Dalmatian90
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If anyone has learned since then what, if anything, it can be used for please fill me in. It doesn't have to be that sharp to split ash anyway.
I use a wet stone (that was originally my grandfather's), with a file first if I have a big nick.
Took me a while to learn how to sharpen stuff, but I do a credible job now. Best I can describe it is imagine you're trying to shave the stone.
It is a joy to use a sharp tool...especially one you sharpen yourself!
My most used kitchen knife is made of pretty cheap stainless steel, it has tons of nicks in it...if I couldn't sharpen it, I would've thrown it out twice already. Couple minutes on the stone takes it from squeezing lemons to slicing them like a hot knife through butter.
i would LOVE one day to get a working old-fashion sharpening stone setup -- big round stone, foot pedal, water trough on the base to keep the stone wet and clean. You see lots of stones, but almost all of them are missing both the foot pedal and the trough.
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