How to Sharpen a Knife! {Very DULL to RAZOR SHARP} Less than a Minute!

[Music] what's up happy people i'm robert arrington this is deer meat for dinner and i'm about to show you how i sharpen a knife and keep my knives sharp if you have been watching deer meat for dinner over the past eight years you know that almost every day of my life i have a knife in my hand whether i'm cleaning wild game filleting a fish or just working here in the kitchen and nothing annoys me worse than going over to one of my friend's house and they have beautiful expensive knives in their dull a dull knife is just a club it doesn't really cut anything and it's very dangerous a sharp knife is a tool now this is actually for axes machetes it's it's larger than what i wanted but this is what they had at the store and i want to show you how to use it take your knife secure it on the edge and then just will it make your knife razor sharp i think not will it make it sharp enough to get through it will that is my absolute last resort for sharpening a knife but hey in a pinch it will work now second if you come to almost any camp in the world they're going to have one of these that's 11 and a half inch diamond stone you can either get it wet like this or wipe that off what i like even more than that is use a little honing oil just like this this is how you figure out your edge tilt it up until you feel it grab there's my edge right there now just you got to maintain the same angle some people go straight but because i believe you cut like this i want to sharpen like this now just turn your your sharpener another angle right like that and now you're pulling it to you that is going to be much sharper than that [Music] but it still won't shave you why because this is too coarse this will get your knife quite sharp and if you're at the skinning shed or if you're in your kitchen and you just want to get your knife sharp enough to work with this is a great tool now for number three this is actually going to get our knife quite a bit sharper this is a trihone this is your coarse stone medium and then a very fine this is a natural arkansas stone and they're meant to be wet so what i'm going to do is i'm just going to get them wet got me a little pan just like that get that joker nice and wet put it in there again we want it at a 45 degree angle over here if this is your coarse side let's just get it going one two three four five one two three four five do it twice perfect now wash that off and we're going to skip to the medium same thing one two three four five one two three four five one two three four five [Music] [Music] there you go it won't quite shave but it's trying to so again it is sharper this kind of worked this worked better this worked even better but let me show you what i use each and every day to keep my knives razor sharp welcome to my garage this is where i really keep my knives sharp this is a 30 inch belt sander that i got at harbor freight there will be links to all of these things in the description below it's 30 inches by one inches wide that's what the belt looks like and you can use this for a zillion other things but i use it a lot for keeping a knife sharp that's a 120 grit belt like let's say i have a knife that's really really dull hope that didn't hurt your ears or maybe it's got a chip in it i start out with the 120. once i'm happy with the edge then i move to a 400 grit 400 is pretty pretty fine then i go to 800 800 man it's it almost feels smooth finally i go to to a leather that's a leather strap and once it's on the belt sander i put a little bit of this white carbon compound on there and i'm telling you in one or two minutes i can take any knife and make that joker razor sharp let me show you how now just so you don't think i'm doing anything crazy that is a file hope that didn't hurt your ears i'm making sure it didn't still cut me but [Music] i don't know if y'all can see but i just dinged up that edge really really bad true test if your knife is sharp i thought it was gonna tear it i can't even it's a joke like you can't [Music] okay you it it's dull here we go this is the 120 this is basically to shape up our edge the key here is angle you have to feel the angle and keep it the same i put the knife on my fingers right there then i check it already looking good now you're starting to see that shine looks a lot better and just that fast we're done with the 120. now we're going to use the 400 same thing same edge very little pressure [Music] now you're starting to see that perfect shine it's a perfectly even shine that's what you're looking for on both sides now we're going to go to our 800. this stuff is so smooth it's all about your angle keeping that angle now look that mirror that shine is like a mirror both sides looks absolutely perfect now let's go to our leather [Music] put that leather on there this leather strap i've had for quite some time so it's kind of getting worn out [Music] put a little bit of this on there same thing you never go like that always [Music] down [Music] very little pressure [Music] now i don't even that's like a mirror image and i promise you she's sharp [Music] see that you can cut paper all you want but when she shaves you like a razor blade there ain't no joke in that ladies and gentlemen i promise you a little 30-inch belt sander is a lifesaver i know there's all kinds of tools in this world but what i just showed you those really work now let me show you one more trick that you're going to take everywhere with you and it's going to save you one day you're going to thank me later so if you find yourself out in the field and you need to keep your knife sharp and you don't have any of the tools i just showed you use a honing steel like that i refer to it as a steel and all you're doing is just there you go if you don't have experience with it don't try it like that some people will use it away from them like this i don't like that i just go like this that's how i'm most familiar with it and what you're doing in that circumstance is this is what your blade looks like nice perfect but over time while you're cutting it will want to roll over just a little bit on you the steel will straighten it up something i like to do even more than that is use a car window everywhere i go pretty much i got a truck or somebody else has a truck or this is jordan's car roll the window down about halfway nice and smooth make sure there's no chips on it and all you're doing is just gently honing your blade on the top of that window there you go another trick don't let other people sharpen your knife because when other people sharpen your knife they're using a different angle you get used to your angle just like that now what i want to know is have you enjoyed this video what are some ways that you sharpen a knife or keep your knife sharp that i did not mention i know a lot of people use a wet stone an actual wet stone i'm not the best with that but boy i sure like my my belt sander and i sure appreciate you personally for taking the time to watch this video if you would subscribe and hit the little bell so you're notified each time i upload this is what we do this is who we are this is the life that we live and i appreciate you take care god bless and we gone [Music]

Channel: deermeatfordinner

Views: 455,027

Rating: 4.9198422 out of 5

Keywords: TGBTG, Catch Clean Cook, catch & Cook, deer, deer meat, Robert Arrington, deermeatfordinner, deer meat for dinner

Id: 27wOPfxPO-E

Length: 12min 5sec (725 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 03 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/setp2426]

I stopped watching as soon as a knife hit the stone considering the passes he made didn’t even reach the heel. Hard pass.

[u/Kavik_79]

Lol yeah, no.

He didn't hit anywhere near the heel on any of his push strokes on the stones.

Then he switched to the smaller stones and every push stroke rode right off the stone, scratching the hell out of the blade face.

Fighting the urge to scream at my screen while I watch him go through all the grits on the full speed belt grinder with zero attempt to do anything to keep the blade cool at all

[u/Palegic516]

This is good for a complete novice who doesn’t care much about knives

[u/eveliodelgado]

So on this guy’s book burrs do not exists?

[u/T-Bill95]

Holy shit, as soon as I saw him not cut all the way through that strawberry in one pull I was done. Also, call me a snob, but smith's stones are hilariously bad. Cheap diamond plate (which isn't necessarily bad), used honing oil not diamond lapping fluid. Couldn't cut a blueberry in one pull. Then when I saw the blade flex a bit while sharpening and I couldn't take it.

[u/myripyro]

Glad I didn't stop watching at the stone section because the belt grinder one was truly enjoyable. Anyways, the sheer confidence is astounding. It's funny that there are some people too terrified to put a knife to stone for the first time without detailed advice on how best to hold it, and at the same there are people so unfocused they don't notice that a good third of their knife never even touched the stone.

[u/jimhassomehobbies]

I have that belt sander set up exactly and I used it for a while and got good results. When I got a whetstone and started getting results I realized how in the dark I was. I still use it to sharpen my turning tools, but that’s about it. The leather strop on the sander is pretty great, though, I’ll still do a light pass with that to finish off a knife.