BLADE’s Guide to Sharpening Knives

Learn How to Sharpen a Knife Like a Pro!

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Sharpening may be the most elusive of the so-called simpler tasks in the addictive pursuit of all things knife.

For one, how exactly do you do it? Should you use some kind of angle guide, from a “V”-type sharpener, a pull through, one of the conventional clamps with assorted angle guide settings, or something else altogether? What about electric sharpeners, belt-type models and other automated approaches? There are also steels and, of course, the tried-and-true bench stones—all have their adherents, and all can be used to apply a sharp edge to your favorite knife.

Each of these approaches and more are the focus of BLADE’s Guide to Sharpening Knives.

From serrated edges to kitchen knives, military knives to plain edges, EDC knives to recurve blades, hunting knives to combo edges, machetes, axes and more, if you’ve got a blade, the Guide showcases a sharpener that will either touch up the edge or help apply a new one.

• * 48 pages