How can I sharpen a knife?

A blunt knife is no good in the kitchen. It makes your work slow and frustrating. Sharpening your knife is a way to make your cooking fun, fast and interesting.

There are different methods available to sharpen your knife.

Method 1. Use a whetstone or a diamond stone. Place your knife on the whetstone and work through it with your knife. It works like sandpaper.

Method 2. The sandpaper can be used to sharpen your knife if you have one close by. If sandpaper is out of reach, you can replace it with a nail filer.

Sharpening your knife always can wear out your knife, in order not to wear out your knife, use a honing steel weekly to keep your knife’s edge perfectly straight without worrying about wearing out or a blunt knife.

One of the hardest things that you can work within the kitchen is a dull knife. It is a good thing that you can always sharpen your knife to make preparing your ingredients easier. If you have a knife sharpener, you just need to swipe the sharp edge of your knife a few times until such time when it would be sharp enough to be used for your different food items.

If you do not have a knife sharpener, look for a ceramic mug. This is where you can sharpen the sharp edge of your knife by swiping it a few times. Just remember that this may work better for smaller knives. You need to draw the entire length of the blade across the rough surface to make your knife sharper.

• First and foremost, get a whetstone. Although there are several instruments that can be used that would work perfectly okay in the sharpening of knives, the portability and dependability of whetstone is a joy to behold.

• The next step is to ensure your knife is clean. Remove dirt, grime, and oil from your blade. Apart from that, it will give the knife a cleaner edge; it would also ensure the best possible grip on the blade.

• Next is to use a small splash of water or few drops of oil to lubricate the whetstone, start doing this from the coarser side, and end with the finer side.

• Hold your stone well and put the knife about a thirty-degree angle to it.

• Then start applying even pressure while pushing the blade to and fro on the whetstone.

• Sharpen the opposite sides

• Finally, test the blade by trying to use it to cut through paper.

Knives are a key kitchen utensil to have, to help cut foods like meat, cheese, and fruit. It is important to keep a knife sharp.

If it needs to be sharpened, you may do the following:

• The easiest way is to buy a knife sharpener. These are electric and do not require any work to sharpen it, other than to press a button.

• Another way to sharpen a knife is to use a diamond or a whetstone. Doing this, you will need to scrape the knife against the stone until it is to your liking.

• A honing rod may also be used to sharpen a knife.