What is the easiest (and cheapest) way to sharpen a knife?

Question

I'm not a kitchen guru or a foodie, so my needs are very simple. What is the easiest way to sharpen a knife? Also, serrated knives?

Answer 1

Just file your knife on the back of any porcelain bowl or plate.

Answer 2

I usee two types of sharpening equipment. Much depends on how dull a knife is when I start. I employ a soft washita whet, Yes Whet, not wet. stone to start the process. the most difficult part of this is keeping a consistant angle. After the stone process I use a spyderco triangle set of crockery sticks. The gray stones are more coarse, and the white stones are for honing to a razor edge that will shave your arm hairs. I constantly keep the blade wiped off and check the edge in a bright light in the edge. Dull spots will appear white and need to be addressed again, until you can not get a reflection.

Answer 3

Purchase a sharpening steal at your local store. Wal-Mart usually has one. Another is a hand-held sharpener with a v-groove sharpener at the tip. It's shaped like a pistol grip and has a guard around your fingers. Mine was around $5. It makes knives razor sharp in about 5 swipes. serrated knives require a special stone with edges contoured for specifically sized serrated knives.

Answer 4

You can try a sharpening stone,first the course side then the smooth side.This takes alot of practice to get it right.Then use a sharpening steel to align the edge.Try a knife that you don't mind damaging first because you will by not knowing what your doing.Practice,practice....

Answer 5

try going to a local meat/butcher shoppe and ask them if they do knife sharpenings. you can normally get them for like 4 or 5 dollars a knife and normally will last you a year or so.

Answer 6

try using an iron skillet.just slide it at an angle on both sides until it is sharp enough for you.this will not work for serrated knives though.good luck

Answer 7

a sharpening stone,is the cheapest.

Answer 8

try doing it in cement floor it really works or try doing it with another knife!

Answer 9

by using a used sandpaper (emery paper)

Answer 10

use a large flat knife rock.........