Here’s how to sharpen a knife in just a few simple steps, whether you’re using a stone or a knife sharpener.
Ina previous articleI wrote about how to normalize and anneal steel after forging but before the final steps ofaustenitizing,quenching, andtempering. One of the things that I pointed out in that article was that using a normalized, pearlite microstructure to heat treat from would lead to very ...
Grandma rubbed the awakened dough on the chopping board a few times, cut it into strips with a kitchen knife, picked them up one by one with her hand, and then used a rolling pin to roll out each small dough into similar sized dough sheets. I also tried the job of rolling leather, ...
The lubricant also comes in many forms but the basic concept here is that it will help to limit the amount of heat produced from the sharpening process. This heat can ultimately damage your knife so it's important to keep it to a minimum and that's where the lubricant comes into play. ...
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Another concern that some knifemakers have is quenching too rapidly, worried it will lead to microscopic quench cracks or other bogeyman. And while I would be cautious when quenching anything in water, every steel that we have heat treated with Parks 50 has resulted in excellent toughness regardl...
This is not a beauty contest cake, it’s an eating cake. Enjoy it for breakfast or snack, after a meal with coffee, or if you are like me, rest a knife next to it and take a slice as you walk past it every time until it’s gone. Share this: Share Like this: Loading......
If you’re not an advanced knife user (and don’t care to become one), the cheapest, quickest, smallest, lightest, and simplest field knife sharpening method is to use a pull-through sharpener. For under $10, these common tools are easy to throw in your go-bag, use without much pract...
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