Don't be afraid, sharpen your knives! – Preindustrial Craftsmanship

Don't be afraid, sharpen your knives! – Preindustrial Craftsmanship

Talk about convergent timing It seems that Paul Sellars was reading my mind when he put up another useful video early today. This is a bit of a ramble I've been pecking around on for a while now.  Sometime in the 1980s we seem to have forgotten how to sharpen our own tools.  That…

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Gerber Knives : Sharpening the Edge

Sharp is a knife skills class in book form and an introduction to the best knives you can buy from all over the world. From a premier knife purveyor and go-to knives expert, this comprehensive guide details the elements of buying and caring for good knives, including sharpening and knife skills.

Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs [Book]

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With this compact guide, Schwarz simplifies the process of sharpening woodworking tools, offering practical advice to those who may be daunted by the excess of information, opinion and equipment widely available on the topic. He clarifies the meaning of sharpness in relation to tool edges, defines grinding, honing and polishing, and lists examples of media used in each process.

Sharpen This [Book]