I've tried a lot of different kitchen knife sharpeners, and this cheap one is my favorite

True, but I’ve always assumed the repetition of the same post over and over is to benefit the Amazon Affiliates links.

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Yet you did it proper.
Good job!

Stones people.
Honing steel if necessary.
Anything else is bullshit.

It’s not a hard job.
Get the proper tools and learn to do it right.
Help out friends/family/neighbors and share the knowledge!

C’mon boingboing, you makers are smarter than this.
Sometimes shortcuts/inferior tools have a place.
This isn’t one of those times.

I’m an ex tally boner and work in a professional kitchen.
Anyone who advises against a stone (or grinder if you must take off some shoulder first) is only exposing their ignorance about knife sharpening. Don’t listen to 'em.

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This.

I make custom knives. If you can’t be bothered to learn how to sharpen a knife on stones, and you want to have nice quality (and safe) knives, find a friend who knows how to sharpen knives, or periodically hit up a sharpening service.

It’s really not that hard, but does take a bit of practice to get used to holding a proper angle on the edge.

Buy a set of stones. Get one of your old dull knives. Watch some youtube videos. Practice until you can get your knife to cut wet paper towel cleanly…

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