Has a 24 year old American I never understood why people get so nerdy about sharpening there’s a thing called keep it simple stupid. Great video and god bless you
Hallelujah - a sharpening video which is just about getting the job done easily. I say this as someone who has made a fair bit of money from honing razors in my time, and if you aren't going to shave your face or plane birdseye maple with a blade there's no need for faffing around. If you are, there is! Hope things work out well for the young 'un.
Excellent straight to the point video instructions…. Watched this & ordered one within seconds… cheers Paddy. You have one new subscriber now. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
I love sharpening with just a strop. It’s very therapeutic! Give the wee lad my good wishes. You regret most the things you don’t do. Encourage him to stick with it if he can.
I use the work sharp field sharpener, it is diamond based so you can use it on the harder stuff as wel ( s90v, cpm-20cv, m390). It gets my cold steel 4max in 20cv beard shaving sharp and that thing is as thick as an axe.
Spot on video Paddy, I give my small blades a few light strokes on a 4" ruby stone and then a few more strokes on the strop and they come up beautifully sharp. I hope the young fella can stay with it and all works out well for him, all the best mate.
Great video Paddy, I've been sharpening my own knives ever since I turned 18 so I have alot of experience, but its still great to see how others do it. 👍
Does it actually need sharpening (removing metal) or just honing (cleaning up the edge)? At work I get the edge back by rubbing it on cardboard; works on low-end stainless too. Yes, I did enjoy the video.
Very nice! Cheers from FL USA. I found this Victorinox on Amazon $15 only. I am learning how to sharpen my knifes and I agree with you that it does not have to be over complicated…..Thank you …
Took me a little bit but I got it. Maintaining the consistency of the angle is my main problem, but I guess it will come with time and practice. But what encouraged me and had me going was the simplicity of your advice. I was beginning to think that knife sharpening was too complicated and you demonstrate it isn't. Thank you.
Great video Paddy. Lovely demonstration knife. It's nice to demonstrate knife sharpening for people who are new to knives, or more correctly new to sharpening. I recently sharpened a pocket knife from my childhood. It was just a carbon steel Sabre 2 blade made in Japan knife that cost me $1.99 back in 1967. It sharpened up so quickly & easily with a little Smiths pocket sharpener. A few strokes on the strop brought it to hair shaving sharp. The whole process took less than 5 minutes, and I wasn't in a hurry.
I'm mostly using exactly the same items, sometimes i use the DC4 from fallkniven because it just needs a bit more work and if a knife is really dull or the edge is damaged then i take out my Lansky fixed angle system. Glad to see i'm not the only one who doesn't have an expensive sharpening system and still get pretty good results. Thank you Stephen.
That’s my beef on a lot of internet sharpeners too. You don’t need a new edge very often. A butcher I know has a saying that’s basically each day on the steel each month on the hone and a new edge on the stone for Christmas. Sounded better when he said it out loud!
Ive spent so so much money alone on sharpeners recommended by so many i can just never sharpen a knife so i just thought the sharpener is rubbish but your video has made me realise you don't need any special sharpener im just doing something wrong thank you so much im gonna buy one last sharpener the one you used because i trust you and what u recommend 100% so im gonna buy one and try find the right method and practice
Straight and simple to the point exactly how an instruction video should be cheers Paddy. Those Victorinox sharpeners are great as are all Victorinox products
Great video I agree, I just touch up my knives on a strop after each use or if they need to be sharpened I have a Diamond stone by DMT that I can sharpen freehand to a sharp paper cutting edge , sometimes I use a ceramic rod too . It really is not difficult once you practice on edge profile you will be able to hand sharpen at home or in the field with ease.
Paddy, the Sharpening Jedi! You're the man! I use a stone, occasionally sandpaper, and the rim of a coffee cup. Seriously. the key to getting a good edge is practice! Thanks so much Paddy! You Cut you head off! I would've love to have seen your facial expressions in this video! Again, thanks!
When I was a little boy I remember seeing my Grandmother put an edge on her little paring knife with just a little brown looking stone that she wet with a little water. God only knows how many potatoes and vegetables that little knife peeled for the cooking pot. It takes a little practice to sharpen but, a little bit goes a long way. Most do more than you need to. They push to hard when you don’t have too; It just takes being careful and checking the feel of the edge. Knowing when to stop is the hardest part to learn. There all kinds of handy sharpening sticks you just have to learn to use them. I have a collection of sharpeners some make easier to sharpen knives if you read the directions. If I want to take off the least amount of metal is what I use some for and have some powered ones for shaping too. Most times the little simple one is all you need.✨🥔✨🔪
I have used your sharpening advice for a while now and thank you sir it works and works well, however the group of knives I use for whittling and carving have only been stropped since new which is all they have needed. Good advice brother, keep it up. 🐸😎.
Very useful video. Tell us more about the strop. Is it a piece of leather on a wooden block? I can see where you can get the Victorinox sharpener. Currently I just use a small Opinel block and another block I got free with a Firebird knife.
I finish my blades with a 15k stone and then strop, and that's my users. With that mirror edge, I've used a piece of cardboard to strop a Chinese made Nobleman Buck knife, I mirror sharpened back to paper slicing sharp, after my coworker used it on roof shingles. It surprised me.
Excellent video, Paddy! Sorry I've not commented for a while but life throws you curve balls every now and then, eh? I'm now binge watching to catch up! I was looking for an easy way to sharpen my Victorinox blades and this video popped up- I'm so glad it did as It reminded me to catch up with you. I sincerely hope that you and yours are well, and it was good to hear your voice again. Take it easy and know that those who were with you from the start are still watching👍🤣! All the best, Jim (from across the pond)
Thanks again for another great video ! I hope everything works out for your grandson I’m a former Navy guy tell him good luck 🍀 it can be the best and the worst of times all in the same week 👍🇺🇸 ⚓️
Great video! convinced me to grab the victorinox sharpener. What's the name of the rubber thing at 6:17? Have been searching but can't find this online
Always being so nervous about making sure I sharpen a knife properly, I bought all kinds of stones and whatnot and got super finicky about trying to sharpen my Swiss Army knife my wife bought me years ago. When she bought me that knife, she bought me the same sharpener. It’s still in the box. After watching this video, I feel much more confident that I can sharpen my daily driver, AND I feel like a fool for leaving that wonderful sharpener in the box for so long.
i LOVE my little victorinox Hones! They make a little Diamond file too that is good to remove some more material. The next step would be showing the Guided Field Sharpener! after that maybe the Precision Adjust?
My old man sharpens his knife on anything around, often a stone gate post. It makes his knife ugly as hell, but it's just a tool to him for cutting baling string etc. When I commented on it being a "notchy" edge he handed me the scythe and scythe stone, told me to sharpen it, then mow the little pasture. Apparently a notchy edge can cut pretty well! He uses an arkansas oil stone for his hunting knife though.
I wish your grandson the best, Two of my 3 grandsons were positive back around Christmas time plus mom and dad. They should test the 6 year old for how he escaped it. Anyway I have the Victorinox but also highly recommend an EZE-Lap if you can find one. They are even smaller and bought my first one for its fishhook sharpening ability. They are diamond stones.
Thank you Patty I struggle with knife sharpening I can sometimes get a good edge on it and sometimes I can’t I don’t know what I’m doing wrong I bought some crazy little sharpener at a gun show I was at work good at the gun show I got home and it didn’t work so well
PPP those are the videos I'm interested in paddy you should have used a Swiss army knife maybe you can do another 101 video useing the victorinox dual knife sharpener and a Swiss army knife for the newbies and the people that's just starting out because some people buy a poickit knife use it for a while then buy another new one when it's know longer Sharp fantastic video for the younger ones for camping 🏕️ and out door activities which you need a sharp poickit knife 🔪 for PPP all the best wishes for the grandson thanks P🥔P🔪P. 👍🏻
Good luck to the wee man! Let's hope that he feels better Tell him that things always seem at their worst, then suddenly get better. He'll make friends for life if he stays! Take care Graham
top man , that's how to do it , no messing about , I think those pens are about £10 , i've got a few of them scattered about , tool box and the like , they are good for more than knifes , p
Yea, diamond files and such are so multifunctional! I've been carrying the flat victorinox diamond sharpener with a black leather cover and it works as a general file for anything really.
It's just practice mate,I just tried every sort of sharpening and kept going until I'm now consistent, but if I start I don't stop until I get it sharp.stubborn old man that I am.atb paddy.
You do know this stuff, but your angle seemed a bit too high on that pen when you first started. That steep of an angle is more suited for bushcraft with a scandigrind. Also stropping is precise business, it can "make it or break it" so to say. The leather is soft and wraps around the edge rounding it off if you use the same angle as with the pen. Bringing you back to square one. Just lay the blade flat on the strop and use light pressure to get the edge against the surface.
Hi “Paddy” (sorry I don’t know your real name) I have been trying to find the ZT slip joint from Ali express without success, can you help? ps, love the channel.
The proof of the importance of the geometery is the Victorinox knives. A almost bad steel with a heat treatment that is as good it can be for the steel and the little guys cuts like a laser when sharp. Geometery.
For me when someone asks me to sharpen their knives, it's usually followed by copious amounts of blood even though they know the knives are sharp! It shows me what little respect they have for the tools and my sharpening skills 😂, more fool them.
I hope they let your grandson stay in. That damn bug is going crazy here in the states again. It's getting to where you need a biological Warfare suit just to go outside. ☣
Hi Stephen ( now I know your name) I have tried again on Instagram with instruction from my son and sent my address, hope get the message this time. Alan
Finally someone who doesn’t used $100-500 sharping system that still gets a damn good edge
Has a 24 year old American I never understood why people get so nerdy about sharpening there’s a thing called keep it simple stupid. Great video and god bless you
This is the most entertaining knife sharpening video I have ever watched.
Thank you sir, appreciate that.atb paddy.
I love a good sharpening how to. Thanks, Paddy.
Hallelujah - a sharpening video which is just about getting the job done easily. I say this as someone who has made a fair bit of money from honing razors in my time, and if you aren't going to shave your face or plane birdseye maple with a blade there's no need for faffing around. If you are, there is! Hope things work out well for the young 'un.
This is just a 100% video about sharpening a knife. Thumbs up!
Excellent straight to the point video instructions…. Watched this & ordered one within seconds… cheers Paddy. You have one new subscriber now. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
I love sharpening with just a strop. It’s very therapeutic! Give the wee lad my good wishes. You regret most the things you don’t do. Encourage him to stick with it if he can.
Good on you mate, thank you for this video!!!!
I love sharpening videos thank you
Very good sharpening video, Paddy! Also, family comes first. You take care of the Homefront. We'll wait...
Awesome video 😃👍
I use the work sharp field sharpener, it is diamond based so you can use it on the harder stuff as wel ( s90v, cpm-20cv, m390).
It gets my cold steel 4max in 20cv beard shaving sharp and that thing is as thick as an axe.
Absolutely brilliant demonstration! 💪
Thank you ! Really nice video. Greetings 🇨🇦
Thanks. Just found this and enjoyed it. Hope all has improved for you and yours.
Thanks Paddy. Great vid
Brilliant video do u have a video of u sharping a red handle Victor, Knox knife ?
Lol I really don't know I've been at this a long time.i have a large red handle outrider that I can do one for you if you'd like.
It’s a red single blade victorknox knife it is only be’s sharp on one side of the blade if u no what I mean lol
Spot on video Paddy, I give my small blades a few light strokes on a 4" ruby stone and then a few more strokes on the strop and they come up beautifully sharp. I hope the young fella can stay with it and all works out well for him, all the best mate.
Thank you. I have pocket knives and learning the process of sharpening my knives. A valuable skill to learn.
It's a genuine game changer.keep at it 👍☘️
good video sir its how i have done it for 40 plus years
Thank you so much for sharing this video, I learned a lot and it strengthens how I’ll care and respect my knives. Blessings 😊
Great video Paddy, I've been sharpening my own knives ever since I turned 18 so I have alot of experience, but its still great to see how others do it. 👍
Excellent video, great demonstration. 😊
Does it actually need sharpening (removing metal) or just honing (cleaning up the edge)? At work I get the edge back by rubbing it on cardboard; works on low-end stainless too. Yes, I did enjoy the video.
Great video and common sense approach.
Always great information, thanks again, and hope everything goes well with your family
Very nice! Cheers from FL USA. I found this Victorinox on Amazon $15 only. I am learning how to sharpen my knifes and I agree with you that it does not have to be over complicated…..Thank you …
You got it mate start simple stay simple.😜 ATB paddy 👍☘️
Took me a little bit but I got it. Maintaining the consistency of the angle is my main problem, but I guess it will come with time and practice. But what encouraged me and had me going was the simplicity of your advice. I was beginning to think that knife sharpening was too complicated and you demonstrate it isn't. Thank you.
Thanks pal you made my day.its just keeping it simple until you get more confidence then keep it simple lol😜👍☘️
Brilliant work lads 👏👏👏 congrats on the maiden voyage of this series
Great video! Thanks.
Thanks pal 👍☘️
Great video Paddy. Lovely demonstration knife. It's nice to demonstrate knife sharpening for people who are new to knives, or more correctly new to sharpening.
I recently sharpened a pocket knife from my childhood. It was just a carbon steel Sabre 2 blade made in Japan knife that cost me $1.99 back in 1967. It sharpened up so quickly & easily with a little Smiths pocket sharpener. A few strokes on the strop brought it to hair shaving sharp. The whole process took less than 5 minutes, and I wasn't in a hurry.
Exactly mate and like riding a bike once you get its there for life.atb paddy
I'm mostly using exactly the same items, sometimes i use the DC4 from fallkniven because it just needs a bit more work and if a knife is really dull or the edge is damaged then i take out my Lansky fixed angle system. Glad to see i'm not the only one who doesn't have an expensive sharpening system and still get pretty good results. Thank you Stephen.
That’s my beef on a lot of internet sharpeners too. You don’t need a new edge very often. A butcher I know has a saying that’s basically each day on the steel each month on the hone and a new edge on the stone for Christmas. Sounded better when he said it out loud!
Thank you.
Ive spent so so much money alone on sharpeners recommended by so many i can just never sharpen a knife so i just thought the sharpener is rubbish but your video has made me realise you don't need any special sharpener im just doing something wrong thank you so much im gonna buy one last sharpener the one you used because i trust you and what u recommend 100% so im gonna buy one and try find the right method and practice
Thank you for this video, I just got the same sharpener today and tried it out, absolutely perfect 👍
Wish you and him all the best
Yannic 😊
Straight and simple to the point exactly how an instruction video should be cheers Paddy. Those Victorinox sharpeners are great as are all Victorinox products
Thank you sir.👍☘️
Finally back again 😃
Great job my friend thank you
One of your best !!
I'd like to see a revisiting of this excellent video. Still as useful as it ever was. Thanks for the video.
No problem my be a couple of weeks away but I'll get to it.👍☘️
i would sugest the lansky turn box knife sharpener as another cheap alternative for an easy to use quite beginer friendly sharpener
Thats coming up next pal.atb paddy
Great video I agree, I just touch up my knives on a strop after each use or if they need to be sharpened I have a Diamond stone by DMT that I can sharpen freehand to a sharp paper cutting edge , sometimes I use a ceramic rod too . It really is not difficult once you practice on edge profile you will be able to hand sharpen at home or in the field with ease.
Paddy, the Sharpening Jedi! You're the man! I use a stone, occasionally sandpaper, and the rim of a coffee cup. Seriously. the key to getting a good edge is practice! Thanks so much Paddy! You Cut you head off! I would've love to have seen your facial expressions in this video! Again, thanks!
Thanks Tobias I appreciate your input.atb paddy 😀
When I was a little boy I remember seeing my Grandmother put an edge on her little paring knife with just a little brown looking stone that she wet with a little water. God only knows how many potatoes and vegetables that little knife peeled for the cooking pot. It takes a little practice to sharpen but, a little bit goes a long way. Most do more than you need to. They push to hard when you don’t have too; It just takes being careful and checking the feel of the edge. Knowing when to stop is the hardest part to learn. There all kinds of handy sharpening sticks you just have to learn to use them. I have a collection of sharpeners some make easier to sharpen knives if you read the directions. If I want to take off the least amount of metal is what I use some for and have some powered ones for shaping too. Most times the little simple one is all you need.✨🥔✨🔪
Thanks my friend and I agree wholeheartedly and if I may add,that feeling you get when you do the first good job lasts a lifetime. Atb paddy 🙏😀
I have used your sharpening advice for a while now and thank you sir it works and works well, however the group of knives I use for whittling and carving have only been stropped since new which is all they have needed. Good advice brother, keep it up. 🐸😎.
I agree with you strop if its all the knife needs.most of mine only get stropped. Atb paddy 🙏
Very useful video.
Tell us more about the strop. Is it a piece of leather on a wooden block? I can see where you can get the Victorinox sharpener.
Currently I just use a small Opinel block and another block I got free with a Firebird knife.
Excellent 🙏 thanks
You earned a sub with this excellent review! 🎉
I finish my blades with a 15k stone and then strop, and that's my users. With that mirror edge, I've used a piece of cardboard to strop a Chinese made Nobleman Buck knife, I mirror sharpened back to paper slicing sharp, after my coworker used it on roof shingles. It surprised me.
Excellent video, Paddy! Sorry I've not commented for a while but life throws you curve balls every now and then, eh? I'm now binge watching to catch up! I was looking for an easy way to sharpen my Victorinox blades and this video popped up- I'm so glad it did as It reminded me to catch up with you. I sincerely hope that you and yours are well, and it was good to hear your voice again. Take it easy and know that those who were with you from the start are still watching👍🤣! All the best, Jim (from across the pond)
what a great video
Paddy, hope all works out for your lad. I know the military helped me out at 17, Army though.
Thanks again for another great video ! I hope everything works out for your grandson I’m a former Navy guy tell him good luck 🍀 it can be the best and the worst of times all in the same week 👍🇺🇸 ⚓️
Thanks shipmate appreciate that.atb paddy ⚓
All my knives are budget knives and I’m perfectly happy with ALL of them $5-$40 EDC
I’m not a collector except maybe cheap collector 🤣
Thanks 👍🏻✌🏻
Great video! convinced me to grab the victorinox sharpener. What's the name of the rubber thing at 6:17? Have been searching but can't find this online
Always being so nervous about making sure I sharpen a knife properly, I bought all kinds of stones and whatnot and got super finicky about trying to sharpen my Swiss Army knife my wife bought me years ago. When she bought me that knife, she bought me the same sharpener. It’s still in the box. After watching this video, I feel much more confident that I can sharpen my daily driver, AND I feel like a fool for leaving that wonderful sharpener in the box for so long.
i LOVE my little victorinox Hones! They make a little Diamond file too that is good to remove some more material.
The next step would be showing the Guided Field Sharpener! after that maybe the Precision Adjust?
Don't have a field sharpener but have the lansky stick box and the precision one..they will be covered. Thanks for watching pal 👍😀atb paddy.
Thanks for the lesson amigo!!
Thank you Mr Paddy ....great video love it. How's are things there in the country...
good video, thank you
My old man sharpens his knife on anything around, often a stone gate post. It makes his knife ugly as hell, but it's just a tool to him for cutting baling string etc. When I commented on it being a "notchy" edge he handed me the scythe and scythe stone, told me to sharpen it, then mow the little pasture. Apparently a notchy edge can cut pretty well!
He uses an arkansas oil stone for his hunting knife though.
Lol 😆 sometimes us oldies do know a thing or two..thanks for sharing.atb paddy 👍☘
I wish your grandson the best, Two of my 3 grandsons were positive back around Christmas time plus mom and dad. They should test the 6 year old for how he escaped it. Anyway I have the Victorinox but also highly recommend an EZE-Lap if you can find one. They are even smaller and bought my first one for its fishhook sharpening ability. They are diamond stones.
3:36 YES! 4:06 I agree! 9:52 NO!
I enjoyed the video overall.
Hello. Thank you for your information. You said chalk I wanted to ask, do we apply the chalk dry on the skin? I mean, do we apply it directly on it?
Thanks paddy. Another useful video. 🎸🔪
great video. What was that rubber for cleaning stone ?
Thank you Patty I struggle with knife sharpening I can sometimes get a good edge on it and sometimes I can’t I don’t know what I’m doing wrong I bought some crazy little sharpener at a gun show I was at work good at the gun show I got home and it didn’t work so well
Watch next week its a really inexpensive option but good.atb paddy.
PPP those are the videos I'm interested in paddy you should have used a Swiss army knife maybe you can do another 101 video useing the victorinox dual knife sharpener and a Swiss army knife for the newbies and the people that's just starting out because some people buy a poickit knife use it for a while then buy another new one when it's know longer Sharp fantastic video for the younger ones for camping 🏕️ and out door activities which you need a sharp poickit knife 🔪 for PPP all the best wishes for the grandson thanks P🥔P🔪P. 👍🏻
Good luck to the wee man!
Let's hope that he feels better
Tell him that things always seem at their worst, then suddenly get better.
He'll make friends for life if he stays!
Take care
Graham
I'm an ex sailor myself and like you I hope they give him another chance. Atb paddy 🙏
3:36 - Yes.
❤️ it 👏
Thanks mate appreciate it 👍atb paddy
top man , that's how to do it , no messing about , I think those pens are about £10 , i've got a few of them scattered about , tool box and the like , they are good for more than knifes , p
Yea, diamond files and such are so multifunctional! I've been carrying the flat victorinox diamond sharpener with a black leather cover and it works as a general file for anything really.
I've never made a dull edge to a paper slicing edge on such sort of quick sharpeners...
It's just practice mate,I just tried every sort of sharpening and kept going until I'm now consistent, but if I start I don't stop until I get it sharp.stubborn old man that I am.atb paddy.
Where to buy that sharpener?
Most main knife retailers and amazon. Hope this helps. Atb paddy 👍
💯👍🏻
Thanks, Stephen, for a great video. What grit is your sharpening rod?
No idea lol.not very technical 😜👍
If you're talking about the victorinox I think it's about a 800 grit.
@@Beowulf_98 I would agree mate but if I don't no and guess them big rough subs hammer me.🤣🤣🤣👍
You do know this stuff, but your angle seemed a bit too high on that pen when you first started. That steep of an angle is more suited for bushcraft with a scandigrind.
Also stropping is precise business, it can "make it or break it" so to say. The leather is soft and wraps around the edge rounding it off if you use the same angle as with the pen. Bringing you back to square one. Just lay the blade flat on the strop and use light pressure to get the edge against the surface.
Hi “Paddy” (sorry I don’t know your real name) I have been trying to find the ZT slip joint from Ali express without success, can you help?
ps, love the channel.
Alan pm me on Instagram and I'll send you the one I have mate.atb paddy
@@paddyspotatopeelers2154 Hi Paddy, sent a message on Instagram (my first) not sure if I got it right or if you received it.
@@alanhooley4089 not got it pal.go to Instagram and tap my logo that takes you to my home page,tap message and write your comment there.
The proof of the importance of the geometery is the Victorinox knives. A almost bad steel with a heat treatment that is as good it can be for the steel and the little guys cuts like a laser when sharp. Geometery.
For me when someone asks me to sharpen their knives, it's usually followed by copious amounts of blood even though they know the knives are sharp!
It shows me what little respect they have for the tools and my sharpening skills 😂, more fool them.
Very good advices for users/beginners but that is not sharpening, this is just honing/blade maintenance.
Thats true, your not gonna beat up your 200 dollar premium steal with the best edge retention like you would a 30 dollar knife
I hope they let your grandson stay in. That damn bug is going crazy here in the states again. It's getting to where you need a biological Warfare suit just to go outside. ☣
Lol.🤣🤣🤣 ill put you on my list for a suit.atb paddy.
Hi Stephen ( now I know your name)
I have tried again on Instagram with instruction from my son and sent my address, hope get the message this time. Alan
Alan heres my email, not getting you on Instagram.
Sganderson0259@gmail.com