Edison2@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhat's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?Edison2@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareBackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWhat’s the point of the hone?, I thought knife sharpeners like the Rada did the same thing as a hone?
minus-squareLeet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoHoning doesn’t remove material. If you sharpen too often your knives wear down real fast
minus-squareKrudler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoHoning does remove material. It shears off the ragged edge grains, and presses the other grains into alignment. Anytime you use a hone, you can run your fingertips along the knife edge and gather the removed grains of material. It’s a very small detail but to say that a hone does not damage a knife or remove material isn’t 100% right.
What’s the point of the hone?, I thought knife sharpeners like the Rada did the same thing as a hone?
Honing doesn’t remove material. If you sharpen too often your knives wear down real fast
Honing does remove material. It shears off the ragged edge grains, and presses the other grains into alignment.
Anytime you use a hone, you can run your fingertips along the knife edge and gather the removed grains of material.
It’s a very small detail but to say that a hone does not damage a knife or remove material isn’t 100% right.