
Tool and Knife Sharpening
07/12/2017
That steel rod you have in your drawer to run your kitchen knife across, trying to look like a Teppanyaki chef, is not sharpening your knife, it is honing. Honing straightens the blade edge on a microscopic level and extends time between sharpening, but it is not a substitute for sharpening. Likewise, you need to maintain your tool edges. Not everyone will have wood gouges; but most will have lawn mower blades, wood chisels, and perhaps lathe tools. You should sharpen your lawn mower blade at