Where To Sharpen Knifes

[nokia]

hi CM folks,

I have a couple of blunt kitchen knifes. Anyone know where can i have them sharpened & how much?

Thanks

[KevinHunt]

hi CM folks,

I have a couple of blunt kitchen knifes. Anyone know where can i have them sharpened & how much?

Thanks

If you have a Thai wife (or boyfriend - you never know these days) you shouldn't sharpen your knives.

Other than the street-roaming knife sharpeners I'm not sure where you could get them done, but quite likely Warrorot rd. The question of 'how much?' is easy - a little bit sharp , sharp , and very sharp. If you choose the last option - mind your fingers!!

Edited December 28, 2008 by KevinHUNT

[Nienke]

My staff always sharpens our knives.

I think if you only have 2 or three knives, you can ask at the local market while buying buffalo, pork or chicken meat.

[Tywais]

You might consider getting a wet or dry stone and do it yourself. Keeps having to find a place to do it whenever it goes dull again. I have one that is a sandwich of two stones, one side coarse and the other side finer. I use it regularly and takes very little time. If you haven't used one, you can do a search to find the best technique.

Example: http://hubpages.com/hub/Knife-Sharpening

[adjan jb]

You might consider getting a wet or dry stone and do it yourself. Keeps having to find a place to do it whenever it goes dull again. I have one that is a sandwich of two stones, one side coarse and the other side finer. I use it regularly and takes very little time. If you haven't used one, you can do a search to find the best technique.

Example: http://hubpages.com/hub/Knife-Sharpening

Yes, buy a stone (Everybody must get stones)

And some sharpener for your pencils.

Edited December 28, 2008 by adjan jb

[john b good]

Just buy yourself a "steel"

Problem solved, sharp knives at no cost (other than the price of the steel)

[Blinky Bill]

When you were at wherever it was you came from, what did you do to sharpen your knives?

As other posters have said, buy a stone or a steel and do it yourself.

And now the next question.............Where can I buy a stone or a steel to sharpen my knives? Fer farks sake, they're next to the potato mashers.

[adjan jb]

When you were at wherever it was you came from, what did you do to sharpen your knives?

As other posters have said, buy a stone or a steel and do it yourself.

And now the next question.............Where can I buy a stone or a steel to sharpen my knives? Fer farks sake, they're next to the potato mashers.

and the pencil sharpeners

(But don't use that for your knives. Ask someone first, start a new thread. I can't wait)

Edited December 28, 2008 by adjan jb

[Blinky Bill]

Très bon mon ami.

I think I'll offer my services (for a small fee of course) to hold all the poor folks hands who don't know <deleted> from shinola and take them shopping.

Edited December 28, 2008 by Blinky Bill

[Maccheroncini]

Quick and easy way, I suggest you get one of those Knife Sharpening Steel from anywhere like Central Kad Suan Khaew or Robinson.

[zzdocxx]

I've just been reading on this topic over the last month or so.

The thing is, a steel doesn't exactly sharpen the blade, it straightens out the tiny bends in the edge. But it can work pretty well to maintain a knife that has been sharpened properly.

I was thinking about buying one of those home electric sharpeners, but I'm told they can scratch up the blade so it doesn't look good, if you have a nice set of knives you might not like it.

Lots of info on the web on this subject in general.

[garyh]

My wifes family use a clay pot instead of a stone, there knives are very sharp.

[malcy]

how the hel_l do these people get to chiang mai in the first place ? are they part of an escorted tour that somehow gets abandoned ? potato mashers , knife sharpeners , bangkok posts , shoe laces , bottled water ?????? help me jesus..

[john b good]

how the hel_l do these people get to chiang mai in the first place ? are they part of an escorted tour that somehow gets abandoned ? potato mashers , knife sharpeners , bangkok posts , shoe laces , bottled water ?????? help me jesus..

I don't know whether you have actually ever been to Chiangmai but sometimes it is like looking (when searching for what might seem to be be the commonest item in the world) for a needle in a haystack

So to mitigate all the traipsing around it (the forum) is / can be, a very handy tool in locating something that is really not all that common in the realm.

You mention "shoe laces" well I have been here since the early 90's and I have never seen shoe laces on sale anywhere (despite asking on a number of occasions) albeit that I haven't had the need to look for some time.

Edited December 29, 2008 by john b good

[Bill97]

how the hel_l do these people get to chiang mai in the first place ? are they part of an escorted tour that somehow gets abandoned ? potato mashers , knife sharpeners , bangkok posts , shoe laces , bottled water ?????? help me jesus..

And how can they get out/be gotten out of Chiang Mai?

[garyh]

how the hel_l do these people get to chiang mai in the first place ? are they part of an escorted tour that somehow gets abandoned ? potato mashers , knife sharpeners , bangkok posts , shoe laces , bottled water ?????? help me jesus..

I don't know whether you have actually ever been to Chiangmai but sometimes it is like looking (when searching for what might seem to be be the commonest item in the world) for a needle in a haystack

So to mitigate all the traipsing around it (the forum) is / can be, a very handy tool in locating something that is really not all that common in the realm.

You mention "shoe laces" well I have been here since the early 90's and I have never seen shoe laces on sale anywhere (despite asking on a number of occasions) albeit that I haven't had the need to look for some time.

I found shoe laces at the first place I looked the local shoe store on Lamphun, they wheren't on display though I had to ask for them. Lucky my wife can ask them as if had to it would not be so easy.

[malcy]

how the hel_l do these people get to chiang mai in the first place ? are they part of an escorted tour that somehow gets abandoned ? potato mashers , knife sharpeners , bangkok posts , shoe laces , bottled water ?????? help me jesus..

I don't know whether you have actually ever been to Chiangmai but sometimes it is like looking (when searching for what might seem to be be the commonest item in the world) for a needle in a haystack

So to mitigate all the traipsing around it (the forum) is / can be, a very handy tool in locating something that is really not all that common in the realm.

You mention "shoe laces" well I have been here since the early 90's and I have never seen shoe laces on sale anywhere (despite asking on a number of occasions) albeit that I haven't had the need to look for some time.

shoe laces john ? you could try asking in a shoe shop mate , there are many scattered around chiang mai they are the shops with shoes on display in the window . try central or airport plaza, although to be fair to yourself there were not that many around chiang mai in the early 90 s .

[Puwa]

Summary of answers to the original question: "I don't know."

[adjan jb]

We haven't seen the OP for a while now. I hope he didn't severe his fingers.

[Blinky Bill]

We haven't seen the OP for a while now. I hope he didn't severe his fingers.

I hope he didn't severely sever several of his fingers also mon ami.

Edited December 29, 2008 by Blinky Bill

[adjan jb]

We haven't seen the OP for a while now. I hope he didn't severe his fingers.

I hope he didn't severely sever several of his fingers also mon ami.

Otherwise the sequel to "Where To Sharpen Knives?" might be "Where to get 4 of my fingers re-attached to my body?".

IMO Ram Hospital is the best place. They do nail polishing as well.

[KevinHunt]

We haven't seen the OP for a while now. I hope he didn't severe his fingers.

I hope he didn't severely sever several of his fingers also mon ami.

Otherwise the sequel to "Where To Sharpen Knives?" might be "Where to get 4 of my fingers re-attached to my body?".

IMO Ram Hospital is the best place. They do nail polishing as well.

I know a guy who lost all his fingers in a chain saw accident. He managed to get to a hospital and they asked him why he didn't bring along his severed fingers as they may have been able to re-attach them.

He told them that he had thought of that but the problem was ...

he couldn't pick them up!!

[adjan jb]

We haven't seen the OP for a while now. I hope he didn't severe his fingers.

I hope he didn't severely sever several of his fingers also mon ami.

Otherwise the sequel to "Where To Sharpen Knives?" might be "Where to get 4 of my fingers re-attached to my body?".

IMO Ram Hospital is the best place. They do nail polishing as well.

I know a guy who lost all his fingers in a chain saw accident. He managed to get to a hospital and they asked him why he didn't bring along his severed fingers as they may have been able to re-attach them.

He told them that he had thought of that but the problem was ...

he couldn't pick them up!!

And last but not least, as Kevin Hunt kindky reminded me, Ram gives free water.

[KevinHunt]

We haven't seen the OP for a while now. I hope he didn't severe his fingers.

I hope he didn't severely sever several of his fingers also mon ami.

Otherwise the sequel to "Where To Sharpen Knives?" might be "Where to get 4 of my fingers re-attached to my body?".

IMO Ram Hospital is the best place. They do nail polishing as well.

I know a guy who lost all his fingers in a chain saw accident. He managed to get to a hospital and they asked him why he didn't bring along his severed fingers as they may have been able to re-attach them.

He told them that he had thought of that but the problem was ...

he couldn't pick them up!!

And last but not least, as Kevin Hunt kindky reminded me, Ram gives free water.

Who told you about my Kinky side? I've been trying to keep it secret for years and now it's all over the web!!!

I'll have so many weirdos coming in now I may have to change it to the Pink Lion.

Thanks a lot!!!

[nokia]

Summary of answers to the original question: "I don't know."

Hey folks,

thank you for all your interesting answers.

I can get a stone or a steel but the problem is that it's difficult to get the sharpening angle right.

Sometimes, the knife gets sharper, othertimes, more blunt.

Alternatively, i could get purchase a few more new knives instead?

Cheers!

[adjan jb]

Alternatively, i could get purchase a few more new knives instead?

Nice to know you're doing fine (with all your fingers still attached to your body).

That said, if you need some advice about new knives, I'm afraid you will have to start a new thread. It's a whole different story.

[Samuian]

My wifes family use a clay pot instead of a stone, there knives are very sharp.

same, same, I use the unglazed part of the back-rim of a plate, wet it a bit with my fingertip and water and woosh....

never heard of knives to have a good look, I use mine for cutting and carving certainly not for looking at them on the catwalk,

always use the brushed blade type,everything else... well ... whatever!

[Blinky Bill]

Hey folks,

thank you for all your interesting answers.

I can get a stone or a steel but the problem is that it's difficult to get the sharpening angle right.

Sometimes, the knife gets sharper, othertimes, more blunt.

Alternatively, i could get purchase a few more new knives instead?

Cheers!

There are few tools more dangerous than a dull knife! It'll slide when you want it to cut, and it'll cut when it stops sliding--usually when it hits your hand. Ask ten different people how they sharpen their knives, however, and you may get ten different answers. Not only that, but each of these ten methods are all sworn to be the best by ten venerable trail guides from ten mountain towns (who've all been sharpening knives since they were knee-high to a carpenter ant and don't you forget it buddy). What's a poor soul with a dull knife to do? You can start with this tutorial, which will lead you out of the tangled thicket of knife-sharpening opinions.

Choose your stone

First, there's the question of whether or not to use a liquid on the sharpening stone. A fiery debate rages on this issue, and you'd better figure out which side you're on, so you're not mistaken for the enemy and accidentally shot. Some stones are marketed as specifically for wet and dry uses, so keep the following points in mind as you shop around.

One school of thought insists that using oil, water or saliva helps "float" the tiny metal shavings away from the stone when the blade is being sharpened.

The other camp demands that using any type of liquid just clogs up the pores of the stone (which ruins the stone forever) and only polishes the blade, rather than grinding it.

The method below works with both dry and wet stones.

Recreate the basic edge

If you were to peer at the point of a nicely sharpened, multi-purpose knife blade, it would look something like Figure 1. You'll notice that the blade is actually beveled to form the final edge, but you won't create that bevel just yet. First, you'll form the basic edge, which is a little simpler in shape, as we see in Figure 1A.

One of the key points of knife-sharpening is maintaining constant angles between the blade and the stone. There are two: the angle between the blade and the edge of the stone, and between the blade and the surface of the stone.

Place your flat, medium-grit stone on the table in front of you. Lay the blade flat on the stone at a 45 degree angle, as shown in Figure 2. This 45 degree angle is the first of two angles.

Grasp the knife by the handle. With your index finger along the back of the blade, raise the blade off the surface of the stone at a 20 degree angle, as shown in Figure 3. This is the second angle.

Keeping the edge of the blade in contact with the stone, firmly and carefully draw the knife towards you. This action will grind the blade from hilt to point. Maintain the 45 degree angle, and the angle that you've raised the blade off the stone.

Apply medium to light pressure as you're drawing the edge across the stone. (For the sake of comparison, zero pressure would have the knife blade resting on the stone without you touching it.) Apply a little pressure or a bit more, depending on how old the knife is, how many times you've sharpened it, and the current condition of the edge. A very dull edge will require more pressure.

Turn the knife over, and repeat the process. If you keep the knife in the same hand, you'll be pushing the blade away from you this time. It's important to maintain the same angles on both sides of the blade. Go slowly and alternate strokes on the stone until each side of the blade has been stroked several times. A very dull knife will need a few more strokes than a better kept one.

Create the final bevel

Now that you have a basic edge on the blade, it's a time to create the final bevel. This will strengthen the edge, so that it stays sharp longer and is less prone to be damaged by everyday use. You'll create the bevel simply by repeating Step 1, with two modifications: use a fine-grit stone, and raise the blade a bit higher off the stone (the second angle) when you draw it across.

Place your flat, fine-grit stone on the table in front of you, and lay the blade flat on the stone at a 45 degree angle, as you did before.

Grasp the knife by the handle. With your index finger along the back of the blade, raise the blade off the surface of the stone at a slightly greater angle than before--maybe 25 to 30 degrees. See Figure 4.

Keeping the edge of the blade in contact with the stone, firmly and carefully draw the knife towards you. This action will grind the blade from hilt to point. Hold the 45 degree angle, and the angle that you've raised the blade off the stone, as constant as possible. Again, apply medium to light pressure as you're drawing the edge across the stone.

Turn the knife over, and repeat the process. Alternate strokes again until each side of the blade has been across the stone several times--about five strokes for each side should suffice. The pressure that you apply while drawing the blade across the stone should get progressively lighter with each stroke.

At this point you should have a pretty sharp knife. You can test it by holding a piece of paper vertically, and drawing the blade across the edge and down. A sharp knife will cut the paper.

And next you may choose to do a course in basic first-aid.

Edited December 30, 2008 by Blinky Bill

[garyh]

We haven't seen the OP for a while now. I hope he didn't severe his fingers.

I hope he didn't severely sever several of his fingers also mon ami.

Otherwise the sequel to "Where To Sharpen Knives?" might be "Where to get 4 of my fingers re-attached to my body?".

IMO Ram Hospital is the best place. They do nail polishing as well.

I know a guy who lost all his fingers in a chain saw accident. He managed to get to a hospital and they asked him why he didn't bring along his severed fingers as they may have been able to re-attach them.

He told them that he had thought of that but the problem was ...

he couldn't pick them up!!

And last but not least, as Kevin Hunt kindky reminded me, Ram gives free water.

Who told you about my Kinky side? I've been trying to keep it secret for years and now it's all over the web!!!

I'll have so many weirdos coming in now I may have to change it to the Pink Lion.

Thanks a lot!!!

You want wierd and kinky, try calling for Kevins brother Mike.

[Blinky Bill]

You want wierd and kinky, try calling for Kevins brother Mike.

You must be a comedian.