/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5723195]

Best convenience Knife sharpener?

No I am not /out/ I do not want to sharpen my knives with a rock or some shit

[Anonymous No.5723211]

[Anonymous No.5723863]

I found one of these disc-type sharpeners in one of my kitchen drawers. I thought it would be junk, but I tried it anyway just for the hell of it. I was shocked the thing actually worked, got my knives sharp enough to shave hair off my arm. I still prefer my stones, but these little things work great. I'd recommend one of these.

I have the Lansky version of the carbide/ceramic pull-through sharpener. While it seems to be capable of a similar level of sharpness, I haven't had entirely consistent results with it, and I haven't been able to sharpen the knife tip effectively.

[Anonymous No.5723943]

>>5723195

I have that sharpener, it sucks dog dicks.

[Anonymous No.5723993]

>>5723195
Just buy dozens of cheap knives, then whenever one gets dull throw it away.

[Anonymous No.5723998]

>>5723195
these things work pretty good for a pocket knife but there are two things you should know.

1. If you are a limp wrist you will slice your finger with it.

2. It devours the steel from a knife as quickly as nogs are devouring sweden.

[Anonymous No.5724114]

>>5723211
This, or a lanskys or a wicked edge or a paper wheel grinder(razor sharp brand name i think) and the spyderco sharpmaker

[Anonymous No.5724115]

>>5723211
>$300

Or just get a Lansky kit for $40

[Anonymous No.5724135]

>>5724115

how fine do the lansky stones get?

[Anonymous No.5724170]

>>5724135

Deluxe 5-Stone System:
-Extra Coarse Black Hone (70 grit) for re-profiling the bevel grind
-Coarse Red Hone (120 grit) for edge reconditioning
-Medium Green Hone (280 grit) for sharpening and less frequent touch-ups
-Fine Blue Hone (600 grit) for most frequent touch-ups to keep your blade paper-slicing sharp
-Ultra-Fine Ceramic Yellow Hone (1000 grit) for polishing the edge for a razor sharp edge

[Anonymous No.5724181]

>>5724170

so about 2k JIS

that's nowhere near "razor sharp" but it's good enough for kitchen use

[Anonymous No.5724194]

>>5724135

Lansky also makes a 2000 grit stone and a leather strop hone.

[Anonymous No.5724198]

>>5724194
and it only 4 preset angle setting and requires you to unattach and reattach a large knife to get the whole blade Plus it cant do microbevels

[Anonymous No.5724255]

>>5724198
>Plus it cant do microbevels

But it can.

[Anonymous No.5724347]

>>5724255
uh no

[Anonymous No.5724360]

>>5724347
Uh yeah. Just move the knife deeper into the clamp.

[Anonymous No.5724361]

>>5724360
lol

[syn !!5auGoPfbzhy No.5724374]

>>5723195
Chefs choice three stage that does western and Asian. You can sharpen your cock with that thing.

[Anonymous No.5724377]

>>5724374
Pleb as fuck.

[Anonymous No.5724875]

>>5723195
convenience sharpeners tend not to work because they don't edge the knife correctly.
Stuff that maintains an edge for you is still going to take a ton of time. If you only plan on sharpening kitchen knives get some high grit sand paper-800 to 2000ish- and tape it to a piece of granite. Make a 90 degree angle with the knife and the surface then half it then half it again and sharpen the knife at that angle alternating sides for 5 to 90 minutes depending on how bad you let the edge get. Drag the knife edge through a piece of wood or something similar. Then sharpen the knife on some newspaper or phonebook paper for about 3 minutes.

[Anonymous No.5724909]

>>5723195
>>5723863
>knife shredders

not even once.

[Anonymous No.5724922]

>>5723863
The quality of those varies from perfectly serviceable to complete garbage that will ruin your knives, and there's no way to know without buying it and trying it out.

[butts No.5725449]

>>5724909
See, that's not once, that's hundreds of times. Do you have a source on that? Was that really from a pull-through carbide sharpener, and not the powered kind with abrasive wheels?
And besides, OP did not ask about general-purpose sharpening, he asked about convenience sharpeners. You can pick up a double sided SiC stone from Winco for less than the disk sharpener I posted. That would be perfectly adequate to keep your knives from developing recurve.

>>5724922
Are you sure you're not thinking of the kind with abrasive wheels? I don't really see how you could mess up a stack of steel washers. But then the only one I've tried is an Ekco from the seventies.

[None !!LJmhaYvxZrl No.5727470]

>>5724377
Sharp is sharp.

I gave it to my seven-year-old nephew and he has started a knife sharpening business in his neighborhood. $3 a pop.

[Anonymous No.5727474]

>>5727470
whyd you take your name off you little bitch?

[Anonymous No.5727477]

>>5727470
>letting little kids sharpen knives
>only charging 3 bucks
sounds like he is just as big a faggot as you, hope he is filing taxes

[syn !!5auGoPfbzhy No.5727478]

>>5727474

Different board, different dishwashers to troll. Sometimes I forget to switch them.

[Anonymous No.5727487]

>>5727478
>so universally hated he has to use different trips on different boards

[Anonymous No.5727495]

>>5727478
oh you are this faggot

I've worked since 1994 in various capacities of campaigns and public policy. I've been either a staffer or a contractor for the presidential campaigns of Dole, W and Romney. I've worked for governors, senators, congressmen, state legislators, city and county officials. I've worked on everything from statewide initiatives down to getting a precinct to approve a gas station.

I've also worked in DC for a lot of special interest organizations.

Anyway, I'm happy to do questions for the next hour or two.

[Anonymous No.5727504]

>>5727477
>hope he is filing taxes
go directly to hell

[Anonymous No.5727506]

>>5727504
but I already live in Obamas America

[Anonymous No.5727523]

None. Convenience knife sharpeners destroy knives. If you even think this is an option, I hate the very essence of your being.

>>5723211
These are the only exception. Except they aren't a gimmicky convenience tool because you actually need, in some way, to know what you're doing. And if you buy one at retail price, you are an idiot. Any engineer -- literally any actual engineer, and I don't mean dumbass engineering students -- with access to tools can make one of these for you at a fraction of the cost. They are not magic. They are, however, incredibly useful. Just don't pay too much for one.

[syn !!5auGoPfbzhy No.5727546]

>>5727487
Something has gone horribly wrong in your life. I hope you find peace someday.

[Anonymous No.5727602]

>>5723195
but rocks are the best sharpening medium

[Anonymous No.5728086]

>>5727506
HAH!

[Anonymous No.5728088]

>>5727523
>any engineer will work for free

kek

[Anonymous No.5728095]

>>5728088

Who said anything about free? You probably have a friend with the appropriate skills. Buy 'em a six pack and offer to help. Problem solved.

[Anonymous No.5728153]

>>5728095

Yeah I do, they're all either in different states or a different country so it wouldn't be cost effective

Do you ask your lawyer friends for free legal representation? Buy them a 1978 ridge monte bello ;)

[Anonymous No.5728164]

>>5728153
>Do you ask your lawyer friends for free legal representation?

For simple advice, sure. To formally represent me? No. You wouldn't ask an engineer to design you a car for free but a simple project like helping you make a knife sharpener is a different thing altogether.

[Anonymous No.5728192]

>>5723195

Smith's JIFF-S 10-Second Knife and Scissors Sharpener

less than $10

have one of these in my kitchen drawer
works great