Based on the wonderful discussion we had on my gumbo post, I'd figure I ought to do another post in a similar fashion.
It seems that many dramatards completely lack any semblance of knowledge when it comes to the kitchen.
Keeping your knives sharp is a necessity if you plan on cooking anything at home.
For 150 dollars, you can have a great knife, and everything you need to take care of it.
I'm willing to give knife advice to anyone who asks. I feel it's my duty to educate dramatards on (arguably) useful life skills.
Also, unrelated, but wtf is shave butter? I got a walmart online order, and they ran out of the brand of shaving cream I bought. Rather than swapping the brand of the product, they gave me their shaving butter. They were also out of Sam's Purified Drinking Water 
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If I google how to sharpen a knife or type into a jewtube I'll have about a billion results all showing a billion different ways to sharpen a knife
So, what's the best way to do it?
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Whetstones by far.
For most people, a two-sided stone with 1,000 and 8,000 grits is fine. Get a strop as well. Sharpen at whatever angle your knives currently have.
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So I should ditch my 2-stage knife sharpener and go for the whetstone? I've been thinking about going the whetstone route because I'm not crazy about the job the sharpener has been doing. I want to be wowed.
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Whetstones are only good if used correctly.
Don't fall for the meme of looking up whetstone experts on Youtube. They're all essentially the same.
You don't need a nagura stone, don't fall for that meme either. Same goes for a flattening stone.
I like King whetstones. The two-sided 1000/6000 one is great. Store it dry and out of sunlight, and soak 5 minutes before use. Splash more water on it as necessary.
Get a strop (any brand will do), and strop every knife after using them. I only sharpen once a month.
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What kind of strop? Leather? One of those weird paddle ones?
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Paddle strops are leather
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Spyderco sharpmaker if you have no idea what you're doing, it's much easier to keep a steady angle that way and they include everything in the kit for a pretty low price. If you're not a poor, there are some pretty nice jigs that clamp and guide the knife and will give you a perfect edge every time for a few hundred dollars.
Diamond, shapton, arkansas, or ceramic stone if you're familiar with sharpening knives and tools. Don't buy any sort of porous/soft stone (japanese waterstones, india stones, SiC, etc) unless you're a professional because they'll make you hate sharpening.
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