As with any kitchen tool, what you put in is often what you get out: A little over $10 can get you measurable improvements to your blade, while spending a lot more will get you a knife sharpening ...

First and foremost came performance: how sharp was the knife after sharpening, and how long did it take? I pulled a variety of different knives, from small paring knives to large chef’s knives ...

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While there are lots of knife sharpeners on the market to save you from such a fate, sharpening stones have been used for millennia with the earliest proof of them being used dating back 3.3m years.

However, if you want to save money or use a more inventive approach, there are other ways to taper this tool back into shape. There are all sorts of sharpening methods that hone scissors using common ...

This is due to the Mercator Projection, a type of map dating back to 1569, introduced by Geradus Mercator. Described as a cylindrical projection which is derived mathematically, the horizontal ...

At the beginning of the 2009 coarse fishing season, a poll by the Countryside Alliance revealed angling to be the number one participant sport in the UK. With its popularity continuing to rise for ...

As far as routine chores go, we put sharpening knives on par with flossing. We all know we should be doing it more frequently than we probably are. Proper maintenance of your blades makes for ...

I still sharpen my main knife, a santoku, with those waterstones—and an old razor hone I picked up years ago on eBay, for the final polish. No machine can create quite as perfect an edge as hand ...

Greg Baker is a chef, restaurant consultant, and writer with almost 40 years of experience in the industry. As an expert in outdoor cooking, Greg has written more than 30 articles on grilling and ...