How to Sharpen a Chef's Knife with a Whetstone
Sharpen any chef's knife to a razor edge with a whetstone in ten minutes. A step-by-step guide to grit, the angle, and feeling for the burr -- no gadgets.
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Flushing-born, Taiwanese-descended, and cooking, by her own account, from the precise moment she could reach the stovetop. Jenny writes mostly about knives and recipes - though if you get her started on cutting boards she'll go eight hundred words without apology or warning. Maintains a stated, clinically intense interest in dumplings of every stripe - xiao long bao, pierogi, momos, manti - and a running list of fillings that almost certainly shouldn't have worked but did.
Sharpen any chef's knife to a razor edge with a whetstone in ten minutes. A step-by-step guide to grit, the angle, and feeling for the burr -- no gadgets.
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