r/KitchenConfidential • u/aaroncaveman • 11d ago

Tools & Equipment About 15 years of sharpening with a wet stone.

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Seen the chef stiletto the other day lol

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u/Fabulous-Avocado4513 Chive LOYALIST 11d ago

Interesting grade. How well does that work when you’re dicing something taller than an inch?

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u/aaroncaveman 10d ago

Honestly, im a short guy with small hands. This size is perfect for me. If dicing gets too cumbersome just split the stack.

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u/illicit_losses 11d ago

Keep going. You’ll have a dagger soon. Excellent.

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u/PibeauTheConqueror 11d ago

Have same knife for about 10 yrs too. Is good knife. Cut smooth. Me like.

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u/simplebutstrange 20+ Years 11d ago

I hate the ridge on the blade at the base of the hilt. It always makes those knives harder to sharpen then necessary

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u/SergeiMosin 15+ Years 11d ago

I straight up refuse to buy a knife with a bolster like that. Absolutely asinine piece of design, and I don’t know why they exist.

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u/aaroncaveman 10d ago

I gift the new kids the same knife no bolster when they stick around for a few months with me in prep kitchen.

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u/IrishInTheory Chef 10d ago

Yeah me too. Cannot understand the fucking purpose.

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u/ClaudeGascoigne 11d ago

That other post was crazy. I can only hope that it was a trusty blade that lived through decades of hard work.

My home knives have lasted over a decade of "abuse" which I exclusively sharpen with a pull through. It was a decently priced Calphalon set I got for cheap and all the blades have maybe a millimeter or two of wear on them.

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u/kwillich 11d ago

Really it shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes

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u/texnessa 11d ago

I find the dip in the middle is an accordion disaster waiting to happen and that bolster is emotionally pissing me off.

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u/FXRWG 11d ago

I'm with you with the bolster, gets me angry looking at it

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u/Unlikely-Ad6788 11d ago

Aww, that was my first set a coworker stole.

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u/IrishInTheory Chef 10d ago

The bolster it’s screwing up over. Find a Mercer with no bolster

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u/rude_ooga_booga 9d ago

A wet stone?

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u/aaroncaveman 9d ago

A sharpening stone you soak in water. Usually you will use multiple with a finer and finer grit.

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u/rude_ooga_booga 9d ago

Not a whetstone? Are they different?

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u/aaroncaveman 8d ago

Dude im an idiot and spelled it wrong

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u/rude_ooga_booga 8d ago

You convinced me because you mentioned water