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rsdsharp

(9,165 posts)

3. Exactly right. A dull knife is far more dangerous.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sun May 30, 2021, 02:59 PM

May 2021

You have to use more force, and the knife is much more likely to slip. AND a cut with a dull knife hurts much more than one with a sharp knife.

Unless you are using a diamond or ceramic “steel”, honing a dull knife won’t sharpen it. Honing realigns the edge of a knife that is still technically still sharp, but the sharp edge is out of alignment. Sharpening requires removing metal from the blade to reestablish to edge.

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Holy Cow! I should have had my knives sharpened long ago! [View all] no_hypocrisy May 2021 OP

What kind? I've bought several but none have Phoenix61 May 2021 #1

+1 CountAllVotes May 2021 #2

Tansung no_hypocrisy May 2021 #4

Thanks hermetic May 2021 #6

Thank you! nt Phoenix61 May 2021 #7

I just ordered one, I was just telling my daughter the other day I needed to sharpen Luciferous May 2021 #14

The two I use the most are the Spyderco Triangle Sharpmaker, rsdsharp May 2021 #8

I have a chefs choice Kali May 2021 #10

Hit proceed to checkout. rsdsharp May 2021 #12

I recently learned we have a chef's choice. My knives are happy soothsayer May 2021 #13

Exactly right. A dull knife is far more dangerous. rsdsharp May 2021 #3

I am curious, as well hermetic May 2021 #5

I swear one of the main reasons my mother hated to cook Warpy May 2021 #9

Have stone honed, steeled, grit wheeled knives for years. A good commercial blade erronis May 2021 #11

I bought a ceramic knife & could not believe how sharp it was!!! CrispyQ May 2021 #15

I find the premise that a razor sharp blade is 'safer' than than a dull one fairly ridiculous Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #16

If it's sharp enough to cut its intended target, it's sharp enough to cut you. rsdsharp May 2021 #18

The only time I ever cut myself badly was with a dull knife csziggy May 2021 #20

It's safer probably most of the time when you're using it for the intended purpose Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #21

Oh - I am very cautious when handling sharp objects csziggy May 2021 #22

And it's those kinds of incidental contact accidents that I'm saying are much more likely to Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #23

Those injuries tend to be just pricks - I do worse when I am stitching needlework! csziggy May 2021 #24

Totally agree! Just look at a brand new knife and you get cut:) Laura PourMeADrink May 2021 #25

There's a professional knife sharpener Retrograde May 2021 #17

Buy a steel and I think you'll find you don't need them sharpened often Major Nikon May 2021 #19