Are your knives sharp enough?

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@mrki444 (15149)
Croatia (Hrvatska)
June 19, 2020 1:08pm CST
Knives are a very important part of cooking and food preparation. They allow us to easily and accurately cut foods if they are sharp. If they are not, they can ruin the shape of the food or slow down cooking preparations. Are your knives sharp? How often do you sharpen them?
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@Adie04 (17360)
20 Jun 20
For me, I like the 90% sharp. Since I'm living in dormitory, I don't want to risk myself and other housemates to get injured while using the knife.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 Jun 20
How much knifes you have?
@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 Jun 20
@Adie04 Don't kill each other.
@Adie04 (17360)
20 Jun 20
@mrki444 for me, only one. Another housemate also have one. And other housemates also..
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
19 Jun 20
Your post reminds me to go to a guy who will sharpen my knife. I bought a knife about 3 months ago, it was very sharp, but recently I found out that it is not sharp anymore. I need someone to make it sharp again.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Jun 20
Do you have some shop where you can bring it?
@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 Jun 20
@Miss_Leafy There is probably somebody who do that.
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• Colombia
19 Jun 20
@mrki444 I need to look for it first.
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
4 Jul 20
Luckily for me, my husband always makes sure our knives are well sharpened. I hate doing it because the noise goes through me LOL
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
5 Jul 20
@mrki444 Yes, we have a small machine that my husband uses
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Jul 20
You have your own machine for sharping?
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
5 Jul 20
@Lushlala How old are your knife?
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jun 20
Vince has a steel and uses that to sharpen our knives.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jun 20
@mrki444 No, it a round piece of steel which has a surface a bit like a file. He works the knife up and down the steel to sharpen it.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 Jun 20
Manual work on some machine?
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 Jun 20
@JudyEv I think I know what you talk about. I will send image later.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
26 Jun 20
@mrki444 Our knives are sharp enough but you are right. Not having a sharp enough knife can be irritating from trying to cut things accurately.
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• Perth, Australia
26 Jun 20
@mrki444 That is true! It's also hard to cut into a full watermelon too. Well it is for me if the knife isn't sharp enough. Otherwise I struggle quite a bit.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
26 Jun 20
@VivaLaDani13 Where do you sharp it?
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
26 Jun 20
It is problrm for cookies.
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@KityCat (7735)
• India
19 Jun 20
Yes , sharp enough for lag free cutting .
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Jun 20
How about about for meat?
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@KityCat (7735)
• India
19 Jun 20
@mrki444 good enough , we usually get the meat cut from the butcher itself , so not much cutting required .
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Jun 20
@KityCat And white bread?
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@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
24 Jun 20
I have a sharping rock and use it when the knifes get dull.
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@TheHorse (220105)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun 20
I never sharpen my knives, alas. But I do have a saw in the kitchen. It's great for slicing sourdough bread.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Jun 20
Do you replace it with new ones when they can't cut it anymore?
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
11 Jul 20
Hubs is in charge of keeping my knives sharp. You're right!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
12 Jul 20
@mrki444 I have no idea. I saw him sharpening one about two weeks ago.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
12 Jul 20
When did he last time sharp it?
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
10 Jul 20
Not quite as sharp as I'd like but at least my husband has that job.
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@NJChicaa (120059)
• United States
19 Jun 20
I just bought a brand new set. The block that holds them sharpens them every time you put them in or take them out.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Jun 20
Great. I hope it will last. It is not easy find quality set now.
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@thelme55 (77168)
• Germany
19 Jun 20
Yes, it is still sharp enough for me to use.
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@thelme55 (77168)
• Germany
22 Jun 20
@mrki444 I think more than 30 years. I have a lot of them.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
22 Jun 20
@thelme55 And you never had to sharp it?
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
21 Jun 20
How old is knife?
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• Semarang, Indonesia
22 Jun 20
I dont have sharpener tools of knive, but i sharpening my knife with my kitchen tools, that is plate stone... i think this tools doesnt exist in others country. Only in my place . Just rub the knive with the edge of this tools... tadaaaa... the knives is going to be sharper again
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
22 Jun 20
We don't have plate stone so we bring it into shop.
@rhuenz (10643)
4 Jul 20
I liked to use sharp nice too. It is easier to cut something or to do the work.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Jul 20
How often do you sharp knives?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
19 Jun 20
More people cut themselves badly with blunt knives than with sharp ones. A sharp knife will cut cleanly where it's wanted and with little effort; a blunt knife needs much more pressure and is much more likely to go off course and slice your finger instead. Learn how to sharpen knives properly and do it frequently!
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