Chip Carving 108 - How to sharpen your knife!

[MrHorrorhound]

How often should knife sharpening occur? After a days use or just when it seems dull?

[MyChipCarving]

@MrHorrorhound You will sharpen your knife only when it needs it. When cuts are not clean and more effort is needed to remove chips, it's time to sharpen. I'll be adding another sharpening video in the near future showing a better way to test for sharpening.

Marty Leenhouts

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[EnigmaMyth]

Is there a grit or micron size with the ceramic stones? It would been nice to see a before and after demonstration of the cutting effectiveness of the knife.

Thanks for the video.

[MyChipCarving]

@EnigmaMyth The white ceramic is 1800 grit, gray ceramic is 600-800 grit. You'll know the difference between a sharp knife and one that's dull when you are carving. I always suggest that beginners pay for my sharpening service ($5.95/knife). that way they will know what a sharp knife is like and what to shoot for when the time comes for them to sharpen.

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Marty

[Conan568]

Cool.

When outdoors I've used truck window edges to sharpen knives.

[marcclarke01]

@Conan568 What a great suggestion. I tried it and it works very well. Thank you.

[Conan568]

@marcclarke01

Yeah, who would have thought?

[HCDDWarhero]

Thats good but you to make sure everyone knows not to do this with a knife blade that curves,

[Philippe620]

i want to become an edge of purest steel

[steph818181]

that thumb nail drag is not a good method of testing for sharpness. it will however be a good test to see if you have set up your edge correctly. a true edge doesn't necessarily mean a sharp knife.

[retusyllib]

Pay no attention to the so called armchair experts. Sharpening is removing metal to achive a sharp edge. I've seen many people sharpen and everyone has his or her own way of doing it. If you are doing it right then your knife is getting sharp, period. I have sharpened my Opinel on a flat stone I picked up out of the stream. I bet if I cut you with it you wouldn't tell me I sharpened it wrong. I thought it was a well done video, and you got the knife sharp. Good job.

[residentevil926]

@retusyllib I have a Opinel and it has a convex edge.I like the message though.

[Eternalpan]

Still a good run down of sharpening.

[rxvexe]

Nice for someone that doesn't know how to use a sharpening stone.

[SWCCsailor]

lmao