I wish I had the time at work. There is always so much work to be done.
I would like to hold a sharpening "clinic/class" at work one day, but as a hotel, we're literally open 24/7/365, so it's tough to find any downtime.
I wish I had the time at work. There is always so much work to be done.
I would like to hold a sharpening "clinic/class" at work one day, but as a hotel, we're literally open 24/7/365, so it's tough to find any downtime.
As far as sharpening stations where I stage. It consists of a combo stone, a towel and a deep nine pan full of water.
there's no issue with your knife maintenance necessarily, i was referring to people i used to work with who:
a. didn't know how to even use a honing rod properly, and
b. were using it so much they could have certainly had time to properly sharpen with a stone.
i will say, with a great deal of confidence, that with no more than one minute on a splash and go medium grit stone i can bring my knife back into excellent working order and not have to worry about it for the rest of the day (should the need have arrived in the first place). there's just no way one visit with a honing rod is going to get a knife through the bulk of a day.
therefore i contend that using stones takes far less time, assuming your technique is solid, than using honing rods. every time.
this idea that they save time is absolutely a misconception in my mind.
i only sharpen at work after i close up shop off the clock. i always rush though because i just want to leave and grab a beer!
btw, where is that wooden sink bridge from dave? i would love to get one!
My boss makes fun of us for sharpening too much and wasting time. My compromise with him is that if you want to sharpen on the clock, its before or after your shift, and flatten the stone each time. Before we would have guys stop to touch up during service, and turn it into a half pipe.
I could but I usually don't. Few times a year I will bring in my stones and do my kit plus some others in the kitchen.
Now I just use an 8K DMT I got from Marko for touchups. Takes about as long as using a steel and I don't have to go back it to constantly so overall actually uses up less time. Never taken any grief for using it nor would I if someone tried to.
"God sends meat and the devil sends cooks." - Thomas Deloney
If I have time at work no one will object, usually just 4k-8k if I'm just touching up sometimes start at 1k if I have lots of time.