Knife sharpening is one skill I have never been good at. My Dad’s childhood friend Mister Y, I’ll call him taught me a couple of things. He taught me how to figure out what part of the knife needed sharpening. You take the knife out in the sun. Stand facing the sun. Hold the knife out in front of you and rotate it towards you and away from you.
Hold it like this, Knife up
Knife down
The sparkling bits are rough spots that need to be ground out. I tried taking pictures outside to show you the sparkle but my camera kept taking fuzzy pictures.
He also taught me how to sharpen knives with a Dremel style rotary tool. Hold the knife still and move the tool. My small hands hurt afterwards. It is a skill that will take practice.
