How to Sharpen a Kitchen Knife

After launching our new range of kitchen knives we thought it would be a great idea to show you how to look after them and keep them razor sharp ready for use. Using this simple technique it will keep any kitchen knife or secondary edge knife razor sharp. We really hope this helps get the knives in your kitchen in great shape.
We are now back in the workshop after the Bushcraft show! It was so nice to see everyone there having such a great time. We wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who came along to say hi and also take home some of our wares, it is really much appreciated. Many thanks from Ben and Lois here at the Craft Lab.
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[@johnseddon2955]

Thanks Ben and Lois. Enjoyed my slice of cake x

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Thanks for the lesson. Great explanation about the burr. Now, I must do mine. Take care you two. Regards Andrew 🦘🦘😁👍

[@DessieTots]

Loving your straightforward, concise explanation on knife sharpening. I’ve still to reach my goal of being able to to slice through newspaper. But how do you move a longer kitchen knife along the water stone?

[@planetadecapitan2395]

You make handsome knives. That stonewash finish looks excellent.

[@danizarnika7293]

Thank you and will try it today..

[@RichardOutdoors]

Great stuff. Thanks both.

[@JourneymanHandcraft]

Killer Moves 🔪

[@BenOrford]

Thanks man

[@fog360]

We need another work in progress video Ben

[@BenOrford]

Well we had technical issues yesterday but you might be happier tonight 😜👍

[@DavidWillis]

Lovely - informative and looks tasty too 🙂

[@gerryhale9617]

Thank you Ben for that. Always looking for better ways to keep my kitchen knives sharp. Will look for the items. Not sure why you use window cleaner on the stones though. 😃

[@evileye1983]

Hi Ben can you do a video on how you do a scandi grind from scratch?
Pretty please 🙏
Love your videos, top man 👏🏻

[@cattleNhay]

What’s your opinion on sharpening with a spinning mdf wheel with polishing compound? Been using it for about a month and can sharpen from after file use, to polished crazy sharp in seconds. Don’t even use my stones and diamond grits anymore…

[@JuaneDosesII-wj6dd]

But can it baton?

[@BenOrford]

well I would say its not a great idea to baton wood at the best of times but would certainly not recommend using this thin blade for splitting wood. 👍

[@gandalfhehe6418]

Why do u use window cleaner for stone?

[@BenOrford]

I really like how it doesn’t evaporate as fast plus it also is no corrosion on carbon steels. I used to add something to the water to do the same job and it was very expensive so windex that I use in the workshop for all other tasks seems to work really well.
Hope that helps
cheers Ben

[@gandalfhehe6418]

@@BenOrford clever, thx👍

[@arronjohnston742]

to many people worry far to much about "angle" on kitchen knives