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Message: <blockquote data-quote="T34r1tUp" data-source="post: 1859175" data-attributes="member: 14269">i enjoy sharpening my knives. if you spend some time on them you can get a razor sharp edge.i would go to steves tools or harbor freight and get the diamond sharpening stones. they have different grits.those quick sharpeners like the snap on one you were talking about can give it an edge but its to abrupt. what you want is the blade to gradually thin into an edge. like when the blade is new you can see and feel where the blade starts to become an edge. you want to smooth that factory edge out. start rough and lay the blade almost flat nice smooth strokes. . you have to thin the blade first. then you move up to the finer grit stones you start to give the blade more of an angle to polish it into an edge.you can pick up most new knives and run the blade across your hand putting no pressure on it and it will not cut you. i dont recommend you try that with any of my knives tho.</blockquote>