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I'm just curious, you can buy this kind of cut resistant gloves for work in the kitchen. It seems cumbersome to use, do any of you use this? I'm now in 'once bitten twice why' mode, which I'm sure will pass..

Yes, it's a bit more than a band aid. Risks of the trade/hobby I suppose...

Thank you.. I wish someone had told me earlier that there were better tests for sharpness.. damn.. I know that a few years ago when I started sharpening the cut would not have been this deep..

So it had to happen at some point... I finished my short sharpening session, went to the sink to wash the knife clean, and when I was taking it back I thought I was slipping (I didn't), my hand jerked upwards and I let go of the knife, that came down on my moving hand rather quickly. It hit me...

When I started out with free hand I also considered whether I should get the more expensive chosera or cheaper stones. At the end I got the 1000 and 3000, and like you am very very happy with this choice.

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5401785,00.html#autoplay Use google translate... According to him, sharpening knives is the oldest profession in the world..yes,yes - older than the other oldest profession.

Maybe you will be like Beethoven - cooking the most exquisite dishes without being to taste them.. I can sympathize - I once suffered from acute sinusitis which lasted 4-5 weeks, it was not fun. Hope you recover quickly.

You can't let that get to you, as someone who lives in the UK, and whose earnings are in Pound Sterling, I (and everyone else) saw everything imported get more expensive for us pretty much overnight. C'est la vie

I sharpened my usual way as with kitchen knives, that is a bit of stropping motions on each stone at the end for deburring, also deburring with a cork or felt, and stropping on leather. I used Chosera 1k and 3k. From the website where I bought it (knivesandtools) it says: Way of sharpening...

Hmm, Although I'm sure it works, I'm not going to buy KME for one pocket knife. I'm positive it should be possible to sharpen these on water stones. It came reasonably sharp-ish out of the box, I tried to improve it and made it worse.

Hi all I recently got myself a Boker pocket knife - (it is actually my first pocket knife, and as it turns out, not UK friendly at all as it locks, and I didn't pay attention when I bought it ) . The blade is made of CPM S35VN which I understand is a type of powdered steel. I'm having a bit...

Ouch, and I thought this was a nice friendly forum

Although I have a user ID I haven't been on that website forum for at least 3 years, maybe I should rejoin just so I can sell the thing...

It is the Pro version. I didn't realize there would be a market for it on ebay, I will consider that. Thanks for the suggestion.

The ceramic rod is actually occasionally useful. The actual Edge Pro - I got nobody to give it to, none of my friends/family would be interested. Oh well, maybe as chinacats suggested, I can get me a nice gyuto for it, or whisky ...

When I started sharpening I used Edge Pro - and at the time I splurged and got me the expensive model. But since I started free hand I haven't used it at all. So my question is - is there any reasonable use to Edge Pro now that would make me keep it, or do I sell it, give it away, donate it to...

Thank you Jon, that's the kind of explanation I was looking for. They'd be interesting to try, but probably not special enough to justify the price, especially for a home cook such as myself.

More specifically I'm interested to know about the 4000 and 6000 here: http://www.toolsfromjapan.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=335_404_587_589 and there is http://www.toolsfromjapan.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=335_404_587_590&products_id=1981 which seems to be...

Hi all Just curious if anyone has used or knows about the various Gokumyo/Debado Suehiro stones offered by toolsfromjapan which don't seem to be mentioned here much. There is Gokumyo (10000, 15000 and 20000 - all probably too high for knives), Gokumyo -Debado (same type 400-2000-6000), Taiga...

Depends on where you buy and on luck to a certain degree. When I bought from JCK I've never had to pay customs - Koki's packages magically glide through, and he's very good at stating a lower value . I also bought from the US a few times (not just knives), and it's a hit or miss. In the UK if...