rough grit Knives, Swords, Blades

Manual sharpeners which work well are relatively new products -- until diamond abrasive wheels were available, the results of using a manual sharpening jig were often less than wonderful. The Chef's Choice 463 Pronto Asian Manual Sharpener applies that new technology to the more acutely beveled santoku's and other Asian ...

The Natural Whetstone Company of Royal, Arkansas, produces this set of three good 6-inch by 1-5/8-inch whetstones mounted in a simple but practical wooden stand. Arkansas novaculite quarried from volcanic rock in the Quachita Mountains provides two of the stones on the triangular rotating base, but the third and ...

One of the trickiest tools to sharpen correctly at home is a pair of scissors. It always looks like an easy thing to do, but unless the edges of the blades meet at exactly the right angle, you might as well just buy a new pair. The Chef's Choice 500 ...

Since hand honing systems designed for western cutlery don't match up with the acute bevels and hard cutting edges of Global's fine knives, the company partnered with Shinkansen Corporation to create something special. The Minosharp Plus gives Global knife owners a sharpening option simpler and less expensive than a set of ...

DMT's Coarse Grit Diamond Whetstone quickly restores accurate bevels to badly worn blades of tools and knives as well as materials no ordinary whetstone will touch. The diamond impregnated plastic body of the stone is faced with a perforated layer of nickel-coated steel embedded with diamond grit. The combination ...

The Chef's Choice 450 two-stage diamond wheel knife sharpener allows even those chefs who don't like to sharpen knives to work with sharp blades. The bevel it produces and the quality of the cutting edge won't match professional standards, but many good cooks don't care so much about the steel ...

Where this sharpening system will really come in handy is in reworking badly worn and damaged blades. Using the Lansky system, it's possible to hone knife bevels accurately to one of four angles ranging from 17 degrees to 30 degrees. If you don't have the knack of regrinding with flat ...

Combination stones are always partly a great idea and partly a compromise. There's no question that individual stones work a bit better than the flip-over versions, but with a two-sided double grit stone you get convenience and speed. No matter which stone system you choose, if you own Global ...

Many modern high-end knives are built with steel so hard that the edge chips if used improperly. Micro-chips may not cause problems, but visible chips do. To restore a jagged edge, you either need the help of the factory or a special tool and some time to reflect on your mistakes. The ...