How to Sharpen the Edge of Your Knife
I teach a one day knife and blade sharpening course and in all of my classes, I discover the same or similar stories. People can’t seem to get their knife sharp no matter what technique they try or how long they work. Their knife edge doesn’t take an edge or keep an edge. For men, they resort to brute hand strength to cut or slice anything. Women become frustrated and just have their kitchen knives professionally sharpened for too much money.
How would you like to draw your knife from your pocket, sheath, or block and know beyond any shadow of a doubt that your knife is ready to cut, slice, dice, or trim? No forcing or frustration. Just pure cutting action. Simple. Your knife is sharp. Every time. When you call on your knife it responds with the smooth buttery cutting.
It has taken me years of practice, hours of study and plenty of hard work to be able to sharpen knives beyond razor sharp. I have sought out professional advice. I have paid thousands of dollars learning how to hone my blades to beyond razor sharp. Now I know how to sharpen everything. I can take a lump of lifeless steel and sharpen it to perfection. I routinely sharpen knives to split a human hair three ways. If you can think of a knife sharpness test my sharpening skills will pass it.
Many people think that sharpening a knife is complete when you can shave the hair off your arm. But this is just the beginning of sharpness. I would consider razor sharp the minimum acceptable sharpness for one of my blades. There is so much more. That is why I teach people to go “Beyond Razor Sharp.” I can only teach so many courses however and I want to restore blade sharpening skills to as many people who are interested in learning. That’s why I am writing these words. To teach you how to sharpen your knife beyond razor sharp.
Most people struggle to sharpen their knives for a few simple reasons. We will talk in detail about those reasons in a later chapter. Nearly every novice blade sharpener makes one or all of these five mistakes.
- They start with an extremely dull knife.
- They are impatient with the process.
- They don’t choose the right grit stone at the right time.
- They sharpen with too steep of an angle.
- They spend hundreds of dollars on gizmos that don’t work.
Read more about these five mistakes here.
No matter what class I teach the story is always the same. The excited knife sharpener sets out to sharpen their knife unknowingly making one of the above five mistakes and they become discouraged and give up. Before too long they find another get-sharp-quick technique on the internet and fail again because they are still making the same mistakes. Finally, in desperation, they purchase an expensive knife sharpening system only to fall frustratingly short of establishing a sharp edge on their knife and keeping it there.
That is where I enter the class and teach them the skills they need to overcome those mistakes. Then I teach them the fundamentals of sharpening a knife. Lastly, I show them how to take it a step further than they ever dreamed possible. I can easily teach anyone who wants to learn how to sharpen their knife beyond razor sharp.
Once you have a sharp knife, you will no longer be reliant on a pre-packaged perforated plastic packaging. Precut and deboned meat are crutches for dull knives. You won’t have to hack twine, rope, or line until it grudgingly parts. Vegetables will be sliced and diced instead of being smashed and torn. Let’s get those knives beyond razor sharp today!
Using the knowledge found in this book you will be able to sharpen any blade anytime to beyond razor sharp.
Table Of Contents
- Know These 4 Important Terms Before Sharpening Your Knife
- What is the Right Angle to Sharpen Your Knife?
- Top 5 Worst Mistakes Made When Sharpening Your Knife.
- Everything you Need to Know Before You Start Sharpening Your Knife.
- How to Establish a Burr on the Edge of your Knife.
- The Secrets of the Nagura Stone Revealed
- After Razor Sharp. How to Get Your Knife There.
- Stone Maintenance… Often Overlooked, but Very Important.
- 4 of My Favorite Tips for the New Knife Sharpener.
- No Money For Sharpening Stones? No Problem.
- How to Take Care of Your Knife’s Edge.
Using the knowledge found in this book you will be able to sharpen any blade anytime to beyond razor sharp. Listen to what a few people who have listened to my teachings have to say:
I like that he carefully explains why you’re doing each step and that he explains how to use a marking pen to see how you’re doing. A lot of sharpening instructors simply tell you to use a marker without showing you what to look for. Finally, I like that he spends some time on sharpening stone maintenance, something I think a lot of people overlook. By the time they get good at sharpening, their sharpening stone isn’t any good. -DELively, Verified Owner
Excellent …most of them (knife sharpening training) are full of the “how” to do message without explaining the “why” you do part. This… gets it right on both counts. I’ve always felt like learning is much easier if you know why you are doing something. Makes correcting your errors much easier. Patrick does an excellent job of this. I can’t wait to get sharpening! – Don, Verified Owner
I sharpened my first knife using these techniques… I was so amazed that I was able to get my knife razor sharp. Sharper than any sharpening device. This is something that I have tried and tried and never succeeded. I remember as a kid watching my grandfather use these techniques and getting his knives scary sharp. But I was just a kid then. Now that I am older I always wanted to know those techniques. Now I do. Thank you Patrick – DJ, Verified Owner
I have a horrible history of turning great knives into butter knives. I watched every video I could think of and although they helped me with the basics, the technique just wouldn’t come. I even bought an expensive system but I hated that I couldn’t master this skill. A local friend teaches sharpening but the classes are three times the cost of this DVD. After watching it once I was able to get a clean bevel and a hair shaving edge for the first time ever, on a cheap $12 kit. Using water stones and a strop I can now whittle free hanging hair without touching skin. I’d buy Beyond Razor Sharp again in a heartbeat. – Christian, Verified Owner
People (me included) have spent hundreds of dollars on gadgets, gizmos, stones, and trainings trying to figure out how to sharpen knives. I have spent thousands of hours of practicing different sharpening methods and systems. I have learned the hard way how to sharpen a knife and want to share this knowledge with others. That is why I teach sharpening classes. But I will only be able to teach so many people how to do this in my lifetime. That is why I decided to write this book. This book is cheap enough so that anyone who wants to learn how to sharpen will be able to learn how. The purpose of a book like this is to save you both time and money learning knife sharpening methods that work.
I believe in my process so much that if you apply my knowledge and still can’t get your knife sharp just email me and I will refund your money. 100% No questions asked. No blame. No grumpiness. Just money. When you think about what I am offering the risk is really mine. I am saying that if you read my ebook and heed my advice you can sharpen your knife beyond razor sharp, and if you can’t, I’ll take the blame and give your money back with no questions asked.
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See you soon!
-Patrick