Minosharp

[oddman]

I've had global knives for at least 20 years.

Always used a stone (not often enough) and a steel and kept them just sharp enough.

Kept meaning to get a minosharp but only just got round to it when I added to an order for some steak knives. Oh boy I wish I'd done it sooner. I've not tried it on any other knives but it makes the Globals razor sharp.

[21TonyK]

I'm not that convinced. I have a 3 wheel minosharp that I got free with a set of Globals years ago. I think I used it a couple of times, all I find is the finest wheel creates micro abrasions that give the impression of being sharp. In the same way that a serrated knife cuts bread or a tomato better than a blunt un-serrated knife.

Since then I use a sharpening jig with stones and a 2000/5000 grit whetstone followed by a strop and maintain with a diamond or ceramic steel.

[Mobile Chicane]

The Minosharp is a great time-saver.

Yes, yes, you should sharpen knives on a whetstone and finish with a leather strop, but in practice I'd rather work with a sharp knife than a blunt one.

[Imad]

Minosharp for me. Life is too short for some things....

[Digger]

I also have a 3 wheel Minosharp. Works well for me.

How do people use them?

As an example, i know my knife needs sharpening when I can no longer slice through a tomato cleanly (for example) . . .

So I put some water in to damper the wheels . . . run the blade through all 3 wheels, using only gravity, backwards & forwards, roughly 10-20 times through all 3 wheels

I am probably doing it wrong, but that works for me.

[oddman]

Watch the video in the link I posted

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