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Sharpen a knife - PEP BB tool.sand.knife

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Here's my submission for the knife-sharpening BB:
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Blunt as can be.
Blunt as can be.
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Wet oil stone with 200 and 400 grit.
Wet oil stone with 200 and 400 grit.
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Buffed with cardboard.
Buffed with cardboard.
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Clean cut.
Clean cut.

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Sharpening our 2nd chef's knife. They get a lot of use in our kitchen, and this one was long due.
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Original state. Not even making a dent in the paper
Original state. Not even making a dent in the paper
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Rough side of the stone
Rough side of the stone
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Getting there but very ragged
Getting there but very ragged
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Moving on to fine grain side
Moving on to fine grain side
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A smooth cut at last
A smooth cut at last
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Can I use a tomato as proof of sharpness? Because that’s what inspired me to sharpen this knife. I’ve been watching videos on methods and felt prepared to take it on when I started dicing this tomato and couldn’t get through it with my favorite kitchen knife. Used a whetstone with two sides of different coarseness. Cut right through the tomato after sharpening with no drag and even nicked my fingernail.
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Before. Not able to cut the skin nicely
Before. Not able to cut the skin nicely
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In process
In process
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Partway closeup with the bad cut on the tomato
Partway closeup with the bad cut on the tomato
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Working some more
Working some more
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Nice clean cut right through
Nice clean cut right through
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Closeup of the cut made, no pressure required
Closeup of the cut made, no pressure required
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Note: The knife looks sharp now, but it needs to be proven by cutting paper

 
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Requirements to complete:
 - must be sharpened with a whetstone (or more than one)
 - sharpen secondary edge as well as primary edge
 - hone
 - test before and after with cutting paper

To get certified for this BB, post three pics:

  - closeup of pic of the dull edge OR pic of the dull knife raggedly cutting through a piece of paper
  - action pic of sharpening
  - pic of the sharp knife having cut halfway through a piece of paper



I'm at WL and needed to sharpen a knife for cutting onions (...) without hurting myself!

I used a whetstone with 1000 and 6000 grit. I used the knife this morning to cut an onion and it's nicely sharpened now!
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Sharpening a knife.
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Before sharpening
Before sharpening
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Sharpening
Sharpening
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After sharpening
After sharpening

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Our kitchen knives needed some overdue care. I was very pleased to have a excuse to get this done!
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Well loved chipped chefs knife, plenty dull
Well loved chipped chefs knife, plenty dull
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sharpening in progress!
sharpening in progress!
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Same knife cutting thru paper, Better then new!
Same knife cutting thru paper, Better then new!

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Sharpened my knife with a whetstone I got at the dollar store and a honing steel I got off of Amazon.

The knife wasn't actually super dull when I started, just the tip was pretty bad so it could slice through the paper pretty easily over the rest of the blade but not the tip. After I tried sharpening it the first time I made it worse and it couldn't cut through paper at all so I had to try again.

Here is my knife with the sharpening tools.


Here is a closeup of the blade pre-sharpened. It's not bad.


After my first attempt of sharpening it I can not cut through the paper at all.


Sharpening on the whetstone.


Honing with the blade. Sorry I don't have three hands to get a proper action shot.


Got it. It cuts through the paper like butter.


The blade after sharpening.

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I sharpened knives in the Wheaton Labs kitchen. This was one.

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The "before" knife.
The "before" knife.
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First I used a sharpening steel, just to even things out a bit.
First I used a sharpening steel, just to even things out a bit.
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Second (and third) I used a 1000/6000 grit whetstone.
Second (and third) I used a 1000/6000 grit whetstone.
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Sharpened knife cut paper cleanly.
Sharpened knife cut paper cleanly.
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Note: In particular, your 'before' image isn't focused on the blade and we can't tell anything about it. Hopefully it's easy enough to find another knife to sharpen.

 
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