If you’ve started researching guided knife sharpening systems, you’ve probably discovered that there are many options available. Some systems are designed primarily for maintaining an e
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Which Sharpening Stones?
If the sharpening philosophy you embrace leads you the road of manual sharpening with stones, the inevitable question is Which sharpening stones? As we all know, the default answer to any sharpenin
Jende Poly Emulsion and Kangaroo Strop Review – By Korean Knife Repair
In this video, we take a closer look at the performance of the Jende Industries 1 Micron Poly Diamond Emulsion paired with a 210×70 Kangaroo Leather Strop. The review begins with an unboxing a
Sharpening a Boning Knife
Boning knives are the bane of any sharpener, both guided and freehand. The slight flex is easy enough to deal with, but the recurve and bolster portion of the blade is the stuff of nightmares on a
Repairing a Crack in a Knife – Nakiri/Slicing Cleaver
During the sharpening process, we discovered a small crack/hairline fracture near the edge of this slicing cleaver / Nakiri-style knife. To avoid a more serious structural failure in the future tha
Knife Thinning & Sharpening Process
It’s Christmas time at a local market, and we’ve been busy sharpening knives! A customer brought us a set of three matching Asian cleavers/fish knives, and while working on them we noticed some
Sharpening a Wusthof Fillet Knife – by Jende Industries
Fillet knives can already be difficult to sharpen because of their thin, flexible blades, and adding a bolster into the mix makes the process even more challenging. In this video, we sharpen a Wust
Jende Industries JIGS for Knives (Guided Knife Sharpener) – Setting the Angle for Sharpening
The Jende Industries Guided Sharpener – or JIGS for Knives – is designed to be simple to use. This video by our friends in Australia show how easy it is to find your sharpening angle by
Sharpening Oboe and Bassoon Guillotines and Gouger Blades by Jende Industries
While the blades used in reed-making tools such as gougers and guillotines are typically manufactured from steels that are considerably harder than those found in most reed knives, they are still s
Jende IP 65 Waterproof Digital Angle Cube – TESTED!
Since the Jende Industries Guided Sharpener (JIGS for Knives) is designed with a dishwasher-safe philosophy in mind, it only made sense to pair it with a rugged, waterproof digital angle cube. We s