GunterWilhelm.com Knife Skills 101-Using a Sharpening Steel

[tmalkamaki]

half of 45 is 20?

[stranger534]

Good vid but remember if you apply too much pressure with the v sharpener you can nick out tiny chunks of the edge on either side. However this usually will not happen as long as you keep the sharpener moving, DO NOT stop halfway down the blade. Just a warning.

[Stikasasn]

When I use my steel i hold it out in front of me then slide the Knife along it in the exact same style as he is doing. I find it better cuz its quicker and I don't have to worry about the shaving if I do it over the floor or garbage. lol

[montaigne]

AH! If you are ripping chunks of metal off of your knife with your steel, you are doing it WRONG

[googo151]

I own this knife and it is the best knife I've ever used bar none.

[stealthbeast]

You don't want to roll the tip off your steel.

[hoxyho]

How do we actually use a sharpening stone to sharpen our knife correctly? is there an video on this?

[chefgiovanni]

those knives suck and this is THE WRONG way to sharpen a knife

[UJSupanova]

holding at 20° to the blade edge will give the knife a 40° edge, axes have better edges than that!! The steel should be held at <10° for a better result.

[Vihsadas]

A honing steel doesn't sharpen a blade, and so it can't change the original sharpened angle on the knife blade. Microscopic teeth on the blade are being realigned, not the angle of the blade itself. The only way to change the angle on the blade is by actually sharpening the knife with a stone or otherwise. Sharpening actually removes metal from the blade while a proper honing should not.