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So, I’ve got a set of Robert Welch knives that I’ve had for about 10 years and they seem to go blunt more regularly than they used to and I’m wondering if they need some attention.
I have a couple of the Robert Welch wheel sharpeners and that is all I’ve ever done with them. They have only been used on plastic or wooden chopping boards and have never been in the dishwasher.
Now I’m sure there are plenty of options that require sharpening skills and hours of time that I don’t have and tbh not really interested in so is there an easier foolproof way of getting them sharpened at home?
Previous knife sharpening threads have had a lot of recommendations for the Chantry sharpeners. I've had one for 35 years and it's been great, particularly if the 'easy' bit is important to you.
As an aside, I put 'Chantry' into the forum search and it returned a whole bunch of actually useful and relevant results. Amazing.
I'd send them off to be resharpened if I were you, cost over 10 years is trivial
Yeah sending them off sounds like a good idea, followed by a chantry thingy to keep the edge on them. Any recommendations as to where to send them?
None of the devices above are sharpeners. They are various kinds of honing steels. If the knife needs the edge reground and you don't want to learn to use whetstones etc then I would echo the suggestions to send them away to a professional.
I have heard of people getting friendly with thier local butcher (ooh err missus!) and bunging them a couple of quid to go over them.
Theory being is that most butchers will be very good at sharpening knives. Either that or send them off.
Or buy some stones and practice on cheap knives so you don't ruin your good ones. Plenty of youtube guides on that.
I can't make any reccomendations but my ex Mrs is a hair dresser, and good hairdressing scissors are pretty expensive and pretty much impossible to sharpen by a layman, to a decent quality anyway, so there are a fair few 'send them off to get properly resharpened' type companies.
Sheffield knife sharpening would be my recommendation, do postal sharpening as well.
https://www.sheffieldknifesharpening.com
do postal sharpening as well.
Anyone else have visions of putting the blade into the slot in a post box and it cones out sharp?
I've REALLY tried getting good at sharpening with japanese wet/whet stones.... sometimes i can...
i dunno..
The best stone-sharpening experience I ahd was with something like this:
very easy, very sharp knives...
I lst mine in the house move/divorce...
I MUST get another, but £200...
DrP
I bought a Zwilling V Edge which seems to do the job and is different to the usual honing sharpeners (uses stones). I got it when it was briefly down to £35 last month..
There must be someone locally who does sharpening out of his shed etc? There's at least a couple near me, also the old-school sewing machine repair shop in town offers it as a service!
that's very cool, I just bought a couple of different clip-on guides from Amazon to help you keep the right angle! Not quite as flash, but not £200 either 😃very easy, very sharp knives…
^^^ Sheffield Knife Sharpeners... So what sort of cost is it per knife?
It's on the website under the "SERVICES" page. Priced per inch.
DOH! So it is, thank you.
I've got a Minosharp 3, it sharpens my knives so sharp that my wife won't use them.
buy some stones and practice
Top advice.
It's like everything, if you take the time to learn how to sharpen a knife you'll never suffer from blunt and therefore dangerous kitchen implements.
But for some reason people are looking for a gadget that does the sharpening for them.
I’ve got a Minosharp 3, it sharpens my knives so sharp that my wife won’t use them.
This is genius - they will never go blunt, so you only need to sharpen them once.
I've got one of these, or at least something that looks like one of these. I'm sure the STW Kniferati will frown, but it works well enough for me. They're domestic kitchen knives, I'm sure if I were a professional sushi chef or a samurai warrior I'd want something fancier, but I'm not, so I don't.
You could try a guided sharpening system like a Lansky. You need to learn how to use it, but there are loads of Youtube videos showing you how.
My kitchen and hobby knives come out shaving sharp, and the kitchen ones are steeled on a Chantry after each use. They need regrinding every six to twelve months.