Sharpening a knife

[Kine262]

Okay, so what am I doing wrong?

I’m trying to sharpen my fishing knives using a stone but no matter how much I try, I just can’t seem to get a sharp edge to them.

I’ve used oil on the stone, I’ve sharpened both sides, I’ve used the stone on the knife, the knife on the stone, I’ve pushed away, across and towards me but no matter how much I try I can’t get a sharp edge.

Anyone got any advice that doesn’t involve too much piss-taking?

 

[Topwater]

Quickest way will be to do a search on YouTube mate. A decent blade and stone are prerequisites though

 

[ouchthathurt]

You’re not alone mate, I tried to sharpen my filleting knife and ended up making it blunter! I don’t so much fillet a fish as tear it a new ar*ehole

 

[Chalton]

Get a lansky sharpening kit looks like a mess but it's a amazing peice of kit

 

[Thrasher]

Buy a good steel.

 

[Tatunka joe]

Angle grinder does the trick ?

 

[nearly70ty]

Look at the angle of the blade and try and reproduce it between the blade and stone your probably making the angle to acute and sharpening the back angle instead of the front of the blade

 

[Landlocked Northants]

Years gone by the proper gypsy would be around, he would sharpen your knives.
These days,the metal is mass produced by machines and the edges are cut by lasers, once there blunt it's a throw away society.
Buy a new one.
As others have suggested, buy Sheffield Steel knives, use a stone and oil, or a sharpening blade.
Good Luck ?

 

[Trampster]

You’re not alone mate, I tried to sharpen my filleting knife and ended up making it blunter! I don’t so much fillet a fish as tear it a new ar*ehole

My filleting knife hasn't had a great deal of use (though I sometimes also use it in the kitchen) but it came in a plastic sheath that has a ceramic sharpener on the end. That seems to work well.

I also bought one of these which seem to work fairly well. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234087793815?epid=2255331645&hash=item3680b84497:g:1WMAAOSwf0Zg0cjN

 

[Trampster]

Get a lansky sharpening kit looks like a mess but it's a amazing peice of kit

Never seen one of them before! Loads of cheap Chinese copies on eBay, and the genuine item listed at £39.70.

 

[Valleyboy]

Depends on the steel the knife is made of and the angle the blade is ground at. Softer blades are easier to sharpen but blunt quicker. Not really a problem if you use a ceramic sharpener. Expensi\/e higher carbon or stainless blades are a bit trickier . A ceramic steel will touch them up for only so long before they need to be reground. consistency of the angle between blade and stone is crucial as is the angle itself. If the edge has gone too far on an expensi\/e knife the best bet may be ha\/e it done by a professional. Plenty of step by step guides on youtube though

 

[Thrasher]

A butcher will only take a knife to a stone when it is blunt to put an edge on it. It will then get honed with a steel. Every cut of so it gets a swipe of two of the steel to keep the edge honed and sharp.

 

[Jonnylongshanks]

As others have mentioned a lansky sharpening tool, it makes it nice and easy to keep the right angle on the blade. I would certainly recommend one. Sometimes the oil stone can get clogged up and needs a clean. I find that paraffin is best to clear it and makes the stone more efficient.

 

[Mr Fish]

I use one of these. Probably horrify the stone and steel purists but it works well and is quick.

Might not be as kind to knives but my filleting knife has lasted years doing it this way

AnySharp Safer Hands-Free Knife Sharpener, Elite, Red

DESCRIPTION - sharpens any kitchen knife safely hands-free- sharpens hardened steel knives - even sharpens serrated knives (bread knives, hunting knives)- hands-free, suctions securely to any flat surface- fits in the drawer, lasts for years SHARPENS DULL KNIVES Save your old knives, make...

www.anysharp.com

 

[Cfish]

Stainless can be a pig,I use a steel to keep an edge

 

[Kine262]

I use one of these. Probably horrify the stone and steel purists but it works well and is quick.

Might not be as kind to knives but my filleting knife has lasted years doing it this way

AnySharp Safer Hands-Free Knife Sharpener, Elite, Red

DESCRIPTION - sharpens any kitchen knife safely hands-free- sharpens hardened steel knives - even sharpens serrated knives (bread knives, hunting knives)- hands-free, suctions securely to any flat surface- fits in the drawer, lasts for years SHARPENS DULL KNIVES Save your old knives, make...

www.anysharp.com

Cheers mate! Ordered! Found one on offer on Amazon for 8 quid.

 

[Mr Fish]

Cheers mate! Ordered! Found one on offer on Amazon for 8 quid.

I think some are better than others, it looks as though this particular design didn’t have a patent as there are several versions.
I bought one from a kitchenware shop for about £15 years ago, and it’s been good, but I think Ollie had a cheap one that wasn’t so good.

 

[Kine262]

I think some are better than others, it looks as though this particular design didn’t have a patent as there are several versions.
I bought one from a kitchenware shop for about £15 years ago, and it’s been good, but I think Ollie had a cheap one that wasn’t so good.

The one I’ve bought is from the Anysharp shop so I’ll be sending it back if it’s not good.

 

[Cfish]

I think some are better than others, it looks as though this particular design didn’t have a patent as there are several versions.
I bought one from a kitchenware shop for about £15 years ago, and it’s been good, but I think Ollie had a cheap one that wasn’t so good.

Lol a bad workman blames there tools???

 

[Mr Fish]

The one I’ve bought is from the Anysharp shop so I’ll be sending it back if it’s not good.

Should be a decent brand. You’ve not lost much anyway.

It’s just so easy, clamp on a hard surface, draw knife through two or three times, job done.

I’ve spent ages with a stone too and barely got an edge on the knife, so I know what my choice is!

Even the filleting knife only cost £50/60 years ago, so if it eventually shortens its life I don’t really care that much!