DO KNIFE SHARPENING HACKS ACTUALLY WORK?? Strange knife sharpening methods 

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Just like Abraham Lincoln said, "don't believe everything you see on the internet."

Radical hack: I use a whetstone.

I appreciate you types of RU-vidrs who bust certain RU-vidrs that say this is a life hack

Never heard about the sandpaper/drill method - but just using sandpaper works really well for field-expedient sharpening. Even better so if you insert a piece of soft mat (eg a mousepad) between the table and the sandpaper. If the paper is water-proof, adding a little H2O will speed up the process. Also, when doing this, you learn about the *enormous* differences in the quality of various sandpaper brands.

I've been using ceramic mugs ,car window's, glass ash trays and such for years to put an edge on blades . the angle you hold the knife is more important than what u use to sharpen with but nuts and bolts well that's just nuts ;)

Dulling the knife was the most painful thing I've watched in years. I physically cringed.

The work put into preparing and building these "hacks" takes more time than simply getting out a sharpening stone and doing it properly...

I needed this video man I didn't believe in those crappy sharpening hacks thanks man

Wow nuts and bolts? That's exactly what i do after the condom breaks.

My favorite is to use the top of my door glass in my truck. Granted it's not truly sharpening the blade as it is honing it but ever since I found that little trick out it's about all I do to maintain my blade edges anymore. Ive heard the rough ceramic bottom on coffee cups works just as well but I find the auto glass much more convenient for me, much, much more space to use the auto glass when compared to the coffee mugs.

I found a floor tile lying around my apartment, not sure if its ceramic or what but it works great for me. It has 2 rough edges and 2 smoother edges which is perfect for sharpening a blade. I sharpened a machete that was dull from cutting through small trees and bushes and it can cut through paper with ease just to give an idea how good this works..

Wow, surprisingly high quality content from such a small RU-vidr. I was honestly expecting you to have 500,000 subs or more

So many people I know have fallen for these hacks and I am now adding you to my list of people to watch before they screw something up .Nice job my friend a genuine public service . Thank you .

Your absolute best video yet in terms of editing, length, presentation, music. Congrats!

Don't believe everything you see on the internet. *sees this on the internet*

Great. Love your channel. You know your sharpening business for sure, better than all the others!

I love his exceptionally unenthusiastic face.

Outstanding videos, the most educational yet entertaining on the entire subject of blade sharpening.

Great content and video quality w comedic tone is fantastic. Keep up the good work my man 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

My favorite knife sharpening hack is the harbor freight 1x30 Belt Sander only for the belts, you go on Amazon and get the belt specifically for knife sharpening for around $50. But this setup doesn't require the Amazon kit. When I first tried it, I bought a leather belt from eBay and yeah, it definitely works. If the metal of a blade is decent, like not a $10 MTech knife, I can get everything sharp with that route. Now I leave it at work and sharpen all my coworkers knives from home or their personal knife.

Coffee cups, a good hard ceramic tile [I like the kind which is like china and has the hexagonal processing glue backing pattern because I like how it cuts, but smooth and flat are fine], or, in a real pinch, a high end diamond fingernail file [but you have to go very gently so you do not knock the diamonds off since they are not well mounted!] for a very keen edge.

That was an amazing demo on all sharpening methods. Thanks for the demo and a final solution.

Dude, best royalty free music I've heard in a long time

I just tried sharpening a kitchen knife with the bottom of a tea cup it was very dull now im shaving hair out of arm am i natural at this And i just got carried away but i love this channel cant get enough of it thanks a lot

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Never heard about these hacks but still good to know so I won't mess up a knife trying them. Well done.

I kinda like that wrapping around the drill idea. Maybe not for knives but it may come in handy for other projects

I love the myth busters style! You deserve more subs!

Thanks for doing this to your knives because there is no Way any of my knives would go anywhere near any of these "hacks" besides most of these seem like more work than properly sharpening.

out of my expectations! you guys rock!

I love it when you do this stuff!!!

These 'Hacks' seem to take more time than it would've taken to go buy at Least a Sharpening Rod or ( Forgive Me) a Pull through sharpener!

Shit got real when the glue gun came out

I've enjoyed your channel, you seem to be having a lot of fun!

Very nice! I really like your way of thinking

Well, really the sandpaper drill option CAN work very well. But you need to be experienced with belt sanding blades and blanks.

This man needs more subs

This dudes funny subscribed and liked ,neighbour decides to mow made me chuckle

First video of yours I've seen. Subbing.

Holy crap you really messed up that knife with the sandpaper on the drill 😂

I was about to run get my knife and “sharpen” with the lighters and thanks because you saved a knife

Awesome video as always!

I've been using sandpaper to sharpen disposable exacto blades for years so I can get a lot more use out of them. Chasing plaster dulls them pretty quick.

When the just sharpened knife sees the already sharp knife cut the paper with ease: "SHOW OFF!!!!"

0:16 I got goosebumps and had to avert my eyes.

Thank god there video's like this ..love it ..break the myths my friend

We have the same Spyderco knife, I love it

1:56 now THATS a nuts n bolts drawer if I've ever seen one. I've seen alot btw

For the price of the bic lighters you could have gotten a knife sharpener

love your selection of music

Great video thanks for the knowledge which I think is very important for all of us

Holy this, I thought that it was a clickb8 channel, but this is indeed soo good

I use 1000 and the 2000 grit sand paper glued onto a ceramic tiles. gets me a nice finished edge

I see the neistat inspired editing, overall handy and nice video. Subbed 👌

Thank you for the video, I almost want to do all the trick hack to sharpening the knife... luckily I'm watching this...

"these internet knife sharpeners..." - Sun Tzu

You sir, just earned another subscriber!!

Dude this video was awesome.

The opening scene is me after sharpening on water stones for 30 mins. Hahaha! I do enjoy the stone method, even if my results are not the same at this time. However after watching you previous video for beginners and the importance on locking in the wrist and elbow, I am making progress. I may get my 20 year old Benchmade sharp before Christmas! Thanks for sharing your craft with us.

One of my favorite hacks is using the edge of a partially rolled down car window.

My God, those methods were cringy as hell... even before I saw the results.

This is the most awesome video :) i love the music at around 0:52 i know that u used epedemic sounds but what is the name of the song?

Good work and great message to people ;)

can we get an F for all the sheets of paper

Try more fine sand paper it might work put not on a drill

you are a gem. rare, and polished.

Great clip. Good luck with the channel.

All those methods dont really sharpen a knife "except for sand paper" all they do is make small chips on the knife and it essentially becomes a saw with microscopic "saw teeth" , you are basically sawing the paper not cutting it xD

The real hack is to just learn to sharpen. I taught my daughter and brother in about 30 minutes.

I like your sense of humor. Totally going to do the drill hack though, but for a belt sander not a knife sharpener. Just going to make it more stern.

Thanks for making this video. Glad I did not waste my time on those hacks.

"Don't believe everything you see on the internet" he says. Alright I don't believe you. I will believe everything I see on the internet!

sharpening cup XD

I love your knife sharpening videos!

Awesome.. thanks buddy..

I and many others were using the so called Scary Sharp process ages before it was introduced, because it works. Of course, we, as beginners to the sharpening world, were just using common sense and taking advantage of what we had. However, we did question our wisdom, since so many "experts" said it was wrong or not good enough. Now, of course, I now the experts weren't [experts]. A flat piece of glass with wet-or-dry sandpapers will do wonders at sharpening. The water both holds the paper to the glass and lubricates during sharpening (wipe the blade and glass clean between grits. Just work your way up the grits, using the next one to get rid of sanding marks from the previous grit. In addition to picking a good sharpening angle, the most critical thing to sharpening is, maintaining it during the sharpening process. If you deviate, even a degree or two, you can set yourself back to go. As such, a method or jig to insure you maintain the angle is your best friend. Keep in mind, there will always be know-it-alls who ramble about muscle memory, but who don't understand: 1) many only have to sharpen occasionally, so will never get the practice to develop it; and, 2) many have a broad assortment of things to sharpen and each one takes a different angle, making it impossible to attain expert muscle memory. That includes things like, kitchen and pocket or skinning knives, all of which require different angles, axes, lawn mower blades, straight edge razors, planer blades, turning knives, chisels, . . . ___________________________________ SIDE NOTE: No one having a knife they like, and having a knowledge of sharpening methods and means, would use a course grinder or gimmick sharpener to sharpen the fine steel of their Spyderco, Benchmade or what-have-you knife. They eat too much treasured steel. Eventually, as your sharpening efforts move you farther and farther up the blade, the metal gets thicker, causing the same angle you started with to produce more of an ax like edge than the fine cutting cutting edge you started with. When this happens, we "re-profile" the blade. That is, we take the thickness back down, so the chosen edge angle will still give us the results we wanted.

who's forcing you to make these videos! I can see it in your eyes you're calling out for help

Super easy and quick method i use all the time: step: 1. buy a cheap polish machine or sharpening 2. make a wheel of MDF en put it on 3. turn machine on and use a chisel to make the wheel perfect round and egde straight. 4. put some polishing compound (al-oxide) 5. sharpen your knife or chisel in 10 sec. this will give you a mirror edge and it doesn't heat the blade that quickly.

cool.... and ypur jams are awesome.

That sand paper "hack" Just buy a used belt sander for under 10$, turn it upside down and voila.

That dulling intro was hard to watch

nice video..thanks a bunch

Last method works just fine as long as you don't hold blade so long in one place without moving

"Look what it did to the back of the knife." More like "Look what I did to the back of the knife, because I did it on purpose..."

Wrapping sand paper works your just did it wrong.. Not to mention you can get a drum sanding attachment for your drill that works great.. Thridly the bottom of a coffee cup can only hone your blade it cannot sharpen a dull knife.. and my last point is that for the nut and bolt hack you're supposed to used hardened steel lugnuts.. Do research before trying to disprove something

you should try the one where you make a grinding disk out of wood for your bench grinder and then just put a bit of buffing compound on wood and then sharpen a knife on the wood ... I haven't tried it yet but apparently that one really does work good.

Flexing that knife LOL great video, subbed

More like ways to hack up a knife beyond repair. It's hella easier to go buy a 3 dollar cheapy sharpening stone.

don't believe what i see on the internet?? so do we have to believe you???? (creepy iluminati music)

This video has been in my book for a week, its time to watch it...

Awesome video glad you made it

3:40 no you did it bad...will this way give professional results?...fuck no but if you did it better it would be ok

Nice job explaining and exposing the frauds. Now how about a video for your critics on how to " WATCH AND LISTEN" It is frustrating reading peoples's comments criticizing your video and they miss the whole point of the video. They are just spammers looking to trash someone's hard work. There I got that out. BTW...nice job :>)

the coffee cup trick has saved me so many times over the years.... and I learned that from watching a docu about glass a couple decades ago, where they pointed out that it's stronger then steel which got me thinking. Moral of the comment, think before you act, but being curious is key. for example I'm sure that if you had the finesse/agility to use the flint stone in a lighter you could sharpen the knife better then you could with sandpaper, I would never have though about that if I didn't randomly click on this video because I got curious.

Gotta love that royalty free music

the sandpaper on the drill actually seemed to work pretty well, it was your poor technique that messed up the blade.

why are all of the people commenting on the video acting like they know what they are talking about??! the"sandpaper on drill chuck" thing could have worked if he had used higher grain sandpaper and done it sideways instead of straight, doing this would result in an hollow edge that is a lot sharper than any other edge you could get using wet stones.

Man I've seen livelier expressions on cadavers... Crack a smile bro lol

I don’t have much fancy stuff at my disposal. I usually strop on an old leather belt that I coated with silver polish, after which I let it soak and dry in. Works quite well for my rather inexpensive knife collection.