The amount of information on sharpening knives and videos of the process is overwhelming. With so many people interested in this wonderful skill, it would be nice if we could find one, trustworthy place to come and gather useful information in an effort to learn to sharpen a knife by hand. This is the underlying […]
Hello and welcome to the fifth lesson of the Knife Planet Sharpening School. This lesson is about sharpening single bevel traditional Japanese knives. It is an important lesson, which is why I asked Jon to create the video. Jon has studied the technique in Japan and I learned to sharpen these knives by watching his […]
In this 4th lesson of the KnifePlanet Sharpening School I want to talk about something that changed my sharpening life, it enabled me to make knives sharper than they have ever been and it is an uncomplicated process. Lesson #4: Sharpening Pressure Levels Explained The 4 Levels of Pressure As you may already know, I […]
Welcome to Lesson #3 of KnifePlanet’s Sharpening School. If you missed the previous Lessons, you can find them here. Today we will talk about thinning a knife. Jon’s thinning video provides and excellent visual guide and explanation on why thinning a knife is necessary and the technique that is used to perform this very useful […]
Hello, It’s Peter Nowlan and in this Second Lesson I will discuss the very basics of sharpening, the fundamentals, and I will stress how beneficial the understanding of these will be to your own sharpening progress. This second lesson includes the article and the video. In case you missed it, here’s the first lesson. [toggle title_open=”Close […]
My name is Peter Nowlan and I am the owner and sharpener of New Edge Sharpening located in Nova Scotia, Canada. I started sharpening knives by hand decades ago and I served thirty six years in the Royal Canadian Navy. The fact that I started my sharpening journey back before I joined the Navy means […]
