Good Eats Moment - Happines is a Sharp Knife

A Food Network minute with Alton Brown. Watch Alton Brown as he shows us basic blade maintenance.

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[Jason Gade]

Alton Brown is my hero.

[Alex Morgan]

I agree, i mastered the whetstone after about 4 months of practice and almost losing my right pinky

[newcoyote]

Wow. A chef that knows how to use a steel. Controlled & methodical. Usually you see these bozos click clacking like crazy up in the air like a Wile E. Coyote cartoon. That is a great way to wreck your knife.

[ibesteadymobbin92]

Using a spyderco sharpmaker is extremely easy. I don't consider myself an amazing sharpener by any means, but I can easily get a quality knife from butter knife dull to the point where it can pushcut phone book paper like it's nothing. I'd highly reccomend the sharpmaker. It's not the most capable system out there, but then again it's around $50-$60 as opposed for like $250 for an edge pro or a wicked edge. Check it out, you won't be disappointed.

[WWOLFwts]

I love Alton Brown - He's a culinary God to me

[acoow]

If you can't do something as simple as cook a great steak, you should eat out.

[greenmarine5]

I agree with a little practice anyone can put a a new edge on a knife, the sad thing is, to many people today rely on the Internet to learn and not every web site has the proper info. The best way to learn is do it and find out what works for you

[greenmarine5]

No, you have it all wrong what you are refering to is over honing by dulling the blade. The feathers you are talking about are the scratches which are caused by rough stones that need to be polished out with a good 6000 or 8000 water stone. Feather is just another name for the scratches on the edge. If you look at them under a microscope they kind of look like feathers.

[Natedawg422]

I didn't say "Serrated knife", I said that a knifes edge has "Microscopic teeth which are "LIKE" serrated knives." You misunderstood my statement.

[Natedawg422]

He forgot to mention the feathers on the knife's edge which are like microscopic teeth or serrations. By running the knife downwards against the steel in the way he was can bend or remove the feathering which leads to a duller knife.

[whitefire64]

no, but it's easy to screw up

[sabian1hhx1only]

if you can cook your own steak why go out to a restaurant to eat one...because its better than you can do at home.