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...does that make me ineligible for this channel?

A while ago, I bought a purpose built knife sharpener appliance, on impulse, immediately, after seeing an ad. The sort of response that advertisers dream of. Have not regretted it. Dull knives are annoying to work with.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Sharp knives are incredible. My sister in law once asked me "did you sharpen these knives recently?!". It was the greatest compliment I've ever received.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Excellent dad joke

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What we have here, gentlemen, is your classic catch-22

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Idk. His sharp wit is what really might disqualify him

[–] hactar42 6 points 3 days ago

I need to so bad, but I can't find my sharpening stone. Which means it's time to clean the garage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did it work? How were the results? I've seen knife sharperners on sale for the holidays.

[–] multicolorKnight 5 points 3 days ago

It works better than doing it manually, for me at least, and requires not much skill or patience, which means I will do it often enough.

[–] lettruthout 3 points 3 days ago

It appears that your wit is sharp!

[–] MinorLaceration 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Which sharpener did you use and do you recommend it?

[–] multicolorKnight 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Work Sharp something or other, and, yes. We have a fancy set of knives, it's a shame to let them go bad. I try to avoid looking like a product placement, but since you asked...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My wife bought me a work sharp something... it uses belts instead of wheels and is amazing for my pocket knives (most knives really)!

I use a more traditional wheel type one for the kitchen knives because I heard the more beveled edge from the belt one wouldn't hone as well (and I'm too lazy to constantly sharpen).

[–] MinorLaceration 1 points 3 days ago

I was looking into that one. I currently have a work sharp kit that uses stones on an arm. I don't like that it ends up sharpening in an arc causing the sharpening angle to change across the length of the blade.

[–] slazer2au 1 points 3 days ago

Same here mate.