A steak dinner bet on using a steel to sharpen knives
On 28-Aug-2011, "Bob-tx" <No Spam no contact> wrote: > My best friend and I agree on a lot of things. We both like to barbecue > and > grille, we both like Canadian whisky, we both like to look at pretty > women, > and we both like sharp knives - which is where the disagreement comes in. > > I sharpen my knives on Arkansas stones, a soft stone to get the initial > edge > back, and a hard stone to finish it off. > > He "sharpens" his knives on a steel, like the butchers use. > > I maintain that a steel does not sharpen a dull knife, in the sense that > it > does not remove any of the knife blade metal. The purpose of a steel is > to > correct a wire edge on a knife. A wire edge is a knife edge that has > rolled > over from hitting a bone or something hard. In the sense that it corrects > > the wire edge, it does make the knife sharper, but once a knife is dull, a > > steel will not sharpen it. > > We have a steak dinner for four riding on this, so come on people - I need > > some support here. Thanks > > Bob-tx you're in trouble Bob. You're only half right. There are two kinds of butcher's steel in common use. The kind used by butchers that subscribe to a knife maintenance service is of the non-abusive type that you're thinking of. However, the equally common type used by many butchers is actually a file with the flutes running lengthwise. And that kind most certainly does remove material from the blade. The kind I use looks just like any other butcher's steel from a distance, but it is actually a diamond hone of 400 grit. -- Brick(Too soon old and too late smart) |
A steak dinner bet on using a steel to sharpen knives
On Aug 28, 6:00*pm, "Brick" > wrote:
> On 28-Aug-2011, "Bob-tx" <No Spam no contact> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > My best friend and I agree on a lot of things. *We both like to barbecue > > and > > grille, we both like Canadian whisky, we both like to look at pretty > > women, > > and we both like sharp knives - which is where the disagreement comes in. |
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