How to sharpen your kitchen knives to razor sharpness yourself

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Author: Alla

Every home has kitchen knives, but they are not always sharpened. A new knife is very sharp, but will become dull over time. But not many people know how to restore its sharpness.

How to sharpen home kitchen knives? There are several ways to sharpen kitchen knives at home to help keep them sharp. It is the basics of knife sharpening and its effective methods that will be discussed in this article.

Correct knife sharpening angle

When sharpening kitchen knives, it is important that the objects are in a certain position in relation to the work surface. To do this, you need to choose the correct sharpening angle.

This parameter depends on many factors, for example, the type and level of strength of the metal from which the blade is made, as well as the purpose for which this tool is used. So, the degree of sharpening for different types of knives:

scalpel and razor blade - from 10 to 15 degrees;
vegetable, meat and fish knives - from 15 to 20 degrees;
other chef's utensils - from 20 to 25 degrees;
hunting blades – 25–30 degrees.

It is important to choose the right sharpening angle; this is necessary to achieve the desired sharpness of the kitchen appliance.

What grit size is needed for sharpening knives?

When sharpening blades, special stones are used. Their surface is an abrasive consisting of grains of different sizes. The grain size of the stone depends on this indicator. Devices for adding spice are divided into the following groups:

the most coarse-grained (especially coarse material);
regular coarse-grained;
medium grain;
fine-grained (delicate abrasive);
micro-grained (material of increased fineness).

How to sharpen a knife correctly? A good master knows that using only one type of stone is ineffective. According to the rules, sharpening is performed alternately, moving from coarse-grained and rough stones to delicate, thin stones.

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Types of hunting knives

With all the variety of characteristics of the offered hunting knives, they can be divided into two groups:

General use, used to finish off prey. Their blades are smooth, the handle is necessarily equipped with a limiter.
Special purpose (skinning, cutting meat from a bone, butchering an animal or poultry carcass).

They are also divided according to the type of blades and the sharpening of the upper edge. It can be straight or rounded. Handmade hunting knives are especially original in their design.

How to properly sharpen knives with sandpaper

If you have some experience and know how emery works, sharpening knives will not be difficult for you. So, when sharpening blades on sandpaper, adhere to the following rules:

When applying the blade to the abrasive, you should not apply large mechanical forces;
the trajectory of rotation of the abrasive should be in the direction from the butt to the edge;
the knife on the emery is moved across the circle, smoothly moving from the handle of the device to the tip of the blade;
When sharpening on both sides, you cannot change the angle of fixation of the blade, you just need to move it to the other side;
At the end of the work, straighten the knife with a block, musat or sandpaper.

Of course, real craftsmen prefer sharpening by hand, which allows them to achieve maximum effect. But if we are not talking about giving the blade a scalpel sharpness, but simply making it quite sharp, using sandpaper will achieve decent results.

Excessive requirements

Most of those who sharpen their own knives are trying to make a perfect blade, like a razor. This approach to sharpening knives is not always correct. Firstly, an inexperienced cook can accidentally cut himself. And secondly, a razor-sharp blade is only suitable for cutting fish. A coarser grind is ideal for working with meat and vegetables. In addition, the perfectly sharp edge of the blade quickly dulls and requires frequent sharpening.

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Comments (35)

Gregory January 05, 2021 at 20:53
Moderators are like that too
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Roman February 16, 2021 at 05:34 pm
I wanted to read the article, but when I saw the footnote “knife sharpening angle,” I changed my mind. Girl, before you write your words, check them practically. Did you rule “cautiously”? If not, then why write this? Do you want to stand out here? This is already crossing all boundaries.
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Roman February 16, 2021 at 5:27 pm
The smaller the sharpening angle of the knife, the more often it needs to be sharpened. We remember the blade-shaped razor. The angle there is 10 degrees, the blade lies flat, the same with knives.
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Roman February 16, 2021 at 05:15 pm
There is nothing to praise the girl for. Another copy-paste. I like to look like a fool.
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Ivan MIF February 15, 2021 at 6:40 pm
Hammer, Alexander! The text shows that you have a decent education, perhaps in the humanities, not technically. Nevertheless, you have perfectly mastered the skill of sharpening knives! I also sharpen knives quite well, but I don’t know how to sharpen scissors. It is quite difficult to buy decent scissors of non-Chinese origin in our city.
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guest Lada February 14, 2021 at 8:41 am
Razors rule, knives sharpen
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Leo February 13, 2021 at 8:56 am
Knives are not sharpened. They are trimmed.
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Vitaly February 11, 2021 at 2:54 am
The lady rules. Question - where?
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Alexander February 9, 2021 at 07:02 pm
So in Ukraine, at school, during labor lessons, they taught in the 4th grade how to sharpen knives correctly, to this day my wife hurts her fingers when she asks to sharpen them, then she doesn’t ask for them for a long time))
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Gandurian February 08, 2021 at 06:40 pm
Upperdunit, I'll go and stream
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Alex February 8, 2021 at 05:34 pm
Even my cat can blow air around the room, but will any of the commenters tell you how to sharpen it correctly?
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Alexey July 16, 2021 at 5:11 pm
Buy an Uzbek knife Pchak at the market.
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Vitaly February 11, 2021 at 2:52 am
Completely in the hole. I did it and I don’t know grief.
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Dmitry February 12, 2021 at 4:29 am
Hello, Alexander. Knives are a sore subject for me, as best I can, so sharpening a knife is a sore subject for me. Is it possible to buy your sharpening device from you?
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Vasily February 13, 2021 at 5:50
Hello, Alexander! Tell me, please: is it possible to purchase a sharpening device from you?
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Sever February 28, 2021 at 08:35 pm
I also have this machine. Ten years already... The machine with its holders-accessories is super. Agree. But not everyone can afford it, unfortunately...
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Andrey February 15, 2021 at 04:11 pm
Hello, can I have this machine?
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Ivan MIF February 15, 2021 at 06:34 pm
Hammer, Alexander! The text shows that you have a decent education, perhaps in the humanities, not technically. Nevertheless, you have perfectly mastered the skill of sharpening knives! I also sharpen knives quite well, but I don’t know how to sharpen scissors. In our city, it is quite difficult to buy decent metal scissors of non-Chinese origin.
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Karabas Barabas February 09, 2021 at 06:47 pm
The chamfer must be placed only on the machine and then straightened with nut.
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Andrey February 07, 2021 at 06:32 pm
The author of the article should write about buttercup flowers or pancakes, and not about sharpening knives, in which she has only just gotten better at it. In short, the article is about nothing. Just to write something.
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Ivan February 8, 2021 at 17:09
I agree: In short, the article is about nothing. Just to write something.
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Sever February 28, 2021 at 08:40 pm
And now it’s like this everywhere. Even the bread has already been omitted.. (the pride of the USSR and Russia in its time). These scribblers only make money on Yandex. There are no professionals.
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Vladimir February 6, 2021 at 14:12
Gennady's comment is absolutely correct.
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Vlad February 6, 2021 at 1:58 pm
Damn, dear comrade, you copied the material and don’t understand what you’re writing at all, a schoolboy knows more than you about sharpening knives….no matter where the moderators look, they write all sorts of nonsense just to post something…..there’s nothing worse when a stupid ram teaches sheep….
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Gennady February 05, 2021 at 07:14 pm
Hmmm... Almost everything is exactly the opposite, especially with regard to “The greater the angle of the knife edge, the more often you will have to sharpen it.” And they don’t sharpen with musat, they edit with musat. Women, they are so...