204, eh? isn't that cheating?
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204, eh? isn't that cheating?
I've been looking into sharpening techiniques and stuff today, and what I'd love is to be able to just take a stone or 2 and maybe a strop and create a razor sharp edge.
Does anyone around here still do it the old fashioned way? Or is the new stuff far superior?
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Does anyone around here still do it the old fashioned way? Or is the new stuff far superior?
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I have been using flat stones since I was 5(12yrs of it!). It IS possible to get a razor edge with a stone, it's just a long process.
500 grit, 800, 1200, 1500, strop... takes about 1 hr...
OR:
about 5-10 minutes with the 204...
We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare...
500 grit, 800, 1200, 1500, strop... takes about 1 hr...
OR:
about 5-10 minutes with the 204...
We all start with 10 fingers. Those with Spydies have 9 to spare, Still need a thumb. Good thing I still have 8 to spare...
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It must have been about 25 years ago, when I was quite young, that I saw my mom sharpen a kitchen knife for the first time, with a sharpening stone. The sound of it drove me nuts, but I asked her to let me help. I had used flat stones until recently.
Also, knife sharpeners used to walk the streets on that day, sounding their whistles, and they would charge a few cents to sharpen knives for housewives. It was a fun scene. I have no idea if this happened in the U.S. or anywhere else at that time, but up until 10 years ago, it was common to hear the sharpener's whistle, and a bunch of women would run outside to use his services. This was in Mexico.
The 204 is a welcome upgrade nowadays. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
Kahz
"Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork." -R.A.H.
Also, knife sharpeners used to walk the streets on that day, sounding their whistles, and they would charge a few cents to sharpen knives for housewives. It was a fun scene. I have no idea if this happened in the U.S. or anywhere else at that time, but up until 10 years ago, it was common to hear the sharpener's whistle, and a bunch of women would run outside to use his services. This was in Mexico.
The 204 is a welcome upgrade nowadays. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
Kahz
"Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork." -R.A.H.
Ah... I was just talking to my husband about the knife sharpeners and he tells me they still walk by whistling every now and then, so I guess it's still a live tradition in Mexico. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
Keep your knives sharp!
Kahz
"Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork." -R.A.H.
Keep your knives sharp!
Kahz
"Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork." -R.A.H.
Sal,
Interesting, so you had them in Brooklyn as well, I would've never known. They were/are a culture all of their own. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
The 204 is definitely worth the change.
Kahz
"In science fiction, space and time warps are a commonplace. They are used for rapid journeys around the galaxy, or for travel through time. But today's science fiction, is often tomorrow's science fact." Stephen Hawking
Interesting, so you had them in Brooklyn as well, I would've never known. They were/are a culture all of their own. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
The 204 is definitely worth the change.
Kahz
"In science fiction, space and time warps are a commonplace. They are used for rapid journeys around the galaxy, or for travel through time. But today's science fiction, is often tomorrow's science fact." Stephen Hawking