@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 6 days agoWhat's the most unexpectedly useful item you've ever bought under $20?message-square289fedilinkarrow-up1282
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 days agoHoning doesn’t remove material. If you sharpen too often your knives wear down real fast
minus-squareKrudlercakelinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-24 days 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 days agoOh I thought it just aligns the edge. I guess it does remove an amount of material. But I think it should be a lot less than sharpening
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.
Oh I thought it just aligns the edge. I guess it does remove an amount of material. But I think it should be a lot less than sharpening