Thank you for the video. I will say that that higher the grit of the stone, the less you have to soak the stone. If you put the stone in water and no bubbles are released from the stone, then you don't need to soak the stone further. Most of the higher grit stones that above 1000 grit don't require any soaking. You just splash the stone with water. Another thing to mention is that you want to have the bevel to be equal on both sides of the knife to ensure you have a 50/50 edge. I typically sharpen all of my knives to 18 degrees. Also, the removal of the burr is important which is something you didn't say. You need to slide the blade across the burr to remove it or you can strop the knife with leather or a steel.
@eeeeeek2 жыл бұрын
why is removing the burr important?
@YushangChen2 жыл бұрын
Disagree, I never seen anyone they sharpen the knife use the exactly same way, but the only ting they need to care is the result, and not all the knife needs to be sharpened both side equally. Actually many Chinese and Japanese knives keep one side more straighter than other side.
@annggl37582 жыл бұрын
Yeah totally agree with you on the stropping / deburring part. It hurts me how many times I saw people grind knives to 10000 grits yet not strop them. IMO veg-tanned leather + stropping compounds usually give the best result.
@loldddddgt13222 жыл бұрын
Some chinese knives have an uneven edge on purpose with some going as far as to sharpen only one side. Usually the knives are sharpened at a steeper angle on one side and a greater one on the other.
@LhLeo2 жыл бұрын
Not like people would do 50/50 on a Japanese knife either, I’d say that this is a fair treatment to a Chinese cleaver since the max sharpness go off so quick anyway you wouldn’t want to waste time on finding a wood peg. Also no typical Chinese person would care enough to do all steps nor use foreign knives(especially that this is a Chinese chef channel) anyway, so for Chef’s wang’s own sake, just be teaching them in his own steps should do just fine. Gotta be honest though, these steps suck and they should rather find others For Japanese knives sharpening really though, people should just watch another video
I do have an electric knife sharpener with 2 stones..in time it's become boring to sharpen my knifes 😏..i will probably do it tomorrow... need to cook something for Easter 🙂 Some lamb with plenty of vegetables...
Chef, electric appliance, in a metal sink, with running water - that is asking for an electric shock. Don't do that, if the grinder develops a fault, it could be the last knife you have sharpened when you touch it. It is much safer to take the wheel off, soak it in the water and then reinstall on the grinder, without getting the water anywhere near the electricity. What you are showing is very dangerous.
@hbfdfgjcyk5552 жыл бұрын
I'm sure he's aware of this risk but the grinder is probably waterproofed appropriately and designed to be used that way
@JanCiger2 жыл бұрын
@@hbfdfgjcyk555 Uhm, that I seriously doubt - it looks like a normal workshop grinder, the mains cable grommet certainly doesn't look waterproof and the power switch is right next to the running water. Not to mention that the motor needs cooling (normally it runs faster than in the video) - and those motors are air cooled. Kinda hard to waterproof that ... And even if it was waterproof - the point is that if the machine develops a fault due to a worn-through insulation or something breaking, you could get mains directly onto the sink and your wet hands - while you are standing there, possibly on a wet floor. That *will* hurt even if in the best case the fuse/breaker pops because part of the current goes through the sink into the earth. In the worst case, if the sink isn't earthed or is earthed poorly (plastic piping, etc.), all the fault current will go through your body instead. That is a really unsafe practice - and I am mentioning it because even though hypothetically the chef knows what they are doing, someone else could try to emulate it and get badly hurt while doing so. This would be somewhat safe only if that was a low voltage (48V max) motor and not a mains powered machine. But even then I wouldn't put a grinder into the sink because the water is bad for the machine (corrosion and such).
@passbyicecube2 жыл бұрын
@@JanCiger Odd, i worked in at least 3 restaurants, all of us does that, we're not dumb enough to run the water on full capacity, of course, while doing exactly what Wong did, just smallest drizzle possible to cool off the knife in grinding, right angle, furthest distance possible and stuff, it does require bit of experience and a lot of human standard of common sense to not do dumb stuff. I do agree that if you don't know how to use it, don' try this yourself, I'm sure that why he said for householder just use 400/600 to grind and a 1000 on finishing.
@JanCiger2 жыл бұрын
@@passbyicecube Well, people do and survive dumb and dangerous things all the time. That doesn't make them any less dumb or less dangerous. It is the same like watching TV on your phone while it is connected to a charger - and you are in a bathtub full of water. A lot of people do this and nothing bad happens. Until one gets unlucky and ends up in the news every once in a while. You got lucky until now, that's all. Maybe at the next restaurant where you try this you won't get this lucky because the grinder may have worn insulation that you didn't notice. Or there will be a power surge causing arcing inside the case. Or the motor fails, shorting to the metal chassis. Or many other possible issues. The problem isn't even the water there so much but the metal sink - and your wet hands. If there is any insulation break or electrical fault, you are dead. There is no skill or "common sense" (apart from not doing this!) that would save you there, electricity doesn't care about how experienced you are.
@passbyicecube2 жыл бұрын
@@JanCiger Perhaps, but for now, worked/working with, knowing about more than 50 cooks & kitchen-hands in my life that did exactly the same for 1~20 years while never hearing any accident like this ever happen. I guess everyone's taking their chances for their very sharp knives. Thanks for the heads up though.