You DON'T NEED a guided system to sharpen knives!  

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@@offthestone 😂😂😂 will heed advice right away

Works well for what I'm planning to do lol

​@@ninjaboyo3370 I hope you're joking!!! 😬

More like ulnar artery :D

That’s awesome! I hope all goes well. Sharpening has been one of the most frustrating but rewarding things I’ve ever done. Through all of the practice, I can say it was genuinely worth it

Thank you!

nice one

Future me here, I’ve mastered sharpening

@@pegausus6788well done mate

@@pegausus6788 how bro, just got a diamond block to sharpen my knives, and i keeping making them dull

@@roboticidiotic7324 First, what grit are you using? Second, at what angle are you sharpening? Understand that it takes time to learn how to sharpen properly-weeks or even months to fully master. If your knives are going dull, either you are not using the correct grit or your technique is incorrect and inconsistent. To fix this: slow down-really slow down-and make sure you’re hitting the right points of the knife. Second, use the correct amount of force. If your knives are going dull, it could mean you're using too much or too little force. A good way to test this is if the knife bends when you sharpen it. And lastly make sure you are progressing properly with the stones: 300 grit 1k grit 3k grit 6k grit You can even jump from 300 grit - 1k grit and finish with 6k but this is for advanced level sharpening

Awesome! I love using straight razors, especially because I don’t have to buy disposable razors every week or so now. Good luck with sharpening knives and scissors!

@@offthestone yeah I feel down the traditional WetShaving rabbit hole about 6 years ago. You don’t want to see all my soaps, brushes, vintage Gillette safety razors etc lol 😂

Haha, that’s awesome! I know how that goes 😂

@@magnoliamike As long as you don't try to tell people it's somehow a "superior shave" or "saves money" compared to modern cartridges. I use a straight razor myself, sometimes a DE if I need to quickly take down a lot of heavy growth quick. The one thing that turns me way off about that whole world is the utterly deranged mythology which is obviously promoted by those making a living selling shaving crap but is blindly repeated by herds of zombies. No it doesn't save you money when you go and spend $200 on a fancy handmade brush and $40 on each pack of fancy handmade soap, and no it doesn't give a magical superior shave, but yes it's cool and fun and you should enjoy it.

The tip can be very tricky because of the curvature of most blades. I made a video that covers this: 2 TIPS to help you sharpen the tip of your knife ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4FrOutA7kh8.html Hope this helps.

I’m glad to hear you are getting good edges with your stones! Good job! Good choice of getting diamonds 👌 There is nothing wrong with angle guides or guided systems. Whatever is going to get your blades sharp is what matters! Thanks for watching and commenting, Kyle! Stay sharp 🔪👊

What guided system do you have? Im trying ti practice my free hand sharpening too, but until i get better id like a good system for sharpening the nicer knives for now. Im leaning towards the KME, its a but pricier but seems worth it? The lansky system is a good budget price, but peopel say its not as reliable. What did you have and how has it held up for you?

Yep! I’ve done that depending on the lighting. Sometimes it’s has worked for me and sometimes it hasn’t. In one of my recent videos I share what I think is the best and fastest way to find the angle.

​@@offthestonepractice practice practice, above all else. Freehand without guide, you eventually get good at holding it consistently enough and you can vary it depending if it's a kitchen knife that can be razor sharp, or a knife you intend to open cans with.

That's how i showed my scouts.

Thank you, brother!!

@Matt Clark You’re very welcome!

The ones I’m familiar with are the Spyderco sharp maker, lansky system, and the wicked edge sharpener. I know there are others as well, but you can’t beat a progression of stones if you know what you are doing!

​@@offthestone do you thinl theu lanaky is a good system to use? Some say it's not really sturdy and advise the KME system which is much more expensive. Im looking for a system to sharoen the "good" knives while practicing getting good at free hand on the cheaper knives.

is Bigfoot your neighbor???????

@@offthestone yeah my wicked edge has awesome

What's wrong with that? Gets the job done, right?

I haven’t messed with a ton of guided systems, but I’ve used the Sharpmaker and a lansky system. I could never get my knives razor sharp with them, though I’ve seen people do pretty well. With the experience I have now, I could probably get a decent edge with them. Like you said, beginners generally don’t hit the apex and I find this trick helpful to get them pretty close. The sharpie trick is definitely one of the best! I have a video about 5 tips to find the angle and it’s one I mention. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Amen brother

Sharpening with a guided system feels like cheating

@@kabes1776 Feels more like riding a Harley with training wheels. Just out of place when performing what’s otherwise a pretty badass task.

what a badass, bet u handwash ur clothes too huh?

Thank you!

damn did you fuk up!

I don’t know if I completely understand what you are saying?

I believe he’s sharpening the night, and putting it on the tip of his knife. Or something like that.

Why would sharpening be in our DNA? Its a learned skill like anything else we do with tools

Is being able to talk just a learned skill, or is it in our DNA? Humans have known how to sharpen edges since the species learned to make edged tools.

@@curtisstewart3179learning anything is coded for somewhere in our DNA, that’s why we can do it. There’s no specific coding for each and every individual skill we can possibly learn, it’s more general than that. But genetics are pretty wild. My wife and I got a puppy from the humane society before we got married and they told us she was probably a cross between an Australian Shepherd and a Sheltie, and that’s what she looked like. But about 3 months later we went to the beach and we’re walking her when these people came up and said “Oh my goodness, is that a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever?!” I had never heard of such a breed but went home and looked them up and on the AKC’s website where it talks about breed characteristics it said that tollers are duck hunting dogs and hunters will set up a blind near a pond and then let the dog go and the dog will splash and play in the shallow water but not really swim in it, but they will jump into it up to their chest and then jump back out and then “frolic up and down the shoreline”. This apparently makes the ducks curious and they come out to investigate, at which point they’re shot. When I read that, especially the part about “frolicking along the shore” I had one of those “damn the universe is an amazing and complex place” moments because those were exactly the behaviors that Anje would display anytime we took her to water. She was born in the shelter so the behavior wasn’t taught to her by her mother, and I certainly never trained her to do that, which means that somewhere in that breeds genetics there is a section of DNA that codes for “frolic along the shoreline” which to me is pretty freaking insane

Thank you! Cheers!

Your welcome! And Congrats on the new stones!

@@offthestone thank you!!

You don't need too, small circles are fine too, just don't use one spot of your stone or you'll wear it outm

Yep! Good advice 👌

Thanks! It’s an Esee Izula stainless. It’s 440c steel. A fantastic knife!

DMT dia-sharp 6in coarse stone. It’s a 325 grit diamond stone. I’ll put a link in the description 👍

@Robert LaGruth This video just shows a little trick that can help you find the angle that was initially ground on a blade (factory edge). The trick works well because as you slide the knife up and it stops, it gets right past the apex of the knife. When you back off a bit, you can get right around where the factory angle of the knife was ground, which will be easiest to sharpen, rather than reprofiling the knife to another angle. Another reason this trick is good, is beginners will generally not raise the angle high enough when first trying to sharpen a knife. This trick makes you raise the angle higher, so that you don’t grind the knife at too low of an angle, which can make you grind into the primary bevel of the knife or the top of the secondary bevel, which won’t reach the apex. If people want to use guided systems, more power to them. There’s nothing wrong with that as I said, but I was just trying to share a little trick that would help anyone that wants to try and sharpen freehand. Cheers!

Or rust eraser

I’m not sure. I suppose if you’re using a rust remover on a knife, you’d want to follow the grain of the steel, and maybe that’s what that refers to. I generally don’t have issues with rusting blades because I put oil on the high carbon ones and always dry off my stainless ones before putting them away.

It’s a 325 grit DMT

I’m assuming you’re talking about a soaking whetstone. If it were a splash-and-go, it shouldn’t bubble. Either way, if it cuts steel you should be fine.

@@offthestone thanks, sharpened it and and now cuts like butter! I just made sure it stayed wet as I sharpened it!

That is awesome! Nice work!

That’s a great way to do it too!

@@offthestone I use Arkansas stones because most people don't know what they are! I think that they are perfect for refreshing a dull edge. They cut slow but yield a wonderful edge.

I totally agree. They are some of my favorites as well. If an edge isn’t crazy dull, I find that my Washita brings it back super quick. My Washita takes just slightly more strokes than my diamond stone, though the diamond is obviously more coarse and leaves a much more toothy edge.

@@offthestone I have a really coarse sot Arkansas that I use for the same thing. I think your Washita came from dans meaning it is just a really really soft Arkansas. I have a vintage smiths set that I picked up for $17 bucks. The set has a soft, a somewhat translucent hard and a black. The black is as black as night. The black lacks the cover but you the owner wrote soft, hard and black on the stones.

Yea, I just refer to mine as a Washita because that’s what Dan’s said it was. It is shockingly coarse for being an Arkansas stone. I’ll probably do a sharpening video with it to show how the knife sounds when grinding on a stone. I like going from a 325 grit DMT to it. Makes for a very great edge! 17 bucks is a great price for a vintage set like that! Glad they are working well for you too

You’re very welcome!