Knife sharpening - how sharp is too sharp?

[Anonymous No.11866072]

>Be the only person in my family that is capable of getting an edge on a knife
>none of that sandpaper-on-the-counter or tiny ass stone or diamond hone BS.
>take off all the dings and divots on my belt sander.
>finish her up with 1500 grit on the belt sander and 2500 grit tempered glass adhesion for the final edge.
>Oh anon, I love it so much, I've cut my fingers like 10 times already?
Come on mommy.

[Anonymous No.11866080]

>>11866072
It isn't about sharpness it is about proper tool use. People who don't use them correctly will get cut. That is all there is to it.

[Anonymous No.11866089]

>>11866080
but do they get used to unsharp knives and accommodate it somehow? Because for me personally, regardless of the sharpness I'm not putting my fingers anywhere near the edge.

[Anonymous No.11866100]

>>11866089
>but do they get used to unsharp knives and accommodate it somehow?

Only because they use it improperly. If you use it properly, you know right away that it needs sharpened. Even if you don't sharpen it, you don't change the types of cuts you perform or how you perform them. If you've never been taught how to use a knife then you can easily have serious bad habits that are made worse when you have dull knives to work with.

[Anonymous No.11866161]

My not so sharp knife has prevented a lot of injuries.

[Anonymous No.11866268]

>>11866080
how do you actually open up a coconut?

[Anonymous No.11867540]

>>11866268
Easy, just hit it like this. The holes on the end should be oriented so they look like a face.

[Anonymous No.11867623]

>>11867540
I'd make another hole in the mature coconut so you can drink the water without having to stop to let air in.

[Anonymous No.11868357]

>>11867623
I think the hole he pokes is actually the easier one to poke out. If you can get to poke out a second then go for it.

[Anonymous No.11868427]

Ah, those countless tiny cuts one's first true sharp knife provides.

[Anonymous No.11868603]

>>11866268
Use the back of your knife and whack it around the equator, it will literally just break in half.

[Anonymous No.11869403]

>>11866080
>>11866089
>>11866100
When people say a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one it's taken out of context. It's true for people who know how to use a knife but most people don't and just slowly saw through stuff whilst their fingers are nowhere near the blade. I know if I used a dull knife properly that it would catch and slip straight on to my fingers. Having said that I sliced the end of my finger one new years day when I had to get a chili started when I was still drunk and wated to go back to bed

[Anonymous No.11869529]

>>11869403
This is a mess of a post. Simply, learn to use a knife properly and it won't matter if it is dull or not, you'll never injure yourself on it.

[Anonymous No.11869585]

>>11869529
If I was dicing an onion in someone elses kitchen I wouldn't try to do it as fast as I could using my own knife as that obviously wouldn't work. People's cheap knives that they never sharpen aren;'t going to bite in to an onion

[Anonymous No.11869688]

>>11869585
Sharpness has nothing to do with proper knife skills.

[Anonymous No.11869799]

>>11869688
when did I say it did you illiterate cunt

[Anonymous No.11869963]

>>11869529
that's a mess of a picture
way too specific, makes no sense at all

[Anonymous No.11870002]

>>11869529
The post is 100% true though. You are just too autistic to imagine hypothetical situations by putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. You probably have trouble with intimate relationships in which you do not control and dictate everything because the other person can’t stand your autism for long enough to stick around.

[Anonymous No.11870087]

>>11869963
It looks like someone’s insecurities about their masculinity distilled in a comment about camping gear. Kind of dark if you imagine where that person is coming from. Most likely a future child molester.

[Anonymous No.11870302]

>>11869799
>>11869963
>>11870002
>>11870087
Found the anon with the absentee father.

[Anonymous No.11870344]

This thread is now banned and reported to the UK internet safety commission. Cheerio and God bless the Queen

[Anonymous No.11870513]

>>11870302
great, what we need most of all is yet another cancerous internet subculture

[Anonymous No.11870526]

>>11870513
It is just an /out/ meme.

[Anonymous No.11870543]

>>11870526
Damm, it’s been years since I saw that template

[Anonymous No.11870556]

>>11870302
>autistic fixation on how improper use of tools relates to an absentee father
>unironic MGTOW

[Anonymous No.11870570]

>>11866072
There's nothing wrong with how you sharpen your knife (with a belt sander), it's probably going to mean you go through knives faster though.
If you're okay with that, keep on going.

[Anonymous No.11871238]

>>11870556
>that's the joke.gif

[Anonymous No.11871775]

>>11870556
You'd be amazed by what fatherless retards get up to when exposed to youtube.

[Anonymous No.11871780]

>>11871775
>>11870556

[Anonymous No.11871817]

>>11871775
>>11871780
Fucking hell, you got any more?
It hurts

[Anonymous No.11871945]

>>11870087
>Kind of dark if you imagine where that person is coming from
it's /out/. that anon is definitely coming from /out/

[Anonymous No.11872123]

What are good grits to start with? I have cheap knives that I want to work on.

[Anonymous No.11872206]

What's a cheap but usable sharpening stone found worldwide? I'm probably going to mess it up so I'd rather not go for quality right off the bat.

[Anonymous No.11872294]

>>11871817

[Anonymous No.11872301]

>>11872123
>>11872206
Just get a couple 2-sided whetstones in 400/1000 grit & 3000/8000 grit. If you are working with abused knives with terrible nicks and damage, where the edge needs redone, get a fine bastard file and make a file jig for it (pic).

[Anonymous No.11872936]

>>11866072
>1500 grit on the belt sander
It is really easy to overheat your blade with such a fine grit anon, much easier than with a rough grit. Also, use a cotton cloth or hard felt buffing wheel with buffing compund for the final finish or bevel and bladeface (works amazingle well for deburring too). A buffed bladeface and bevel have a huge impact on stiction, your knife will fall through food with a 60 or 80 grit rough finish and then thorough buffing. That works like thousands of microscopic Kullens/divots.

[Anonymous No.11872953]

>>11872936
>the final finish or bevel and bladeface
OF bevel and ....