I have muddled along using cheap knife sharpeners most of my life. Now I'm finding they just don't do the job. I don't want to spend a fortune, I see some listed at £150+.
What's your favourite sharpening system. I'm not sure i could get the hang of using a steel effectively.
My favourite is the Chantry Classic in British Racing Green - a product of the 1970s - which is when I bought it at the same time as my Le Creuset saucepans.
All still in use although the knife sharpener could probably use some new blades.
https://www.lakeland.co.uk/1888/Chantry-Knife-Sharpener
Its definitely my favourite as its a choice between that and a steel. Men seem to prefer a steel.
I prefer a whetstone myself and a leather belt. I have a steel In one of the kitchen drawers but it’s difficult to keep a consistent angle. I find it much easier on a stone and the edge is significantly sharper than when I used a steel.
I use a Lansky Turnbox which is good enough but trickier with longer knives. If I was buying something new I'd go for a whetstone or, if you want something more guided, something like a Lansky Sharpening System.
I have a butchers steel which I picked up years ago at a car boot sale. It is fairly worn so gives a nice fine sharp edge to my knives.
Thank you all . I can't see myself with a leather strop
and a whetstone brings back memories of dad in the workshop with the most grubbiest grimiest oily thing you could imagine. I'll end up getting a guided something when I convince myself I have to pay good money for something that works.
My mother has a handheld knife sharpener which is essentially two steels that cross over to create a V joint, held in a plastic palm holder. It's small, fits in her cutlery drawer and she's never used anything else.
I have never been particularly keen on it, as you sharpen towards you and your arm holds the steel, so the likelihood of you running the blade down your knuckle/arm seems quite high to me. I think they should all be made to work away from you not towards you, as we rarely follow instruction manuals!!
I use a steel and it works on my quality knives though I have one knife my daughter gave me it’s a Jamie Oliver knife that came with one of his cook books but I just can’t get it to sharpen up. I was thinking about putting it on the grind stone in the garage.
(30-08-2020, 10:27 AM)Mikey Wrote: [ -> ]My mother has a handheld knife sharpener which is essentially two steels that cross over to create a V joint, held in a plastic palm holder. It's small, fits in her cutlery drawer and she's never used anything else.
I have never been particularly keen on it, as you sharpen towards you and your arm holds the steel, so the likelihood of you running the blade down your knuckle/arm seems quite high to me. I think they should all be made to work away from you not towards you, as we rarely follow instruction manuals!!
That's the sort I've used for years and now the 'steel' bits are worn. It wasn't until I used a brand new knife that I realised my sharpener just wasn't cutting it! ( I hear someone in the background saying 'it's the knife that should be cutting not the sharpener'
) never had an accident with it but maybe my knives weren't sharp enough!