[Snowybear]

I know Gordon Ramsey advises to sharpen your knife before you use it, every time. That way it’s always sharp. Simple!

You’re doing it right!

My collection doesn’t stop with knives, I have swords too. Some completely un-sharpened, they were made that way.

-SB

[LonePalm]

There is a BIG difference between sharpening and steeling/ honing.

Sharpening produces the fine cutting edge. With normal use the fine edge can become folded over to one side or the other making it appear that knife is dull. Honing fixes this. Eventually the edge will become so broad that it requires sharpening and the cycle repeats.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)