@[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-squareKrudlerlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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 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