What's the best way to sharpen my kitchen knives!?

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Some idiot in my house has been using one of my Global knives on a glass surface :( I came to use it today and the blade is so screwed and i had to use effort to cut things :eek:

So what's the best way to sharpen these knives?


Thanks!
 
One knife against the other, sharpens both at once :)
 
Global do a version of the sharpening steel but it is made from ceramic, I use it on my Global knives after Jan has blunted them on plates etc. :bang:
 
Get a steel - you should really sharpen your knifes before and after every use - just a couple of 'swishes'.]

If they are really blunt you may want to take them somewhere to get sharpened.
 
Wail til steelsmith next comes down t'road and calls from hoss n cart, 2/6 for knifes and 4/6 for scissors.
Dean:)
 
Take them to your local butcher, he will do them for you, (might charge you) but it's worth it. That's where I take mine when I can't get a nice edge any more. :)



I get grumpy when I can't do something.



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Because its a Global, a normal Steel wont work, you'll just end up damaging your knife.

I used the Shinkansen Minosharp with mine
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Although I think mine is overdue a proper sharpening on a wetstone.
What you need is the 1000/5 ceramic whetstone...
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Then the pink 5000/5 to finish it off :)
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and a set of these
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to help you get the correct 12.5 degree angle or whatever it is.

I could do with finding somewhere in Manchester who sharpens Globals. Mine needs doing badly.
 
I think i'll stop other people using it :/ Just one use by someone else and it's going to cost me £30+ to correct!
 
Yeah, forgot to say you need to keep them away from it.

Glass board...I can hear the knife crying from here :lol:
 
Knives are for girls,

An AXE is what you want !!!!!!!!
 
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mate, by the sound of it your knife is in desperate need of TLC.

you can send them away to global to get re-edged, which is your best option, or use the wet stone, pictured above, but takes ages,
glodal use a fairly fragile metel and it isnt really recomended for most stones,

using a steel wont re-edge it, its only really good to give it a light sharpen.

get a pro to look at it dude,
or go in your shed and get it on the bench grinder...but use a very fine stone
 
The question is, do i have a go at my housemate and tell her just how much trouble she has caused! :lol:
 
No, you hack at her hand with your damaged knife.

When she screams in pain, say "If you hadn't damaged the knife, these cuts would be alot cleaner, quicker, and less painful...you only have yourself to blame"*



* Disclaimer, don't actually do this
 
Marcel said:
No, you hack at her hand with your damaged knife.

When she screams in pain, say "If you hadn't damaged the knife, these cuts would be alot cleaner, quicker, and less painful...you only have yourself to blame"*



* Disclaimer, don't actually do this
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:lol::lol:

I use a diamond steel on mine, bit of work to get a damaged edge back but it can be done.
Caught the other half using one to prise a lid of a tin the other day! :shrug:
 
Marcel is on the money. I use the Shinkansen and wet stones as well. I'd never use a steel on them to be honest as you'd never get the right angle on the blade.
 
birdy961 said:
Caught the other half using one to prise a lid of a tin the other day! :shrug:
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:eek:

I use the Minosharp too, recommended for use with Globals and much, much easier to use than steels or whetstones.
 
I have a global knife and use a the global dual whetstone on it. Although this is mainly because I got the G7 which has 1 flat side of the blade and one angled, which rather annoyingly means you can't use these minosharp things!! Should've thought of that.

But Whetstones are the way forward, steels are just for honing the edge once you've used the whetstone. Also get a ceramic steel if you're going to get one.
 
I was told never to use one of those rod sharpner things on global, only use a wetstone. The rod "thing" that global do is meant for chefs that would need a quick fix during the working day. Wetstone or nothing he told me, oh and only 1 person to ever sharpen them too as that can screw it up as well apparently
 
I just sharpen mine on an a wetstone, starting off on the coarse side if need be and finishing off on the fine side, and then I finish off on an old leather belt the way the barbers sharpen their cut-throat razors and only when it can cut newspaper edgeways on is it sharp enough:D
 
Galaxy66, is that a Global knife though? The edges of Global knives are edged to a particular angle of 12 degrees or something, so have to be sharpened a certain way.
 
Marcel said:
Galaxy66, is that a Global knife though? The edges of Global knives are edged to a particular angle of 12 degrees or something, so have to be sharpened a certain way.
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Sorry Marcel I should have mentioned in that post I just have ordinary inexpensive kitchen knives, but if I can get them sharp enough to cut paper edgeways they will do the job for me :)
 
Yeah I could do with doing that with my other knives :)

Although with my Global, I'd only get it done properly to the correct recommended angle.
 
Knives are for pussies
get one of these, carves the joint a treat, use it as a toothpick when your done eating
make a few quid on the side doing the odd vasectomy or "spaying" too
all in all the best a man can get, better than a Swiss army knife and if used sensibly shouldn't need sharpening either :thumbs:
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i like the henkels but prefer my globals, they seem a little lighter to use.

another vote for the minosharp sharpener too, it's quick and easy.
 
Galaxy66 said:
Sorry Marcel I should have mentioned in that post I just have ordinary inexpensive kitchen knives, but if I can get them sharp enough to cut paper edgeways they will do the job for me :)
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with u there Galaxy66 seams like cheep knifes are the way to go mine are sharp as i love them :)
 
I just use my Granddad's old Sabatiers and a good steel...
Scares the crap out of my flat-mates...lol
 
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