There are a wide variety of knife sharpeners out there, but not everyone knows how to properly use a knife sharpener in order to get the best performance out of their blade. If you’re trying to figure ...

I remember my dad giving me my first Barlow pocket knife as a child. I still have it. It is also still sharp because he taught me how to sharpen a pocket knife it on the same day, along with a strong ...

I got my first pocket knife when I was five years old, and it didn’t take me long to say, “Hey, this thing doesn’t cut so well anymore.” However, it was several years before I got serious about ...

Do you have some advice on purchasing a really good knife sharpener for a friend? Before you choose a knife sharpener, you need to know what type of knives your friend has. Japanese style and European ...

—it’s a dull knife. Once that blade is dull, it forces a person to misuse a knife, resulting in problems. Traps don’t get carved right. Meat doesn’t come off the bone of your deer right. And, in ...

Some people devote their whole lives to learning everything there is to know about making and sharpening knives. These craftspeople are called bladesmiths and can rattle off facts about steel, heat, ...