Just landed on your page(I love it) and funny enough I'm about to sharpen one of my Hogue Deka's while I watch your video. Good luck to all who enter your gaw. 💪
Hi, Chris i just brought myself a worksharp bench top sharpener the basic one (very hard to find here in New Zealand). I put my iridium in it, read the instructions, and touched it on a bit of paper it glided straight through I went around the house and showed everyone like a child amazed at how well it worked. The coarseness of sandpaper or a stone is the pieces per cm 2 for example P 1000 sandpaper has 1000 bits of grit in a one cm 2 squared area. ( could be inches in the us ) . A trick to find the right angle is to get a marker and draw on your edge, not the blade only the edge, and run it through your sharpener check your edge, and see where the marker has rubbed off. Adjust your tilt until all of the marker gets removed with one pass.
That's awesome!!! When I first used my worksharp belt sharpener, I used it on a kitchen knife. The next thing i knew, I was looking for every knife in the house that might need to be sharpened. Lol. It was awesome! I had a blast running the blades through it. Boy, did it ever work!! It will take a.literall butter knife and turn it into a razor blade if you do it right. I always use the marker on the edge trick. It's the easiest way to make sure that you are hitting the edge at the right angle and making an entire pass without missing areas. That's an excellent tip to remind everyone about!! I'll make sure to mention that again soon in an upcoming video. Hey, I just want to say thank you!! Thank you so much for all of the support and the awesome feedback and help! I have truly enjoyed talking with you and learning from you! Whether my channel grows anymore or not, I will always be grateful!
Good stuff bro. No need to apologize for kiddos. I raised 5 boys and 1 girl and it never ends. Now 26 grandkids and 2 great grandkids. Enjoy them as much as you can because they dont stay little lol
Thank you!!! I have 2 older, one on her way to being a Dr and one serving our.country. they grew up so fast. Congrats on the grandkids. That's awesome!!!! Thanks for the kind words.
Seems like pretty good dad advice to me! I hope more people pick up on it, its incredibly satisfying and not nearly as indimidating as alot of people seem to think. I heard someone say once that if you are ever lost in the woods, you should sit down and sharpen your knife. Someone will find you to let you know you are doing it wrong. I really like that because theres some truth in it, theres 100 ways to do this and the correct one is whatever works
Yes! Don't argue .methods, only results! If it works, then keep doing it. The lost in the woods analogy is hilarious and so true! Thanks for an awesome comment!
The algorithm served you up to me because I was looking at knife sharpening kit reviews. I appreciate the info. Also, as a father of 5 myself (2 boys 3 girls) i totally get having to balance things. Thank you sir
@@jedighostbear4401 From one lucky dad to another, thank you greatly for.that! I'm new to this but I'm trying. I'm not new to being a da though. That's the true joy and passion of my life! Knives and edc are a.priveledge i am blessed to be able to enjoy. Thank you for a great and kind.comment!
Thank you , and same to you and yours. I tried to be as detailed as I could. Anyone can show you the steps, I wanted to explain why the steps are important.
Good video, I have been free hand sharpening on whetstones since I was in elementary school. Its a skill past down in my family dating back to Germany for knives, axes, chisels, planer blades, sickles and many other tools. Main advice I can give someone trying to learn to free hand sharpen is to try and maintain whatever angle they are sharpening at for the entire length of the cutting edge. If you are off 5° or whatever from the factory bevel that doesn't matter. Keeping that angle you are doing across the edge is what does. You can color the edge with a black marker to help you see what your doing too if you are having issues
Excellent comme.t!!! Thank you for sharing that. O know there are a lot of people struggling with sharpening, I used to be one of them. Those tips and pointers will go a long way to clarify a few of my points and help to make it easier for them to pick up. Great advice!!! I appreciate the comment!
I recommend the Edge Pro system. It is easy to learn compared to other systems, and within a few minutes of watching the recommended videos you can get your first mirror polish and razor sharp edge. They use polishing tapes, which are a form of a strop. Once you get the Edge Pro system into a science and add premium stones and maybe even the diamond matrix stones, you will be confident enough to do freehand and get excellent results. The 2 tips I will add #1 a good strop is a huge time saver. Instead of needing to sharpen a blade at regular intervals you can strop it after you are done and bring the edge back to perfect. #2 D2 steel should not be sharpened at a steeper angle than 20 degrees per side, I usually do 21 degrees. The composition of D2 steel will crumble the edge as used if sharpened too steeply. Thank you for your channel and being a real dad. Family First!
Thank you for that! I'm gonna order one of those systems. When I get it in, I will do a reveal and review on it and give you a shout-out. Thanks for an excellent comment!
You got five subscribers in the last hour I have been watching. I see growth in your future. 😂 Super helpful information. You're actually a really good teacher.
Thank you! Wow, I'm humbled that you checked on me like that. It means a lot that you think i have a chance at succeeding at this. Really, I just want to have a chance to talk about knives every day with like-minded people. I'm grateful for every single view, comment, like, and subscription! So thank you, sincerely!!
Good video Chris. I was bad at sharpening for a while. Yeah lots of videos are dudes who clearly have been doing it well forever just zipping through saying yeah this is how you do it. I have the worksharp persicion. Where you clamp the blade in. It works great but I'm still using my stones. I don't want to get lazy and not master that. Thanks for making time to make your videos. And no need to apologize for taking care of little ones! Heck alot of times I have to pause your videos because my daughter decides it's time to bounce on Dad. Or climb the couch to lick the window 😅. True words...it never ends. It's great tho. Great video. The more you see it done and hear it explained the better you get. And you did a good job. Oh and thanks for the turkey tips! I knew I was going to be a basting fool on Thursday. The toothpick idea is great! And I'm doing the micarta with old pants that my younger son out grew next. This time I'm using an old pair of craftsman pants from my electrion days. So it's like a tan canvas look. While I was starting to sand and conture I could clearly see layers and I thaught alternating colors would be great. Well this is long enough I appreciate that you take YOUR time to make theese. As a stay at home Dad myself I know that it's a thing in short supply. Have a blessed day brother.
I bet that Canvas micarta is gonna look sweet! You just gave me a great idea, i talked about t sentimental knives before, and now I want to take something each of.my kids outgrew, a blanket, or favorite shirt, or whatever and make.micarta with it. Then, those items would be around forever, and it would be easier than packing that stuff away and never looking at it again. It would be useful, and every time I held the knife, those memories and stories..... yea, im gonna do that. Thanks for making that click for me! Good luck on your turkey, I have no doubt it's gonna be fantastic! I love doing these videos. Its a way for me to have an outlet and to communicate categories with people who are like-minded. I'm really glad you all like them, and maybe someone even gets something from them. I have fun either way. Thank you for all of your kind words and encouragement! You and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm sure if you are like we are, then you have a lot to be thankful for.
I like that you say "tuned in" i say that too! 😂 Theres a fast moving culture i just dont subscribe to in life, and I dont like it. I enjoy the old way of things.😊 As a kill floor butcher for a decade, we used to wear our sharpening steels on a chain around the waist along with a scabbard fir our knives. I used victorinox fibrox handles in red, 5" length, semi-stiff, and a lamb skinner to drop heads!💀 The F.Dick packinghouse steels in14" are PHENOMENAL! they keep a tooth in the edge that you dont want in pocketknives, but you sure look for in deep cuts.
That is so cool! I watch the bearded butchers and others online, and I'm envious. That would be the coolest job! I have processed kills from hunting, hogs for.roasts, and a few heads of cattle we got deals on when purchasing sides of beef with other people. Nothing like what you did. I would love to pick your brain and do a special video for people that do process animals a lot. Most would already know what they are doing, but could.pissibly learn a few things about tools that would make it easier. That would be awesome and interesting! Thanks for sharing that story with me! Like you, I'm a product of an era i do not want to let go of. While my kids use verbiage, I don't understand in the least, I say things like tuned in. Lol. They make fun of.me all the time, but I assure them that I'm not the one out of date, they are. They are the generation that is.missing out on the greatest times in America! The best shows. The GREATEST MOVIES EVER! The birth of happy meals, value.meals, the cola wars, MTV WHEN MTV PLAYED.MUSIC!!!Don't get me started. Lol. Regardless, time keeps flowing. Thanks as always, for a great comment! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Thank you!! I love my kids and try to be as patient as i can with them. A video just isn't important enough to put my foot down with them. I'm pretty sure they run the house, but allow me the dignity of feeling like I'm in charge. Lol. They know the truth, though
I don't ever comment on videos but I find myself needing a pocket knife more often so I wanted to learn to do things right so I found your video. I have a little qsp penguin and that yellow sharpener tool you show on the desk that you recommended. It didn't come very sharp at all. Should I go as slowly as you are? Is there a way for me to be sure I'm holding at 20 degrees instead of say 30 or doing something wrong. Is there a number count of swipes I should be making to try each time to get a baseline? I don't mind since the knife wasn't super expensive but I want to learn to do it right. Anyone able to dial in a few of those questions?
I think my arm is moving up/down and not staying at the angle... How does that yellow tool help me stay at 20ish degrees ? Should I just rotate from that edge?
Great questions! You are trying, and that's the first step. OK, first things first, take a sharpy and lay it on the sharpened level (the sharp part). Mark both sides. Make sure the entire length of the edge is covered.in sharpy. Pretent you had a black coated blade, but the edge at the bottom has the raw metal look, cover every single bit.of the.micro bevel. Once you have, then lay the knife on the sharpened at the angle, this will help you get the right angle and make two swipes. You can go as fast as you want, but slower is easier to control in the beginning. Put a little pressure, and after 2 swipes on 1 side.look at the sharpy covered part. If you were at the correct angle.then the sharpie should be thinned out a.lot, if not gone. If there is parts of the edge where the sharpy is still dark and full, then you will know to lower or raise your arm next time to get all of it. Once you can make swipes and take off sharpy ink across the whole.micro bevel, then you are at the right angle. It will take practice!!!! Don't get stressed. No one gets it in the beginning. OK, now, once you have the right angle of the micro bevel down, then go 5-8.swipes.on each side on the lowest grit. 5-8 on the next grit up. Then so on until to are out.of.grits. then do 5-8 on the.ceramic rod. Then, 5-8 on the leather strap. Remember, strop goes backward to lay it down and buff. I want to recommend something to you since the Penguin is.nice, and you are new to sharpening, start by trying this all on a cheap knife you can practice on. Even if it's a butter knife!!! Practice a.bit to get the jist.of the sharpy trick down. Feel free to reach out for more help! If we need to do a video call and work through it, then we will do whatever we need to do. I'm here to help!
On a roll edge doing edge leading only strokes is not going to straighten the edge if anything it's going to further roll it over. Physics won't allow edge leading strokes to push the apex back towards the center of the edge. Edge trailing strokes will pull the slight rolls out but not edge leading. Ceramic abrasive "hone" rod is better for pretty much any one than a steel hone is. That slight steel removal is cleaning up that fatigued steel at the very tip of the apex. Remember stropping strokes/edge trailing strokes to pull out rolls edge leading just further rolls it and every edge leading stroke you are fatiguing that microns thick piece of steel steel that's is the apex that's rolled over more and more further degrading the steel as you go. That's why the ceramic rod with its abrasive properties removing a tiny amount of steel right at the apex keeps that fatigued steel away.
I've been there. I know the feeling. Sometimes, it's literally something as small as the angle in which you are holding your arm. If you ever want to zoom and walk through it then let me know and I'll help if I can. My email is in the channel description.
That's paying it forward!!! It's extremely kind of you to even consider. People with your mentality and thinking go far in life because life has a way of returning to us what we put out. Great comment!!!
Thank you!!! Everyone is really awesome about it, but I still feel like it's a distraction for the viewers. Still, I love them so much I can't really tell them no they can't come in while I'm filming. Lol.
I love that you're making the effort to give people skills that are disappearing from the world. Gladly subscribed, and I hope to see you grow.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm really glad you liked the video, and thank you greatly for the sub!
Great video, thanks
Thank you!!! I'm grateful for the comment!
Just landed on your page(I love it) and funny enough I'm about to sharpen one of my Hogue Deka's while I watch your video. Good luck to all who enter your gaw. 💪
Thank you so much for that kind comment!!! I appreciate it greatly. Good luck on your Deka! Thanks again!
Out of curiosity, is it the wharncliffe or drop point version? How did it go?
Awesome video there's just something so satisfying about sharpening
Yep! Thanks for your comment. Anyone that likes sharpening is good with me! Wish I knew ya!
Hi, Chris i just brought myself a worksharp bench top sharpener the basic one (very hard to find here in New Zealand). I put my iridium in it, read the instructions, and touched it on a bit of paper it glided straight through I went around the house and showed everyone like a child amazed at how well it worked. The coarseness of sandpaper or a stone is the pieces per cm 2 for example P 1000 sandpaper has 1000 bits of grit in a one cm 2 squared area. ( could be inches in the us ) .
A trick to find the right angle is to get a marker and draw on your edge, not the blade only the edge, and run it through your sharpener check your edge, and see where the marker has rubbed off. Adjust your tilt until all of the marker gets removed with one pass.
That's awesome!!! When I first used my worksharp belt sharpener, I used it on a kitchen knife. The next thing i knew, I was looking for every knife in the house that might need to be sharpened. Lol. It was awesome! I had a blast running the blades through it. Boy, did it ever work!! It will take a.literall butter knife and turn it into a razor blade if you do it right. I always use the marker on the edge trick. It's the easiest way to make sure that you are hitting the edge at the right angle and making an entire pass without missing areas. That's an excellent tip to remind everyone about!! I'll make sure to mention that again soon in an upcoming video.
Hey, I just want to say thank you!! Thank you so much for all of the support and the awesome feedback and help! I have truly enjoyed talking with you and learning from you! Whether my channel grows anymore or not, I will always be grateful!
Good stuff bro. No need to apologize for kiddos. I raised 5 boys and 1 girl and it never ends. Now 26 grandkids and 2 great grandkids. Enjoy them as much as you can because they dont stay little lol
Thank you!!! I have 2 older, one on her way to being a Dr and one serving our.country. they grew up so fast. Congrats on the grandkids. That's awesome!!!! Thanks for the kind words.
Great video for anyone needing this information, no need to apologize for kids and normal life things that people should understand 😊
Thank you for the kind words!!! I'm glad you liked the video. I appreciate the comment greatly!
Seems like pretty good dad advice to me! I hope more people pick up on it, its incredibly satisfying and not nearly as indimidating as alot of people seem to think.
I heard someone say once that if you are ever lost in the woods, you should sit down and sharpen your knife. Someone will find you to let you know you are doing it wrong. I really like that because theres some truth in it, theres 100 ways to do this and the correct one is whatever works
Yes! Don't argue .methods, only results! If it works, then keep doing it. The lost in the woods analogy is hilarious and so true! Thanks for an awesome comment!
The algorithm served you up to me because I was looking at knife sharpening kit reviews. I appreciate the info.
Also, as a father of 5 myself (2 boys 3 girls) i totally get having to balance things. Thank you sir
@@jedighostbear4401 From one lucky dad to another, thank you greatly for.that! I'm new to this but I'm trying. I'm not new to being a da though. That's the true joy and passion of my life! Knives and edc are a.priveledge i am blessed to be able to enjoy. Thank you for a great and kind.comment!
Great video, Chris! I appreciate the detail. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving
Thank you , and same to you and yours. I tried to be as detailed as I could. Anyone can show you the steps, I wanted to explain why the steps are important.
Good video, I have been free hand sharpening on whetstones since I was in elementary school. Its a skill past down in my family dating back to Germany for knives, axes, chisels, planer blades, sickles and many other tools. Main advice I can give someone trying to learn to free hand sharpen is to try and maintain whatever angle they are sharpening at for the entire length of the cutting edge. If you are off 5° or whatever from the factory bevel that doesn't matter. Keeping that angle you are doing across the edge is what does. You can color the edge with a black marker to help you see what your doing too if you are having issues
Excellent comme.t!!! Thank you for sharing that. O know there are a lot of people struggling with sharpening, I used to be one of them. Those tips and pointers will go a long way to clarify a few of my points and help to make it easier for them to pick up. Great advice!!! I appreciate the comment!
I recommend the Edge Pro system. It is easy to learn compared to other systems, and within a few minutes of watching the recommended videos you can get your first mirror polish and razor sharp edge. They use polishing tapes, which are a form of a strop.
Once you get the Edge Pro system into a science and add premium stones and maybe even the diamond matrix stones, you will be confident enough to do freehand and get excellent results.
The 2 tips I will add
#1 a good strop is a huge time saver. Instead of needing to sharpen a blade at regular intervals you can strop it after you are done and bring the edge back to perfect.
#2 D2 steel should not be sharpened at a steeper angle than 20 degrees per side, I usually do 21 degrees. The composition of D2 steel will crumble the edge as used if sharpened too steeply.
Thank you for your channel and being a real dad. Family First!
Thank you for that! I'm gonna order one of those systems. When I get it in, I will do a reveal and review on it and give you a shout-out. Thanks for an excellent comment!
Great video, I thought you explained it better then anyone else I've herd.
Wow, what a compliment! I'm humbled and extremely grateful! Thank you! I'm really glad that you enjoyed it.
Nice video.
Buddy, please never apologize for your kids. We as fathers understand them. Fast recovery to that boy.
Thank you greatly for those kind words!!!!
Sharpening is my favorite way to relax
I love to sharpen knives! It's a great way to think and relax. We see it the same way. Thanks for the comment!
You got five subscribers in the last hour I have been watching. I see growth in your future. 😂 Super helpful information. You're actually a really good teacher.
Thank you! Wow, I'm humbled that you checked on me like that. It means a lot that you think i have a chance at succeeding at this. Really, I just want to have a chance to talk about knives every day with like-minded people. I'm grateful for every single view, comment, like, and subscription! So thank you, sincerely!!
thank You, great video
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the comment and for spending time on my video! I'm grateful!
Good video thank you
Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Appreciate the video, learned a lot.
@@nathanielshields3221 thank you for the great comment! I'm really glad that you got something from it.
Good video Chris. I was bad at sharpening for a while. Yeah lots of videos are dudes who clearly have been doing it well forever just zipping through saying yeah this is how you do it. I have the worksharp persicion. Where you clamp the blade in. It works great but I'm still using my stones. I don't want to get lazy and not master that.
Thanks for making time to make your videos. And no need to apologize for taking care of little ones! Heck alot of times I have to pause your videos because my daughter decides it's time to bounce on Dad. Or climb the couch to lick the window 😅. True words...it never ends. It's great tho.
Great video. The more you see it done and hear it explained the better you get. And you did a good job.
Oh and thanks for the turkey tips! I knew I was going to be a basting fool on Thursday. The toothpick idea is great! And I'm doing the micarta with old pants that my younger son out grew next. This time I'm using an old pair of craftsman pants from my electrion days. So it's like a tan canvas look. While I was starting to sand and conture I could clearly see layers and I thaught alternating colors would be great.
Well this is long enough I appreciate that you take YOUR time to make theese. As a stay at home Dad myself I know that it's a thing in short supply. Have a blessed day brother.
I bet that Canvas micarta is gonna look sweet! You just gave me a great idea, i talked about t sentimental knives before, and now I want to take something each of.my kids outgrew, a blanket, or favorite shirt, or whatever and make.micarta with it. Then, those items would be around forever, and it would be easier than packing that stuff away and never looking at it again. It would be useful, and every time I held the knife, those memories and stories..... yea, im gonna do that. Thanks for making that click for me! Good luck on your turkey, I have no doubt it's gonna be fantastic!
I love doing these videos. Its a way for me to have an outlet and to communicate categories with people who are like-minded. I'm really glad you all like them, and maybe someone even gets something from them. I have fun either way. Thank you for all of your kind words and encouragement! You and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm sure if you are like we are, then you have a lot to be thankful for.
Sup man I’m starting to like it thanks for the sharpness of my knives
Thank you!!! I'm glad it is helping you. if there's anything I could answer or help with, then please let me know? I would love to help! Thanks again!
I like that you say "tuned in" i say that too! 😂 Theres a fast moving culture i just dont subscribe to in life, and I dont like it. I enjoy the old way of things.😊
As a kill floor butcher for a decade, we used to wear our sharpening steels on a chain around the waist along with a scabbard fir our knives. I used victorinox fibrox handles in red, 5" length, semi-stiff, and a lamb skinner to drop heads!💀 The F.Dick packinghouse steels in14" are PHENOMENAL! they keep a tooth in the edge that you dont want in pocketknives, but you sure look for in deep cuts.
That is so cool! I watch the bearded butchers and others online, and I'm envious. That would be the coolest job! I have processed kills from hunting, hogs for.roasts, and a few heads of cattle we got deals on when purchasing sides of beef with other people. Nothing like what you did. I would love to pick your brain and do a special video for people that do process animals a lot. Most would already know what they are doing, but could.pissibly learn a few things about tools that would make it easier. That would be awesome and interesting!
Thanks for sharing that story with me! Like you, I'm a product of an era i do not want to let go of. While my kids use verbiage, I don't understand in the least, I say things like tuned in. Lol. They make fun of.me all the time, but I assure them that I'm not the one out of date, they are. They are the generation that is.missing out on the greatest times in America! The best shows. The GREATEST MOVIES EVER! The birth of happy meals, value.meals, the cola wars, MTV WHEN MTV PLAYED.MUSIC!!!Don't get me started. Lol. Regardless, time keeps flowing. Thanks as always, for a great comment! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
He's so cute...I'm a dad a grandfather and a great grandfather and I know what it is like 👍 and kids are great 😊
Thank you!! I love my kids and try to be as patient as i can with them. A video just isn't important enough to put my foot down with them. I'm pretty sure they run the house, but allow me the dignity of feeling like I'm in charge. Lol. They know the truth, though
I agree the worksharp is the best. #BBN
I love all things Worksharp!!! Go, big blue!!!!
I don't ever comment on videos but I find myself needing a pocket knife more often so I wanted to learn to do things right so I found your video. I have a little qsp penguin and that yellow sharpener tool you show on the desk that you recommended. It didn't come very sharp at all. Should I go as slowly as you are? Is there a way for me to be sure I'm holding at 20 degrees instead of say 30 or doing something wrong. Is there a number count of swipes I should be making to try each time to get a baseline? I don't mind since the knife wasn't super expensive but I want to learn to do it right. Anyone able to dial in a few of those questions?
I think my arm is moving up/down and not staying at the angle... How does that yellow tool help me stay at 20ish degrees ? Should I just rotate from that edge?
Great questions! You are trying, and that's the first step. OK, first things first, take a sharpy and lay it on the sharpened level (the sharp part). Mark both sides. Make sure the entire length of the edge is covered.in sharpy. Pretent you had a black coated blade, but the edge at the bottom has the raw metal look, cover every single bit.of the.micro bevel. Once you have, then lay the knife on the sharpened at the angle, this will help you get the right angle and make two swipes. You can go as fast as you want, but slower is easier to control in the beginning. Put a little pressure, and after 2 swipes on 1 side.look at the sharpy covered part. If you were at the correct angle.then the sharpie should be thinned out a.lot, if not gone. If there is parts of the edge where the sharpy is still dark and full, then you will know to lower or raise your arm next time to get all of it. Once you can make swipes and take off sharpy ink across the whole.micro bevel, then you are at the right angle. It will take practice!!!! Don't get stressed. No one gets it in the beginning.
OK, now, once you have the right angle of the micro bevel down, then go 5-8.swipes.on each side on the lowest grit. 5-8 on the next grit up. Then so on until to are out.of.grits. then do 5-8 on the.ceramic rod. Then, 5-8 on the leather strap. Remember, strop goes backward to lay it down and buff.
I want to recommend something to you since the Penguin is.nice, and you are new to sharpening, start by trying this all on a cheap knife you can practice on. Even if it's a butter knife!!! Practice a.bit to get the jist.of the sharpy trick down. Feel free to reach out for more help! If we need to do a video call and work through it, then we will do whatever we need to do. I'm here to help!
Good video sir 😊
Thank you so much for.your.kind words!!!
Love the video..
I'm a new subscriber
@@sickofjunk welcome!!! Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed my video.
Sharpening is more art than science to me. First expensive automatic knife? I can't decide between the microtech socom elite or hogue ex A01.
Ooooooooooh, that's a hard one!!! Hmm, I'm going Hogue, but.either.one would be a heck of a choice! Great comment! Thank you!
@theun-professionaldad2232 yeah the hogue has a safety and that clinched it for me.
On a roll edge doing edge leading only strokes is not going to straighten the edge if anything it's going to further roll it over. Physics won't allow edge leading strokes to push the apex back towards the center of the edge. Edge trailing strokes will pull the slight rolls out but not edge leading. Ceramic abrasive "hone" rod is better for pretty much any one than a steel hone is. That slight steel removal is cleaning up that fatigued steel at the very tip of the apex. Remember stropping strokes/edge trailing strokes to pull out rolls edge leading just further rolls it and every edge leading stroke you are fatiguing that microns thick piece of steel steel that's is the apex that's rolled over more and more further degrading the steel as you go. That's why the ceramic rod with its abrasive properties removing a tiny amount of steel right at the apex keeps that fatigued steel away.
Great comment!!
I just can't get my knives sharp enough
I've been there. I know the feeling. Sometimes, it's literally something as small as the angle in which you are holding your arm. If you ever want to zoom and walk through it then let me know and I'll help if I can. My email is in the channel description.
If I win I'm gonna get a new native 5 and do a give away with my current native 5 that way I'm sharing the win!
That's paying it forward!!! It's extremely kind of you to even consider. People with your mentality and thinking go far in life because life has a way of returning to us what we put out. Great comment!!!
What about the bottom of a coffee ☕ cup for the ceramic
Oh yes!!! My grandpa used to do it every single time he drank coffee. I have done it many, many times myself. it's an excellent alternative!
Way to go Dad. First.
@@benjaminstephens1904 thank you! Priorities. Lol.
No apology necessary I've been a single dad for years and I know what you mean 😅
Thank you!!! Everyone is really awesome about it, but I still feel like it's a distraction for the viewers. Still, I love them so much I can't really tell them no they can't come in while I'm filming. Lol.
Well done sir!😁
Thank you so much for that awesome feedback! I'm very grateful!