Knife Sharpening with Patrick Roerhman | Pantry Chat

Join me in this Pantry Chat episode with Patrick Roherman from @MTknives as we discuss all things sharp.

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - Chit Chat
9:35 - About Patrick
13:08 - Why Sharp Knives are Important
17:24 - The Safety of a Sharp Knife
20:53 - How to Get Started
23:53 - Inspecting Knives
25:55 - Rusty Knives
27:27 - Sharpening Methods
32:23 - Sharpening Stones
36:29 - Correct Direction (Pushing or Pulling)

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[SdW.]

This came at a perfect time! I was just thinking about how I need to learn the skill of sharpening properly to make my life easier and safer.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Much love from the Midwest US 💖

[malaisity]

Dad used oil stones with pull the blade, flip, stroke away, stem to stern, back and forth until there was a certain gleam along the top edge.

[christinesanford]

Im.a Realtor in SW Missouri and am seeing ALOT of folks looking for land for homesteading. During the last two years real estate boom, California, Michigan, ect..moving to our conservative area. 🤺🇺🇸🙏

[sheliadean]

Thank you for sharing this information with us

[tracischeppert]

I love in SW Missouri and Denali water is putting at least 5 tanker trucks full of waste water per day in lagoons within 5 miles of is only done by Denali so we don't know whether its safe or not

[thiagoassumpcao]

About the edge leading vs trailing debate. It's a matter of personal experience. I know a few people that get amazing results with trailing. For me this way is harder to clean the burr, it tends to keep a microburr that you can't feel but will rip paper towel.

Best results I've seen with edge trailing were with about 40 degree high passes or a single 90 degree pass to clean burr and then a few alternating trailing strokes to make the edge finer. You need to know when to stop or a microburr will form again. I'm curious how he does tree topping on trailing, too bad didn't show the technique.

I have more experience with edge leading. To get good results edge leading you need well flattened stone or abrasive will impact on the edge. There is no need for high passes, just edge leading and low pressure gets amazing results. I can shave hair or cut paper towel on any stone, even 36 grit dressing stone.

[malaisity]

I'm having a hard time with angles. The change from the flat of the babe to the angle of sharpness is so slight. How do you keep the angle as you work?

[nancyhjort]

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ― Abraham Lincoln

[marilyn]

Was hoping for a visual sharpening of a knife. 😢

[theozarktrekker]

Cue the “Tim the Tool Man grunt.” 🔪🔪🔪

[raymondpierce]

to muck problem talk not enough problem solving words