A dull blade requires extra force and is harder ... Karl Frentz: It’s trickier. To sharpen a serrated knife, you sharpen only half—the flat side, not the serrated side. It’s tough at home ...

Chisels are an ideal tool on which to begin your sharpening education, especially if you have some that are really beat up, ...

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Other types of knives, like a hunting knife or a serrated knife, will need a different kind of sharpening kit or sharpening tool to combat a dull blade.

Flip the knife over and sharpen. Step 4: Polish The Blade Switch to a finer grit stone and repeat the above steps to polish ... In between sharpening, you can use a honing rod to preserve the edge.

We tested popular manual and electric knife sharpeners from Anysharp, Global, Lakeland and more to see how well they could sharpen a dulled knife edge. Our tests revealed a big difference across ...

The manual, German-engineered Zwilling V-Edge Sharpener deserves a mention, too, for its ultra-precise sharpening of both Western and Japanese blades. The best knife sharpeners, like this electric ...

Like any blade, the sharpness of a hoe will deteriorate over time and with use. A dull hoe not only makes gardening tasks more difficult, but can damage plants as well. Sharpening a hoe is easy to do ...