/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Learn to use a whetstone. I have a couple, one full size I keep on my countertop and two minis. Pic related is what I use at work and after dropping it and shattering off the end, I bought a replacement, but haven't used that as this broken one still gets the job done.
I usually just hone my blades with the fine side, but if I need to seriously sharpen my knife, I dab it with some oil (you can buy honing oil, or use water if you don't have anything else, I use the same butter-flavored soybean oil I cook with lmao) and grind my blade with circular motions at a shallow angle with gentle pressure. There's ways to make sure you're getting the optimal angle, but I've always just had to develop a "feel" for it, so all I can tell you is to just keep practicing.