Sharpening a Kitchen Knife In Real Time - How To Sharpen A Chefs Knife
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- How to sharpen a kitchen knife or chefs knife.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 INTRO
00:35 Assessing the blade looking for damage
01:58 Removing chips
02:51 The best value sharpening stone for beginners
03:44 What stone to start on
03:55 Apexing the edge
04:06 The rule of thumb
05:13 Starting the sharpening process
06:03 Larger knives are harder become this
07:47 Don’t do this with your wrist
09:10 When to switch sides?
13:40 Feeling for a burr
14:51 burr minimization IMPORTANT
15:15 GET TO THE CHOPPER
15:48 How much pressure to use?
18:30 When to move on to a finer grit?
20:39 Why you see master sharpeners sharpening at an angle
22:39 Why do the burr removal process for every grit?
24:23 stropping
27:41 How long does this actually take? Its fast and a demonstration on how fast - Навчання та стиль
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Best stone I have used and I was on the fence until I saw your video review on this stone.
Do we have a tutorial on serrated/saw toothed knife edges so far? And what diamond tools work best here - I use a couple standard round and halve round diamond files so far for reshaping but none for honing well yet.
Yes, a bit boring - HOWEVER it is VERY informative. A bit lower on the Entertainment value but Very High in Information value. Overall, you continue to make great content. (I know I keep saying that over and over but it is true.)
QQQ - I am a full time RV and need to sharpen my axe, any axe sharpening tips (new video???) Can I use my same Sharpal 325/1200 or an axe needs something different?
Instead of sharpening a Santoku which has an almost flat edge, I would love to see you sharpen a more aggressively curved kitchen knife. I think a lot of people struggle to keep a consistent angle along the entire edge because of the size and the curve at the tip and can benefit a lot from your expertise. An example would be Wusthof Amici. An a lot cheaper alternative to that $300 knife would be the Ikea Voerda Chef's knife (which is about $13)
This, I really struggle on the curves.
Yeah I find a chef's knife or a boning knife is a different animal than a santoku.
It's really just as simple as moving the handle closer or further from your relative to the angle of the curve. Just mark the edge with a marker and practice.
@@suspicionofdeceit Same here
You can tilt your whole body when working on curved edges.
I know these might be boring from an pros perspective, but as a regular joe who's fed up with pull sharpeners and is just looking to keep his kitchen knifes sharp, your videos have been extremely informative and helpful.
Seeing you sharpen blades in real time is super helpful as tutorials for complete noobs like myself.
This dude literally got me into sharpening my own knives after seeing what a pull through does
Hey Alex, six months ago I was an idiot and had the crappy stone - made from pebbles. I knew intuitively I was messing something up, but sure, I could cut like 3 tomatoes before having to pebble and steel it again. Shaving?!?! You gotta be on drugs. Anyway, I got your unicorn stone and was cutting paper, okay. A strop, then cheap diamond smelling paste, and really mediocre results. Perfect practice and all, finally the better diamond stuff and strop 2.0 and then 30x & 60x loops, and holy moly!! The burr was finally truly removed for real - clearly the first time I had - took me awhile more than I thought - but wait, okay now: and I had never knew what a sharp knife was until then, hairs popping off my back, my wife’s back too - just from touching the blade to my arm. Seriously, you have created a once teachable idiot into a fairly respectable free hand knife sharpener! All respect and gratitude to you for your awesome production work on these videos - love your music choices always, except for this one- and thank you for your passion, I so value your thinking and approach to all you do!
i mean congrats but learning how to sharen a knife is basiclly one of the easiest things you could ever bother to learn. I really can't think of many things that are easier to learn. yet guys treat it like it's some big deal. mostly little boys, but guys too for sure. Learn how to play an instrument, talk another language, then you'll have something to be proud of. Hell learn how to a trick on a skateboard, boys love that too, right? That's 20x harder than getting a knife sharp on a stone. learn how to draw something. learn how to fix your AC. Learn how to administer a computer network. You didn't need any of that stuff to learn either. all you needed one knife and one decent stone and then actually apply yourself. like actually take more than 2 seconds and actually try to learn how to do it. anyone that actually bothers will realize how easy it actually is after maybe 10 minutes of trying for 3 days you'll be able to do it good enough. almost anything else would take you longer to learn. anything actually worth being proud of would take 100x longer.
@@user-xf4es7eh9yu okay Brody?
You think people are learning how to sharpen out of pride? Don't be an idiot.
@@user-xf4es7eh9ywe’re all so glad that the grand master of knife sharpening has graced us with his presence. Sorry, I probably should have asked what your pronouns are before guessing, but I digress. I bet you’re a blast to hang out with. There’s a reason that basically any knife sharpening video gets thousands of views, and it’s not because knife sharpening is easy and people just love watching someone sharpen a knife. We’d all love for you to leave a link to one of your knife sharpening videos so that we can skip past this guy’s videos and learn from the real knife whisperer himself. Itself. They self….whatever you go by. Anyway, drop up a link to your video, seriously. I’m dying to see your wizardry at work…..
@@user-xf4es7eh9y Tell us you've never sharpened a knife without telling us you've never sharpened a knife :-)
We want real time kitchen knife sharpening videos because our knives' edges are often duller than the backs of our knives. Yes you sharpen your super hardened camping knife but most of us don't even have one, but what we do have is dull kitchen knives and too much information on how to "sharpen" them - especially Gordon Ramsay polishing his stick. Thank you for making this video :D
Thanks for using a big knife
You are a blade genius! The skill/talent you have is the best I’ve ever seen
Edit: how’s your treatment going? Well I hope!
Not great but hanging in. Trying to get videos out🙂 Thanks my friend 👊👍
No problem man. Hang in there! I’ll be praying for you. 👊🏼
Especially the final "how fast you can do this" was valuable.
With a good diamond stone, there is no excuse for a dull edge...
This was really good.. The great thing about these real-time videos is that there's always a takeaway that I haven't heard before anywhere else. If you ever don't know what content to make you can always pick a knife and do a real-time sharpening.
As a personal request I'd like to see a good real-time sharpening with a convex edge.
Me too!
Agreed (re: sharpening a convex edge)!
Oh wow, someting we all waited for
I think that any noobs to sharpening will appreciate this video. Well done, great video!!
I'm a noob and I agree!
@cat22_a1 I am not a nood, but I am still trying to learn from professionals to see if I can get better 👍👍
@@chrisstearns10 Well, I'd just like to be able to get a knife sharp for once LOL I mean shaving sharp. I can only get so far and its really sub par
@cat22_a1 when you practice, make minor changes and try to examine where you knife is contacting the sharpening surface. Make a few swipes then look at you knife edge to see if you have the right angle. If not make small adjustments until you see that you are grinding in the correct place.
I'm just an amateur, I don't have access to all the things he uses though, I can get the apex but I don't have a strop
Oh, the Zen of knife sharpening! More calming than synchronized swimming, I'm coming back to watch this video whenever I get stressed out.
Every single household in the entire world has a kitchen knife or five that need sharpening. Pretty much. So that's as big a potential audience as you could imagine. As opposed to hunting, camping, self defense knife aficionados, yes there are quite a few, but nothing like, well, everyone. And yes the big difference is the blades are longer. I'm a big fan of the channel but really mostly for chef's knives. Good to see this vid.
I got into this dude's channel for my kitchen knives
That's honestly the most helpful video you've ever done. I know it's boring for you but it's exactly what I needed to see. I just want to sharpen my kitchen knives. 🙂 Thank you!
your advice to start with a course diamond stone has been absolutely invaluable. I gained the abikity to raise a burr and all my kitchen knives and pocket knives are sharp thanks to you!
This video was right on time for me as I was noticing one of my larger kitchen knives needs some sharpening. Thanks Alex your videos are always helpful.
Even if you have mentioned a lot of this information in various videos before, it is really great to have it all presented in one place. Thanks so much for this one! Looking forward to the next one and hope all is well!
I’ve watched dozens of sharpening videos and this is the most to the point and instructive. And your microscopic video on the burr, and rounding the edge is a perfect compliment. Thank you.
Great video! I was just having trouble today getting the tip and heel, thank you for solving this problem
Very helpful indeed. Seeing the whole process in a row provides a lot of perspective. Thanks!
This is the true master of the craft, shows how to do it, making edge dull and resharpen it in real time! Much respect!
Yes. I like this type. Needing to sharpen a couple of kitchen knives tonight.
Every video I watch from this channel. something makes more sense or becomes clearer. Awesome job. As usual.
Well done Alex, this will be the default video I send people to when they are asking questions as total beginners... this video just saved me a whole bunch of typing to answer those questions! Well laid out, easily understandable and well spoke.. very nice job.
Hi brother! Really happy to see that you’re back in action!! Love your channel and content, I’ve learned so much with your help, for what it’s worth, thank you!!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️👊🏿
Got the SHARPAL block via your affiliate link as a gift to my dad for Father's Day. I sent him a link to your channel and he's been having a hoot ever since! Thanks for everything you do
Thank you! Love your videos and even through I sharpen my knifes for a while now, its always therapeutic to see you in action
This answered so many questions regarding larger kitchen blades that are well overdue at my place. Thanks for making this video.
Alex, thank you. I know I'm just one of many who follow you with little or no interest in EDC or outdoor knives. I've been applying the knowledge you've shared previously to sharpen my kitchen knives but this video filled in a lot of gaps and answered some niggling questions.
Bro, I just found your channel, and I am loving it! I love knives and know how to sharpen them. But you have shown me things I've never known. I've got some binge watching to do.
It might be boring for you to do and for people to sit through.
But for those that are the kinda people that need to SEE to learn. This video is HUGE!
As the other lads mention, slap a few different types of knives, curves, single-side bevels, etc, and we are set!
Thank you for this !
Great demonstration, thank you!
I was waiting for this!
Took me a while to watch the video, as I wanted to do it calmly with enough time to really pay attention. There are still things to learn from you even after watching a lot of your videos.
And finally kitchen knife content!!!
Thumbs up for the rule of thumb ! Sometimes solutions are so simple... I should have thunk !
Thank you !
I bought that stone and made a strop sometime ago based off your recommendations. While my sharpening skills are not even close to yours, my knives have never performed better and cut my fingers more easily! 😀. Thank you for all your content. I have some similar knives in this video that I have not sharpened but now I feel more confident to work on them as well.
Another great explanation and demo, well done!
Thanks. Your comments are always helpful to me
Thanks to you I've been able to get my knives shaving sharp by free hand sharpening! I was originally using a fixed angle sharpening system that worked fantastic, but it was really time consuming to set up. After watching you get shaving sharp results off a brick, I went and found a brick from the garden, a $1 knife from Dollar Tree, and got to practicing. Once I became proficient, I went and got this sharpening stone. I usually keep it in the kitchen so that I can quickly grab it and do quick maintenance on my knives as I go. You have saved me so much time! So, thank you! I still wish you would review the sharpening system though as I do believe it's a great system, just time consuming. I was using the Lansky 4 Stone Deluxe Diamond System.
Thanks for dropping this video Alex. It’s perfect timing, I’m heading up to the Duluth MN area later today and will be bringing my blades and sharpening kit (stones, strop etc - all ordered based on your suggestions). I’m gonna sharpen them blades next to Lake Superior and hope to see some big ships while up there. Take care and stay healthy dude.
I'm on the Canadian side of superior. Traveled a fair bit at this point in my life but the shores of superior will always be my home, absolutley gorgeous landscapes and wildlife! Hope you enjoy your visit!
Such a good teacher you are mate...love from Australia
Great video! Keep them coming!
HI Alex - A big thanks to you for your invaluable time and information you've provided in your recent sharpening vids... I took your advice and bought the 320 /1200 grit diamond stone, as well as some 6 micron diamond compound and fashioned up a strop... The results were fast and outstanding... for years I struggled to sharpen anything using a Twin grit Alu Oxide stone...
Thank you so much, you champion sharpening instructions - concise, clear and no BS... Kudos mate.
A suggestion unless done already, I have a couple of hunitng knives ( drop point style ) so touching on how to correctly sharpen the curves ... just a suggestion... Take care!
Excellent video! Doing this on a larger knife is extremely helpful. Thank you!
Thank you! Sharpening for years now and still learning from your videos, need to get me some diamond paste, can't get the burr away
Thanks again for sharing your invaluable knowledge!
Using your fingernail to test for a burr is a GREAT idea! (I've never seen this tip elsewhere.) Very informative and useful video. Thanks!
Love the vids.
You’re the only channel I have notifications for cuz your vids are just so informative and worked hard on.
Could you please make a video on how to fix a bent edge, I bent the edge on a bone wile pushing down the knife twisted and I found the bent edge.
Just sharpened one side of my knife, picked up my phone to see the burr via usb microscope, saw the notification of this video, now going to pause my sharpening to see the video.
I’m gonna be sharpening all my kitchen knives based on this video as well. Sounds like the planets are in alignment for your journey into the sharp o sphere.
i recommend you do not use the microscope for this video watching
thank you for this video! very helpful!
I love your real-time sharpening videos! Instant click.
Holy cow exactly what I've been wanting to see!
I would have to disagree with a kitchen knife video being boring as it requires a bit different procedure than say a 3'' sheep's foot blade that most anyone can figure out and do. What I mean by this is explained in the video in how to accommodate a 10''+ blade on a 3''X8'' stone or an even smaller stone.
Alex, you might be bored but I love this video tutorial. I'm hopeless at this but with your help, I'm confident that I'll get there.
Thank you for your videos. It has been helpful!
thanks for the video. Clear and simple explanations.
Man, I love your videos! One thing I've always wanted to see from you is how to sharpen unusual blade shapes. Like, hawk bill for pruners, or karambit. Another like an "S" shape blade.
Great video! Just got my first set of proper stones, and this is answering lot of the questions that raised during my first sharpening session. Lot of these small, motorical details aren't really explained in the average Sharpening-101 guides.
Also would echo the request that others had, for a similar video about a more curved blade. I have some kitchen knives, as well as puukkos that I struggled to find the right motions for.
This was great, thank you!
You blow my mind. I picked up the sharpal after your review. Amazing tool.
Our block in the kitchen has the whole Farberware set.😂
They were the stones first victims. I was shocked by the edge too.
Would like a video on a blade with a serious curve, like a breaking knife. Chefs knife wouldn't be curved enough to make a difference.
Thanks again outdoors555 🙌 🙌 i finally got an edge on a cheap smith and wesson knife i have and it cuts throigh towel paper 🙌 🙌
much love my brotha and thank you to the words of encouragement you gave me my channel just hit 600 subs and im so damn excited to keep going!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills 🥰
Nice work. Great video, much value in your insights. My process is a little bit different, but also pretty fast. I can sharpen four kitchen knives in half an hour, including time to set up ceramic whetstones and clean afterwrds. As well as cutting a few leaflets made out of thin bible paper.
Great video Alex! I was about to ask you in any video about how properly change to the fine stone. But that video just answered my question. I bought yesterday that sharpal stone following your feedback about it, I'll recieve it in a month, a great upgrade from a cheap aluminum oxide stone to a nice diamond stone. Cheers from Brazil!
Excellent job! Good luck on getting your wobbly table fixed!
Good video. Helpful (to newbies like me) on many points.
Great video as always Alex, you’ve totally expanded my knife sharpening skills and knowledge, in fact I love your videos so much that I always re-watch them. I have a video that I would like to see if you have time, could you make a video on how you make your diamond stripping paste in real time? I would like to have good strop compound that I don’t have to pay $50. If you could make this video that would help me, than you!
Every new video of yours sparks some motivation in me. Hopefully your going to make enough videos so that I finally learn how to properly sharpen a knife 😂
I was about to sharpen a chefs knife and decided to watch some you tube first. This popped up, Thanks!
thanks for that video! I already know how to sharpen and I watched tons of videos. Still i got good informations! I sharpen a colleagues knives right now. They have around 10 small chips each. He wants to remove them. That needed a lot of time with the normal sharpening angle. Then I changed to the 90 degree angle. Much quicker! Seeing you do it too told me i do it right 😄👍
Very Good Explanation!
Thanks for the video
Thank you for this video! :)
Love the videos!! U just got me into this hobby and I’m a huge fan of your coaching style. I do wonder what stone holder you use though?
thanks this video was very helpful
Very true that sharpening on an angle is more effective and in general better to maintain your angle along with being able to have shorter blades with flat edges be sharpened all at once.
Even easier for beginners doing scandi grinds that way too.
I have that Sharpal diamond stone btw and it's a great quality stone.
I also have tons of DMT stones and some no name imports of Amazon but Sharpal uses high quality diamonds and full coverage and their stones last a long time.
Smith's and Lansky also makes some decent more affordable diamond stones along with DMT.
If you want to go really premium then Trend makes excellent quality stones (i have one) but you will pay a premium for it.
Great content as always.
Thanks!
Also some recommendation for cheap and good kitchen knifes. Thanks for this video. Kitchen knifes account for majority of knife in the world. So this a great video
From what i know, 99.99% of the cheep knives are the same. The differences are design and handle material wise (wood/plastic/ metal /w.e).
Few brands (.01) actually have a great out of box edge, but if you've watched this channel you can sharpen them in 5 min, even on a brick.
The plain, cheap knives made for food service workers are all you need. You can spend 20x more on super knives made from Japanese steel or whatever, but they won't cut 20x better. They're maybe 10% better. Buy the cheap Mercer knives with the white plastic handle, or go to a local restaurant supply store and get whatever they have on the shelf.
I'll second @tavern.keepers recommendation. Besides Mercer Culinary, I also have a Dexter Russell, Victorinox and Tramontina (yes the machete maker) kitchen knives. A hidden gem is the Cangshan Top Cut series using 14C28N steel with non-crazy handles. I wish I could get some of the Morakniv Frost series kitchen knives.
Nice!
I've recently bought this stone based on your recommendation and it's just awesome! Thank you so much. The improvement over my previous cheap amazon whetstone set is incredible.
I have one request for a video - recurve blades. A friend of mine asked me to sharpen a folder with cca 10-12 cm recurve blade for him and I felt like a beginner again. There was always a spot thet I couldn't touch with the stone. Could you cover that, please?
Anyway, thank you for your content, it's amazing!
Thank you!
Long blades are harder to sharpen…..EDCs are kid’s play….besides, kitchen knives actually get used everyday😎
The wobble on that table would drive me nuts for this.
That wobble builds character and adds to the challenge.
When I was first learning how to sharpen I felt it more difficult to sharpen a large kitchen knife.
When I did get to sharpen a kitchen I found it was much easier than a small knife
Same here!
Giving the people what they want, good and hard. Well played my man!
would love to see a comparison and technique vid on karambit and recurve blades. I have a Fox folding karambit I could let you borrow so I can learn from the master what I should buy and how to get it whittling sharp.
Finally 😍❤️
Was about to buy new knives and throw my Zwilling Twin knives away. I know that knife connoisseurs are probably laughing saying but Zwilling isn’t that great. However, I’m just using them in my kitchen. Glad that I watched this video 👍🏻👍🏻
I have used and obused that knife for many years..still cuts the best..cheap but awesome..
Thanks a lot for all your effort that goes in these kind of videos. Even though you might find it boring - which I totally can imagine from an experts point of view - I watched every second with full attention and excitement. 😁 I recently ordered me the Sharpal diamond stone based on your recommendation and just today used it for the first time. It feels good but I realized I still got to exercise a lot. After like an hour of sharpening a woodcarving knife my girlfriend just bought off of Amazon that arrived totally dull I thought by myself "it really looked way easier on UA-cam." 😂 Way to go I guess. I mean it is sharper than before, but watching your new video I guess I switched to the finer grit way to early and really need to get a strop, too.
In the instructions for the Sharpal stone it said you could use sharpening oil. Would you recommend to use sharpening oil? Or will it just create a mess while I won't benefit much from it? I mean I've never seen you use or talk about it so I guess not?
Thanks again for your content and I wish you all the best and good progress on your health! 👍
As a noob, It helped a lot. I see my mistakes now, clearly. Thx!
Very nice explanation!
...as always❣
Greetings from Germany💚🤘
youve helped me so much with my sharpening you have no idea lol
Thanks. Still have to master how to get all of the edge the same sharpness. Having trouble maintaining a sharp edge towards the heel
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Thank you. this was very informative.
I only use knives in the kitchen. This was not boring at all. Thank you.
I actually have the exact same knife as part of a reasonably affordable set and it has become very dull. This video was extremely useful.
dont tell Neeves but your sharpening videos are better. 😊❤
Good to see you making content. How the heck are you feeling???
Not great but hanging in there👍 Thanks for asking 👊