yet not overwhelming.
This is the first video I watched from this channel. This guy is a good teacher.
Just got my 1000/6000 stone... thank you so much! This was very useful 💪😉
The video that I didn't know I needed. This was a skill I watched my father do for many years but a talent he didn't pass on to me. I basically resorted to using the standard hand held sharpening tools didn't even know what a honing tool was used for. Thank you for making such a detailed video. How would you sharpen a serrated edge?
Just bought my first whetstones to try my hand at maintaining my knives recently and I figured, "How hard could it be?!"... I quickly came to the conclusion I had no idea what I was doing lol...
Thankfully, this video explained it perfectly for beginners with all the steps to get it right consistently to build a proper foundation before adapting to what works best individually. Can't wait to get home to begin round 2, in which I will hopefully fix the couple knives I dulled >_
Great video, watched a few quick tutorials never got my head around the fundamentals, this was great!
I recently got a whetstone and have been looking at vids all night and I gotta say Ethan yours is by far the best and most in depth.
Just about to buy myself a good knife so this was great, but am going to practice on some old ones first. Thanks
Same what knife did you end up buying?
Diego Ramirez he was just making a comment lol
@@Wormba I just got a few from the Wusthof Epicure series and they're amazing and lifetime warranty.
I was allready pretti into sharpening my knifes, about a year ago. I watched guides and instructions, got me some japanese wetstones. Tried it and had ok results. Well, ok aighn't good enough for me, so I got a bit frustrated and tried and tried. Had a few improvements, but to be honest, all those instructions I followed were kind of all over the place. Now, after watching your video, with simple but on point instructions, I got. motivated again. Had quite good results! My knife is plenty sharp now, cutting hair with ease. Thanks a lot! And sorry if some spelling mistakes slip through my proof reading, german autocorrect doesn't make it to easy XD
Just tried it for my first time today. Total fail lol. My knife has never been more dull haha. Any tips?
First stone was a 400
As he said 1000 is good and only use low grid to repair chipped knifes. And as long as you create a burr and after creating it you just gotta keep making it smaller and smaller as instructed in the video. Maybe you have a specific problem if so point it out maybe someone has an answer
Thanks so much! By far the best guide that I've seen. I've watched quite a few other videos and didn't have much success but I followed your steps and the sharpest I've ever been able to get my knives!
This is the best video on sharpening knives with a whetstone. My knife has finally passed the paper-test. Thank you so much!
Pretty cool, going to start 1st knife this weekend. Awesome vid!!
Thx, it really helped, i was doing wrong before😊
Thank you so much! I am a total beginner in knife sharpening and you helped me cut through paper totay. YAS 🎉
I really appreciate this video. At first I was apprehensive because of the length - but every minute counts and is packed with information. I'm gonna give it a go with my knives. Hopefully they will not end out in a worse shape than they are now!
Gotta say that I loved your music choices
same
This is by far the most straightforward video i’ve seen for beginners. thank you
By far the best video I’ve seen. I’ve tried multiple times from multiple guides but I was never able to cut paper. Thank you for simplifying it. I finally got my super cheap garbage chefs knife to cut paper! The marker trick, the hand placement, and most importantly seeing what 4pbs of pressure actually is on a kitchen scale was super helpful! Thanks again!
This is one of the best tutorials I have seen.
Thank you for the detailed instructions!
I followed them and successfully sharpened the knife on the first try!
It really was Zen like, sharpening my blades. My husband rolled his eyes at me grabbing his magazine to demonstrate sharpness. "Do we really need that sharp of knives?" He asks. Lol
The next time your husband asks you that, tell him to try to cut a tomato with a wooden stick.
Got back to my to my knifes a second round after watching this. Sure got a better result. Far from perfect, but at least kind of scary sharp. Thanks for sharing!
I looked into all the gizmos that are supposed to make knife-sharpening easier, and they all fall short somewhere. I'm convinced everyone should buy a couple of stones, and practice with a cheap knife until they get the hang of it. Then they'll be free of all those machines, and get the best results to boot.
Thank you for all the detailed instruction. That's what's needed for teaching knife-sharpening, lots of details, and you provide them so well.
I'm really looking forward to trying this out, I've been doing plenty research but your videos are the most helpful to really understandimg it all. I'm ready to put my hands to work!
You explaining with your hands of the process of ping-ponging the burr (and also explaining the burr as feeling like a bent metal) really helped. Unlike other knife sharpening videos, that explanation and the sharpie trick gave me clear indicator to feel and look for.
Something to consider is a diamond sharpening plate. You can replace the course whetstone with one and it’ll let you do repairs, but more importantly you can use it to keep your whetstone flat.
After a while the stone won’t work as well as they begin to dish out in the middle
Just bought my whetsone and im about to do it for the first time. Thanks for gathering all the information, wish me luck
Just used your video to sharpen my first knife and it was really usefull, I got it to a decent sharpness. Thank you very much!
I really do like, that you use classical music.
the worst I've ever cut myself with a knife, it was in freshman high school culinary arts class. We were doing fruit arrangements, and I was trying to cut pineapple. The knife was just not cutting, so I was pushing (it was a paring knife) harder and harder on the spine, until my thumb started to sting like mad.
I had the knife upside down. It was so dull, I literally couldn't tell between the sharp and the dull side. I managed to give myself essentially a really deep papercut that bled a bit, but it was due to the knife being so dull there was no way to tell which side was the cutting edge.
This was the most detailed and clear tutorial I've come across. Can't wait to try this out myself. Subscribed!
Thank you! I picked up the Shaptons and the knife you used here and had great results getting a really nice edge in like 30-ish minutes!!
Thank you so much for this in-depth, budget friendly, beginner friendly tutorial. I’ve watched more than a few and they rubbed me the wrong way for various reason. This was veryVERY helpful! All the tips and questions I didn’t even know I had were answered and you really talked to us like we were learning rather than seeming to just make another video doing a chore and jumping on the ad revenue just because you have an audience. Thank you, Ethan
Thank you for the sharpie trick. In all the years I've stumbled thru trying to get a good edge on my blades, I've never even heard of this before, but I'm sure it will give me more confidence next time I go and sharpen my knives.
The one thing I learned from a pro, is the polishing stone isn't for sharpening but for a sort of hardening of the edge so it keeps longer than just sharpening alone on the medium stone
This is fantastic!! Been sharpening my knives for a long time, but this was much better technique than I have watched before.
That's Ethan for this tutorial, I inherited my grandfather's whetstones and didn't know what to do with them! Took our chef's knife that wouldn't even cut paper and now it slices through it like butter!