I need some holiday gift ideas (that I will probably gift to myself as well)!

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    31 year ago

    I also recommend a honing rod; a good ceramic one will run you 40 dollars or so. Takes some skill to use, but it will change your life. Your blades need to be realigned.

    It differs from a sharpener in that a sharpener takes material off the knife. You should hone every few weeks; sharpening should come once or twice a year. Sharpening too frequently will a noticeable reduction in the knife’s physical size relatively quickly (not that it still wont cut).

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      11 year ago

      Hrm, my sharpener has two ways to use it, one that takes material off and one that doesn’t.

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        11 year ago

        I would be interested in seeing what kind it is. A lot of sharpeners have both coarse and rough whetstones.