How often should I be sharpening my knives, anyway? And can that honing rod that’s been sitting in my knife block for years ...

Sharpening is the practice of aggressively polishing a knife to reform its edge. You'll only need to do this for very dull knives. In the process, bits of metal are actually shaved away.

The lesson is that a dull knife is a worthless knife. This is why you need a knife sharpener. So, the cure for what ails you is a sharp knife. But no matter how good the heat treat on the blade, or ...

That’s because most tools that get pressed into service as an electric knife sharpener are bench grinders and rotary tools. In my sharpening business, I’ve seen dozens of knives that needed rehabbing ...