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expired Posted by gaamn114 | Staff • Mar 9, 2025
Mar 9, 2025 4:56 PM
2-stage ZWILLING Pull-Through Sharpener $9.99 + Free Shipping w/ Prime or on $35+
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But if you are like me and wash your knives in the dishwasher, followed by throwing them altogether in a drawer, do you really care if this isn't the best way to sharpen a blade?
I like the Mercer chef knives for under $20. I replace them when they get too dinged up, but honestly I have some that still hold an edge that are like 5 years old.
If you are buying $100+ knives and storing them in a separate sheath, this sharper probably isn't for you.
If you have good knives though? Don't do this to them. Not only does it remove a lot of metal, but it's actually not a very good sharpening method in terms of how long it will hold the edge.
Recommend Outdoors55 on youtube for all sharpening reviews and stuff. Great channel, and I no longer use whetstones now that good diamond stones are around for under a hundred bucks (ten years ago these were like 400+.). Hated wetstones, never got there.
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All sharpening does is remove material to shape a sharp edge.
Whether you need a butter knife sharpness or a razor blade sharpness depends on YOUR needs.
Eg. A fine razor blade edge isn't going to last long if your chopping through bone all day long. A duller edge can be better here.
Eg. Sushi cuts. A finer, sharper edge will be much better than a less sharp edge.
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Carbide pull thru sharpeners do it quick, for a less sharp edge.
Pull is parallel the edge, so the edge will be ragged under a microscope, so it won't last long either.
That just means you'll use the pull thru sharpener more. The fact that it takes a few seconds, hardly ever longer than 10 seconds, makes these convenient at home and on the go. (Eg those stick-shaped carbide sharpeners for fishing hooks, gardening tools, etc).
Once you get the hang of these - how much pressure to apply as you pull thru - very easy, safe, convenient for achieving low to mid sharpness.
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Whetstones are typically used perpendicular to the edge, so the material is taken off evenly across the entire edge.
They take time, typically needing at least two grits (rough and fine) to get to a medium to medium high sharpness, with additional fine grits for very high sharpness, then leather honing for ultimate razor blade sharpness.
Unfortunately, this takes time - minutes. However, it's the centuries old way to achieve razor sharp.
Training takes time to figure out how to do it right, pressure, etc. And here is one case where learning on stones instead of diamond hones is easier, imo.
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In between?
Run to Wal-Mart and pickup the Work Sharp belt sharpner ($70~) or buy online and cylindrical rolling knife sharpener. Both are easy to use, but get the edge sharper than the pull thru.
Work sharp will get you very sharp fast - seconds.
Rolling - if you get one with a variety of higher grits, you can get near whetstone sharp without much effort or training. Takes a few dozen seconds to minutes tho.
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For a carbide, this pull thru with adjustable V (you can use almost the entire length of both carbide edges rather than just the bottom of the V as in this deal) for longer life, and single carbide sharpener blade is better.
The single blade can be used to sharpen scissors, hedge shears, lawn mower blades, etc that are flat on one side, angled on the other.
So anyway, in for one!
Whetstones aren't too difficult to learn, but like any skill you do need to learn and practice a bit. I used to offer to sharpen my friend's knives to get more sharpening sessions, then I took on the drawer in the church kitchen.
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