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Got an amazing hunting knife my mate made for me years back. Problem is it's pretty blunt now and I've failed miserably to sharpen it with a whet stone. Do folk on here every send knives off to get them sharpened? And, if so, can you recommend anyone? Ta.
Can you post knives?
Go back to a coarser grit and start again.
I did similar with our kitchen knives and it made all the difference.
Stevied - cheers, will give that a go. Still interested in any professional services tho, if such a thing exists.
Another option might be a local, friendly butcher. They're pretty good at sharpening stuff.
These services by post/courier exist op. This one mainly does kitchen stuff but also includes outdoor knives among other services, and it was endorsed in the Telegraph a while ago. It appears to be a one man operation so quality should still be consistent. He can be contacted for a quote.
https://www.prosharp.co.uk/services.asp?c=k
You can send knives to sharpeners, they normally charge per inch.
Just google "uk knife sharpening service".
You may find somebody local.
If you have properly messed it up I would re grind then use a stone, it will take ages with a stone to re shape the blade, also hard to hold a consistent angle without a jig, stones are great for keeping a good edge good.
For knife sharpening I've used the Japanese Knife Company who have two stores in London, but do a mail order service I believe. Although I've only ever had knives sharpen whilst I waited.
Great service and to witness the 'sharpness test' on over-ripe tomatoes is good until the realisation of how sharp the knives are when you leave.
Good luck.
Nice one, folk. Thanks for all this info - very helpful.
Diamond stone from screwfix
Little and often in future.
+1 for the Trend diamond stone from Screwfix.
Ray Mears has some useful videos on sharpening. You might not need all the kit he uses but the explanations of how and why are good, particularly for the different blade types.
just get one of those things you scrape the knife through. (probably causing shock horror the for some, but they are brilliant!)
Not quite the same I know, but I took my chef's knife to a local butcher. He turned it from something that wouldn't cut butter into a knife you could split atoms with, and refused to accept any payment (so I emptied my pocket into the tips jar when he wasn't looking).
Not sure if Daftvader of the parish can help.
Or maybe buy one of his.
just get one of those things you scrape the knife through. (probably causing shock horror the for some, but they are brilliant!)
that. You can then mess around with the fancy stuff after but that's a good way of getting stuff back into shape when it is dead
that. You can then mess around with the fancy stuff after but that’s a good way of getting stuff back into shape when it is dead
Yip. I've put good knives, and bad knives though them, they all come up sharp as hell, great things.
I bought a "Parkside Sharpening Station" for £15 from Lidl the other day. I haven't got round to using it but it's got to be owrth ago for that money.
just get one of those things you scrape the knife through. (probably causing shock horror the for some, but they are brilliant!)
No, they’re really not. If you want something similar that won’t bugger up the edge, get something like the Spyderco TriAngle Sharpmaker, or Lansky do a smaller sharpener, both use ceramic sticks set at an angle that you stroke the blade down, alternating edges. I have both, the Spyderco version will also sharpen serrated blades efficiently as well. The Lansky sharpener comes in two versions, one has diamond and fine ceramic sticks, mine has coarse and fine ceramic sticks. It’s a perfect size for carrying around as well.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spyderco-Tri-Angle-Sharp-Maker-Sharpener/dp/B000Q9C4AE
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lansky-Deluxe-Sharpening-Ceramic-Medium/dp/B07711PX92
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lansky-4-Rod-Diamond-Ceramic-Sharpener/dp/B008EKY5OA/ref=pd_sbs_0_3/275-4751429-6051604?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B008EKY5OA&pd_rd_r=df9cc319-4c2e-11e9-9ae0-59e28d203823&pd_rd_w=Yr993&pd_rd_wg=n7wtk&pf_rd_p=18edf98b-139a-41ee-bb40-d725dd59d1d3&pf_rd_r=V89F19GBYMPBV14X63NH&psc=1&refRID=V89F19GBYMPBV14X63NH
To do a professional level, home sharpening job and be able to repeat it every single time, get yourself a Lansky sharpening set. I’m pretty anal about my knives but honestly, this setup is excellent. It hold the angle perfectly as you slowly work through the finer and finer grits until you get a polished, razor sharp finish. I’d also say that the edges last much better than with the pull through things such as minosharp that I’ve used in the past. The best bit is that you can repeat the sharpening whenever you want once you’ve got it. I’ll probably do my kitchen knives in front of the rugby tonight. Very therapeutic!
Has anyone got a link to a decent one of the pull through style sharpener? Preferably not silly money.
I recently bought a https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010O4OCCS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and find it's pretty good. I've used pull-through sharpeners in the past but they've never been any good. Switched to stones which are a lot better but a bit of a ball-ache to use so read through various reviews and went with the one linked. It's made dull knives noticeably sharp, they could probably do with a quick go on the stone just to finish off but really they're fine for kitchen use as is.
Cheers. Looks ideal.