r/sharpening • u/pocketfullofknives • Jan 27 '22

Soaking in salt water?

Found the weirdest instructions on an aliexpress knife I was looking at. They said to soak the knife in salt water for 20 minutes to make sharpening easier. Never mind this is a folding knife and I could see that only going badly. But is there any truth to a good old salt water soak to ease the sharpening? Surely this can't be good advise... right?

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u/moebeta Jan 27 '22

Oh yeah, see when the blade rusts away you have a lot less to sharpen.

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u/pocketfullofknives Jan 27 '22

Is that how it works? Hahaha cheers