The easiest way to conceptualize sharpening a knife with a stone is to break it down into three steps: Get the blade prepped for sharpening. Start the process of sharpening with a stone.

Many chefs prefer a water stone to an oil stone – water is more convenient and facilitates a faster knife sharpening. For this guide, we will be referring to water stones when using the term ...

Sharpening knives at home becomes simple and effective with this easy-to-follow method using a range of sharpening stones ...

When ripping open a box, slicing that piece of rope, or even just whittling some wood becomes a difficulty, it’s time to sharpen your knife. A proper stone sharpening system will include two or ...

The entire contents of the Work Sharp Professional Precision Adjust kit. (Photo/Travis Smola) ...

Most kitchen knives are ideally sharpened at an angle between 15° to 20°. Keeping the angle consistent makes sure that the ...

The best sharpening stones are must-have tools for everyone from the most avid knife enthusiast to the amateur chef. These systems bring new life back into old knives and will allow you to make clean, ...

To sharpen a knife like Lau, you’ll need two whetstones — one for the initial sharpening and one for finishing. Whetstones are differentiated by grit numbers. The lower the grit number, the coarser ...

Care must be taken to maintain a precise angle as you push the knife along the stone. And just to make things harder, most sharpening stones won’t be broad enough to span a blade’s entire ...