I just bought an old vintage stiletto but its dull as hell. I’m wondering how to sharpen it correctly (without screwing up the blade). I have a regular kitchen knife sharpener but don’t know if I should use that. Any ideas?
No its like a long block with like a "V"shaped area to run the blade down.

I’m trying to sharpen my pocket knives (there are two of them) but I can’t find the knife sharpener that came with our kitchen knives. Are there any household objects that work well for sharpening a knife?

I’ve had this knife (Meyerco Camp USA Blackie Collins 440 steel) for a while, and I’ve tried sharpening it with wet stones, ceramics, and a kitchen knife sharpener, with no luck. I’ve considered that maybe I’m just doing something wrong, but I have/had other knives with 440 blades and I’ve sharpened them easily. I know there are different types of 440, but should that make that much of a difference? It doesn’t say what type it is, just that it is. I also can’t find any information on the knife, since I don’t have a model name or number for it.

I bought this titanium dive knife and it isn’t very sharp and I’d like to get a nice edge on it. Can I use the knife sharpener in my kitchen knife block?

My wife has threatened divorce if I get any more but this is what I have

1 stand mixer
1 blender
1 hand mixer
1 stick blender
2 food processors (big and small)
1 toaster
1 pasta machine
1 crepe maker
1 cotton candy machine
1 crock pot
1 wine chiller
3 juicers (not my fault…..wedding gifts or shower gifts)
1 electric skillet
1 fully automatic ice cream machine
1 freezer bowl ice cream machine
1 microwave
2 refrigerators
1 spice grinder
1 bread machine
1 electric smoker
2 drip coffee makers
1 espresso machine
2 electric perk coffee makers (one huge and one 10 cup)
1 electric knife sharpener
1 waffle iron
1 steamer/rice maker
1 vacuum sealer
1 dish washer
1 electric scale

And, I bet somebody is going to put something on their list that I forgot. Is there anybody out there that has a more ridiculous list than I (and trust me, half of my list is a waste).

i have an old dagger, from like wwII, an its really dull, and i wana sharpen it, so it gets razor sharp, i have a honeing stone, and a knife sharpener that just makes em’ duller, i have a 2-stage manuall dimond hone, that works really well, but it still anint that sharp, how do i sharpen it more?
i dont wana kill anyoe wit it, i just wana like, ba able to cut weeds an bamboo, and stuff.

I recently caught the high end pocket knife bug. I bought myself a small Chris Reeve Sebenza pocket knife a few weeks ago and it has gotten a little dull. I tried to sharpen it on an old sharpening stone my grandpa gave me and being unexperienced at sharpening, not only did it seem to make my knife more dull then it already was, it also put a few ugly scratches on the side of my nice knife.

Anyway, getting to the point… I ordered a nicer Spyderco knife sharpener online but I’ve noticed in a few youtube instructional videos that a lot of people use a leather strop on their knife after they sharpen it. I was wondering if I needed to go order a leather strop. What does the strop do for me?
@Colonol: It’s a Small Sebenza. So far it’s the only knife I have other than an old buck knife.

I was wondering what the best options were for a pocket knife sharpener. I bought that gerber sharpener thing but it seems to dull the knife more that sharpen it.

it is a antique knife sharpener that has a seat and foot pedals and you pedal a stone wheel to sharpen a knife

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