Thread: Knife sharpening course chch

I'm want to do a knife sharpening course and properly learn how/be confident using a whetstone. I've watched plenty of youtube videos and get my knives reasonably sharp but I have no doubt they could be better. Anyone know of a course locally in Chch where they run you through it in a 'hands on' BYO knife manner?

Good idea.

Give me a yell if coming through geraldine.happy to show you how I do it.may or may not improve your technique.ive made a point of getting it right in last year,no more near enough,just keep at it till it shaves hair off my arm.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Give me a yell if coming through geraldine.happy to show you how I do it.may or may not improve your technique.ive made a point of getting it right in last year,no more near enough,just keep at it till it shaves hair off my arm.

Cheers for the offer, I'll keep it in mind when im heading south

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Give me a yell if coming through geraldine.happy to show you how I do it.may or may not improve your technique.ive made a point of getting it right in last year,no more near enough,just keep at it till it shaves hair off my arm.

Just as a matter of interest, I just used my Gerber replacement blade knife on my first dear. It was beautifully sharp but I noticed that I hit the bone at one stage and carved down the bone. That blade now has a slight 'shimmy' in the edge. As a beginner is this something that I would need to wet stone and then steel? Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by jpurdon

I'm want to do a knife sharpening course and properly learn how/be confident using a whetstone. I've watched plenty of youtube videos and get my knives reasonably sharp but I have no doubt they could be better. Anyone know of a course locally in Chch where they run you through it in a 'hands on' BYO knife manner?

Happy to give you a few pointers on technique if that helps??

A future forum meet & greet maybe....in ChCh?.
Byo knives lol.

Originally Posted by Mrfants

Just as a matter of interest, I just used my Gerber replacement blade knife on my first dear. It was beautifully sharp but I noticed that I hit the bone at one stage and carved down the bone. That blade now has a slight 'shimmy' in the edge. As a beginner is this something that I would need to wet stone and then steel? Thanks in advance.

A steeling might remove it alone... I believe that once a knife is sharp...we steel it to keep it sharp until our steeling creates a wee "shoulder" and we then stone to take it away again. If you hold knife with back edge uppermost you can see light shine along the back.flipped over any dull spots on edge do the same.

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

A future forum meet & greet maybe....in ChCh?.
Byo knives lol.

Definitely something we could do