http://www.whatgeekseat.com/wordpress/2007/01/12/keeping-the-knife-sharphow-to-use-a-steel/ eating and thinking in Wisconsin Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:49:59 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.whatgeekseat.com/wordpress/2007/01/12/keeping-the-knife-sharphow-to-use-a-steel/comment-page-1/#comment-288 HA Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:55:59 +0000 http://www.whatgeekseat.com/wordpress/?p=106#comment-288 The Youtube honing video is quite good but the Alton Brown thing is a disaster. One should never never NEVER use a process that creates that much heat (so as to produce sparks!!!), this RUINS the metal. Knives must be sharpened using cool water to reduce the heat created by the friction. For the proper technique, and a great service, visit http://www.holleyknives.com/ The Youtube honing video is quite good but the Alton Brown thing is a disaster. One should never never NEVER use a process that creates that much heat (so as to produce sparks!!!), this RUINS the metal. Knives must be sharpened using cool water to reduce the heat created by the friction. For the proper technique, and a great service, visit http://www.holleyknives.com/

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