How To Sharpen A Knife In About 5 Minutes With ONE Stone | EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FAST! 2023
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended by commenters who say its practical, scientific explanations finally taught them how and why sharpening works.
What it is
A beginner-focused tutorial on freehand knife sharpening with a single stone, aiming for a shaving-sharp edge in about five minutes.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2025 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec B-Con · 2025-10 · on “Tinkering is a way to acquire good taste”
Knives are a great example. Any chance it was this guy? [this video] I've watched like 3 hours of his videos on sharpening because he's pragmatic, approachable, and scientific, and now I actually understand how to sharpen a knife and why it works.
Strong rec IAmBroom · 2026-06 · on “The anxiety of the perfect loaf: the illusion of culinary precision”
Off-topic: what finally allowed me to gain the ability for high sharpening on a whetstone was watching a YT video of a master at the craft who worked slowly [0]. He wasn't one of those chefs doing the whoosh-whoosh-whoosh and it's sharp off a hone, nor even on the stone. He stared and concentrated and carefully made each pass. That leads to a lot of idiocy out there. I've twice handed knives to (amateur) others only to find them duller after "sharpening" than before. One had a hone; the other had a diamond-grit stone. The muscle memory to keep your edge at the same angle through the draw along a curved knife face takes a looooong time to perfect. He didn't trust in it; he always watched and
Recommends czl · 2025-09 · on “Ultrasonic Chef's Knife”
Pull through sharpening creates an edge that does not last. This channel has great explanations about this and what to do instead: [this video]