nick205
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| posted on 1/10/22 at 08:59 AM |
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Recommended me a knife sharpener please?
Morning all,
Can anyone recommend me a good, effective, not mega-bucks knife sharpener please?
Home use for sharpening kitchen knives.
Thanks,
Nick
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40inches
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| posted on 1/10/22 at 09:55 AM |
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The best one I have ever used
Amazon
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jelly head
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| posted on 1/10/22 at 02:19 PM |
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i also have one of the above, quick and easy to use, way less faff than an oil stone.
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Slater
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| posted on 1/10/22 at 06:07 PM |
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Agree with above, I've had one of these for 10 yrs, it works really well and quick and easy to use.
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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nick205
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| posted on 1/10/22 at 09:30 PM |
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Excellent - multiple recommendations for the same one.
Thank you!
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nick205
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| posted on 2/10/22 at 06:54 AM |
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Purchased, should be here in a few days. Will report back on sharpening success. They're blunt as you like right now!
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MikeR
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| posted on 2/10/22 at 08:32 AM |
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I have an electric kitchen sharpener from Aldi. It's a little grind stone that has angled slots to get the knife at the right angle to the stone.
Works well enough that I now ensure I remind the wife I've sharpened the knives so she doesn't cut herself. Got it years ago for a similar
price. Probably double that now.
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nick205
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| posted on 2/10/22 at 08:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
I have an electric kitchen sharpener from Aldi. It's a little grind stone that has angled slots to get the knife at the right angle to the stone.
Works well enough that I now ensure I remind the wife I've sharpened the knives so she doesn't cut herself. Got it years ago for a similar
price. Probably double that now.
I do look at Aldi Special Buys now and again. Got a car tyre inflator for £1 a while back. Took a chance for a quid and it works well.
SWMBO's car has no spare wheel so it's been used to get the car mobile again.
They do also sell some guff at times though. Our local branch is selling a variety of cordless power tools with no batteries. When I asked where the
batteries where...didn't have any!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/10/22 at 09:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
The best one I have ever used
Amazon
We used to have one of those - it was brutal on our knives. We got rid of it...
Now I use something like this (but mine was made on my 3D printer)
About once a month I do all of my wife's kitchen knives (she has about 20!) and it takes me around 20 minutes.
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nick205
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| posted on 2/10/22 at 02:16 PM |
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Thanks for the additional faadback David, I shall take care.
Keep in mind our kitchen knives have never been sharpened since new. Cutting veg and such is hard work when it out to be considerably easier (and
more precise).
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nick205
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| posted on 3/10/22 at 02:20 PM |
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Knife shapener arrived and tested with very impressive results. Dead easy to use and the knife's gone from blunt to damned sharp (possibly
shaper than it was when new).
Thanks again for the recommendation!
 
any-sharp-nick205
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number-1
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| posted on 3/10/22 at 04:55 PM |
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I didn't even need a knife sharpener until i saw this thread!!!!! Ive ordered one 
I'll never need to buy new stanley blades again!!!!
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nick205
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 07:28 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by number-1
I didn't even need a knife sharpener until i saw this thread!!!!! Ive ordered one
I'll never need to buy new stanley blades again!!!!
Often the way - you don't know you need something until it pops up in front of you and people tell you how good it is.
SWMBO has now tried a freshly "sharpened" knife and commented on the ease of use and clean and swift slice through some carrots 
Better get busy and sharpen the others 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 07:57 AM |
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Don't do what my wife and I do a couple of times a year... cut ourselves with a freshly-sharpened knife! Mostly because our technique is poor,
but mostly because the knife goes through a lot quicker than expected.
Now I always announce/emphasise to my wife that the knives are freshly sharpened, and to take care...
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nick205
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 08:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Don't do what my wife and I do a couple of times a year... cut ourselves with a freshly-sharpened knife! Mostly because our technique is poor,
but mostly because the knife goes through a lot quicker than expected.
Now I always announce/emphasise to my wife that the knives are freshly sharpened, and to take care...
Fair point - SWMBO was advised the knife had been sharpened for that very reason!
A sharper knife does cut much faster (as well as being nicer to use).
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 12:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
A sharper knife does cut much faster (as well as being nicer to use).
A blunt knife is way more dangerous than a sharp one - you push too hard, the food or the knife skids, and you end up stabbed. A truly sharp knife
requires hardly any pressure and is so much easier to control.
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Sanzomat
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 01:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
A blunt knife is way more dangerous than a sharp one
That takes me right back to woodwork classes in school. The teacher had a poster size framed quote on the wall saying " there is nothing more
dangerous than a blunt tool" not sure where the quote came from but it was in quote marks so I always assumed it was lifted from somewhere. Of
course might have been referring to some of the students...
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 03:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
A sharper knife does cut much faster (as well as being nicer to use).
A blunt knife is way more dangerous than a sharp one - you push too hard, the food or the knife skids, and you end up stabbed. A truly sharp knife
requires hardly any pressure and is so much easier to control.
Do you cut towards yourself?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 03:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
Do you cut towards yourself?
Try cutting an onion in half - you have to put fingers one side, thumb the other, and cut between. Absolutely no problem with a sharp knife,
positively dangerous with a dull one. A dull knife requires the user to push too hard, leading to problems.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 4/10/22 at 03:39 PM |
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Still not sure how you cut yourself in this action, as the point is pointing away.
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I suppose it's possible you slip off the side, but then your blunt knife is less likely to cut you lol
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nick205
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| posted on 5/10/22 at 07:29 AM |
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Take care slicing the onion, there's plenty of scope to slice the digits...
 
chef-slicing-onion
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 5/10/22 at 12:08 PM |
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Don't panic everyone! I have been taught how to use a kitchen knife...
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nick205
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| posted on 5/10/22 at 02:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Don't panic everyone! I have been taught how to use a kitchen knife...
glad to hear it - big concern for your kitchen safety David!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 5/10/22 at 02:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
I suppose it's possible you slip off the side, but then your blunt knife is less likely to cut you lol
The problem arises when the knife is dull enough to slip but still sharp enough to cut fingers, especially when you're pushing down harder than
you should be.
...I'm bored with this now... 
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JC
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| posted on 6/10/22 at 04:32 AM |
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Gutted. Been following this site for soooo long. I was under the impression that the No.1 tool AKA angle grinder was used for everything….onions
included.
May explain why my worktops are in such a state…..
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