1. Uncontrolled angles in the sharpening of knives, failure to achieve a fresh edge, leaving the last bevel too rough are all common misinterpretations. If you want to learn more about how to sharpen knives?, please visit this page.

2. Select an angle at which to sharpen the knife. The best practice is to repeat the sharpening at that angle. In the event that you do not know what angle your blade should be sharpened at, but still wish to find out the right angle for you knife, consult the manufacturer or a knife expert. Then you will be forced to select an angle from 10deg-30deg. A shallower angle will make the edge sharper but will not last as long. You should look for an edge-guide mechanism with multiple options when you’re looking at new sharpeners.

3. If possible, you should use an edge guide to determine the correct angle. The only way to avoid this is to try to guess which angle to choose.

4. If you want a knife with a perfectly symmetrical blade, then drag it in the opposite way that it would be moved to slice off a thin coating of the stone. A burr will form, extending the life of the stone.

5. You should grind until your blade has been shaved to 50%. You don’t have to worry about being accurate, you can just make a guess. A one-sided (scandi, “chisel”, etc.) edge is best. ),

6. The easiest way to know if enough metal has been removed is to continue sharpening until you see a burr, a steel feature formed when a single bevel is grinded until it meets a second. Although you may not see it, you can still feel it catching/scraping on your thumb when you brush away the dull side from the sharp. Finer stones have smaller burrs.

7. To sharpen another side, turn the blade around and do the same thing.

8. It is possible to remove the burr by “cutting in” on a finer stone. This means that by controlling the angle at which you are holding the knife, the blade will move in the opposite directions to the ones you used in steps 4- 8. Strangely, some have suggested doing this by using a dried stone. The reasons for this are outside the scope of this piece.

9. It is possible to polish, or even to strop an edge until it reaches the desired sharpness. This will allow you to achieve better results with push cutting, which is when the blade is pushed straight down, rather than sliding across the surface. However, it may reduce its ability to cut things such as tomato skins.