RECOMMENDED:
Sharpening Made Easy: A Primer on Sharpening Knives and Other Edged
Tools
by Steve Bottorff Copyright January 2002
Knife World Publications ISBN 0-940362-19-8 Softcover, 96 pp. $ 9.95
sharpeningmadeeasy.com
The Complete Guide to Sharpening by Leonard Lee
Taunton Books ISBN 1-56158-125-9 $ 22.95
Better than my book, but at more than twice the money! Mainly about
sharpening woodworking tools. Great technical material with electron
microscope photographs. Includes one chapter on knives. Also
available in hard cover.
An Edge in the Kitchen by Chad Ward
All about knives from selecting to sharpening to using.
ISBN 978-0-06-118848-0 $34.95
ALSO OF INTEREST:
The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening by John Juranitch
Warner Books 1977 ISBN 0-446-38002-4 $ 19.95
Good information, but of date, and basically a manual for the sharpening
system he sells.
Available from https://www.razoredgesystems.com/
and some knifemaking suppliers
Sharpening Basics by Patrick Spielman
Sterling Publishing ISBN 0-8069-7226-2 $ 9.95
Good chapter on knives, but way off on the angles involved.
Sharpening - The Complete Guide by Jim Kingshott
Guild of Master Craftsman Publications ISBN 0-946819-48-3 $ 17.95
Good theory, but very little on knives.
Step by Step Knifemaking by David Boye
covers sharpening with a belt grinder and buffer, as well as manual
sharpening and stropping.
Water Cooled Grinding and Sharpening of Edge Tools by Torgny Jansson
The Tormek Manual
Sharpening - Techniques for Better Woodworking by Nick Engler
Rodale Press ISBN 0-87596-584-9 $ 19.95
Only 1 1/2 pages on knives.
Sharpening with Waterstones by Ian Kirby
Cambium Press ISBN 096439993-8 $14.95
Mostly for woodworkers with 3 pages on knives, but more on waterstones
than I've found anywhere else.
Secret Trade Revealed by Graham Stuckey
www.knifesharpest.com
A nicely detailed explanation of knife sharpening based on his
home-made Grambo sharpener.
Sharpening Secrets of a Pro by John
Juranitch
Popular Science February 1977
Woodworkers Supply catalog
WoodCraft catalog
The Japan Woodworker catalog
The Gun Digest Book of Knifemaking by Jack Lewis and Roger Combs
has a good chapter on sharpening.