On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:46:00 -0400, James Egan >
wrote:

>I'm looking for a non-electric knife sharpener,
>simple to use knife sharpener. Something that
>I can keep in the drawer. I'm not into culinary
>arts or anything, and just want to sharpen my
>knives on occasion. I certainly don't want to
>take them to a knife sharpener.

Probably the simplest, fastest and certainly easiest to store is a
steel. It's easy to learn how to use a steel:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2282_sharpen...en-knives.html

You don't actually want to *sharpen* a knife more than once in a blue
moon, you just want to straighten the blade. As a blade is used, it
becomes somewhat "J" shaped and a steel will straighten it out in
seconds.

I wouldn't recommend anything other than a steel or a stone.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

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