Sharpening Made Easy is out of Print. Ocassionally copies turn up on eBay and Amazon.
Knife Sharpening School Video
Our Sharpening School Video takes you through the essentials of our
sharpening school. The video is professionally photographed and
edited, you can watch straight through or use the menu to jump
directly to any of the 22 chapters.
Sharpening School Video also includes a set of annotated notes
from our sharpening school, a copy of our How to Start Your Own
Knife Sharpening Business booklet, and a copy of our book Sharpening
Made Easy.
In person sharpening instruction is no longer available, but check out other instructors on the School page.
Website Contents
This is the first outline of what would later become our book.
- Chapter 1 - Introduction, Sharpness Testing, Knife Sharpening Equipment; Stones, Guides and Rod-Guided Systems; Recommended Books on Knife Sharpening
- Chapter 2 - Knife Sharpening Equipment continued; Crock Sticks. Slot Gadgets, Electric Sharpening Machines
- Chapter 3 - The Knife Sharpening Process: How to Sharpen a Knife. Common Mistakes, Conventional and Multi-bevel Methods, Honing, Using Oil or Water
- Chapter 4 - Advanced Stuff - Knife Steels, Knife Sharpening Theory, Stropping, Using Steels, Electric Machines, Sharpening Ceramic Knives Tables: Mohs Hardness Scale, Abrasive Grit Comparison, Suppliers
- Chapter 5 - Miscellaneous Stuff - Knife Sharpening Methods, Professional Knife Sharpening machines, Miscellaneous Sharpening Information
- Chapters 1, 2 and 3 were printed in the June and July 1999 issues of Knife World as A PRIMER ON KNIFE SHARPENING.
- Check out my information page for 100+ more pages on knife sharpening.
Notice:
I am retired from retail knife sharpening. Thank you for your past business.
Friends and Family, you know how to reach me.