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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Knife sharpener.

Your knives aren't bad, they're dull. A knife sharpener will make every knife you own good as new (and it's cheaper than any single knife as well)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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).

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which model would you recommend?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Get a sharpening stone, brand doesn't matter imo. I have one with 1000 grid for rough sharpening and 6000 grid for making it really sharp. It does require some learning tho.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And my knife sharpener, get a whetstone. It's kind of therapeutic and you get sharp knives

[โ€“] eclipse 1 points 1 year ago

As other comments have alluded to, a sharpening stone is a far better investment and only takes a half hour to learn.

Even if you do a bad job it'll likely be a better result and better for your knives. Most sharpeners absolutely destroy knives and take far too much material off.

1000 grit is a good place to start.