Well, a lot of times what feels like a dull edge is really a thin edge that's curled to one side or the other, so a "sharpener" that straightens out that edge can make the knife "sharper" and function better.
So that's my dream. That and some stuff about cigars and a tunnel.
Faith ,'Get It Done'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Beverly - May 17, 2011 3:39:59 pm PDT #8590 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Liese S. - May 17, 2011 3:52:56 pm PDT #8591 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I hmphed at Alton Brown and went to see what the internet said, and huh. There are a lot of people who spend a lot of time sharpening knives. I did not know this.
Anyway, I am apparently content with the level of sharp my implements are. I suppose we should have them sharpened.
Cashmere - May 17, 2011 4:18:07 pm PDT #8592 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Honing is different than sharpening but it makes knives last longer between sharpening.
Amy - May 17, 2011 4:21:59 pm PDT #8593 of 30001
Because books.
S. just uses one of those round metal stick ... things.
Jesse - May 17, 2011 4:35:41 pm PDT #8594 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's honing, Amy.
YAY good-news people!
sarameg - May 17, 2011 4:41:31 pm PDT #8595 of 30001
Oh day.
I didn't get home for good until 9.
Though a really crazy series of miscommunication, turns out MK's been on the wrong (not bad wrong, just not as effective wrong, not what they wanted him on wrong) insulin. It's a combo of misunderstandings/telephone-game/misplaced sheet at checkout at the clinic and me not pushing back because I thought I understood. ANYWAY, upshot is MK is on a newer!better! insulin and they didn't charge me for the insulin or the bloodwork, since they were part of the error. And one of my favorite techs (lisah: Kendall) offered to drop by my house to deliver the insulin (made more sense for me to wait for him at the vets' since he was coming from the westside, vet is central and I'm east, but it was appreciated.) Honestly, I see how it happened, and I was a part of it.
And now I'm laundering towels. MK peed on the first one at the vet, then pooped on the one the tech gave me a BLOCK from the vet's. Classic.
I've been up since 5fucking30. And the last half of the workday was a total clusterfuck.
le nubian - May 17, 2011 4:42:00 pm PDT #8596 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
honing? divining?
dcp - May 17, 2011 4:57:40 pm PDT #8597 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
one of those round metal stick ... things.
Honing steel, or sharpening steel, or just a steel.
Amy - May 17, 2011 4:59:40 pm PDT #8598 of 30001
Because books.
Honing! Gotcha. Although it would be funny to make him try and divine water with it.
Liese S. - May 17, 2011 5:07:59 pm PDT #8599 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I told you guys the water company came out with a divining rod when we asked them to mark where the water lines were during our house build, right? The SO was all, "What is he doing!?!" and our builder looked out and was all, "Oh, witching for water."