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Sharpen Your Knife in Under 5 Minutes

Name: Sharpen Your Knife in Under 5 Minutes
Uploaded: 2025-04-30T11:04:48+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Justin Rhodes
Description: In this brief instructional dialogue, two participants demonstrate how to sharpen a knife quickly—under five minutes—using a Naniwa 400‑grit whetstone…

30 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief instructional dialogue, two participants demonstrate how to sharpen a knife quickly—under five minutes—using a Naniwa 400‑grit whetstone. Speaker B explains the importance of working the blade in sections, especially for longer knives, and emphasizes a smooth, efficient motion with minimal wasted effort. The conversation highlights the practical mindset that personal satisfaction with the result is the ultimate goal, rather than over‑engineering the process. The demo includes a couple of passes on the strut and records the total time (approximately 5½ minutes), illustrating that a high‑quality edge can be achieved rapidly with the right technique and stone.

One reason I haven't been sharpening my own knives is because I thought it would be labor-intensive, but turns out you can do it in under 5 minutes.
But still—
okay, so we're at 723. What stone is this?
This is a Naniwa 400 grit. Work in sections since this is a longer blade. Get that next stone out. You can tell that this one sounds a lot smoother. This is the most efficient. You know, there's no wasted motion. People get into the weeds on things. That really aren't that important. I always tell people, you do, you do what you want to do. If you're happy with your results, good. Am I out of time?
5 and a half minutes.
I'll go ahead and give her a couple passes on the strut.
Wow, 179.