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2. Knife sharpening - Wikipedia

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   A railway camp cook sharpens a knife blade on a stone wheel, 1927. Knife sharpening is the process of making a knife or similar tool sharp by grinding against a hard, rough surface, typically a stone, [1] or a flexible surface with hard particles, such as sandpaper. Additionally, a leather razor strop, or strop, is often used to straighten and ...

3. Honing steel - Wikipedia

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   A honing steel on a cutting board Common steel for use in households SEM images of the cross-section of a blade before (dull) and after (sharp) honing with a smooth rod [1]. A honing steel, sometimes referred to as a sharpening steel, whet steel, sharpening stick, sharpening rod, butcher's steel, and chef's steel, is a rod of steel, ceramic or diamond-coated steel used to restore keenness to ...

4. Pencil sharpener - Wikipedia

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   A pencil sharpener (or pencil pointer, or in Ireland a parer or topper) [1] is a tool for sharpening a pencil's writing point by shaving away its worn surface. Pencil sharpeners may be operated manually or by an electric motor. It is common for many sharpeners to have a casing around them, which can be removed for emptying the pencil shavings ...

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6. Grindstone - Wikipedia

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   The Knife-grinder by Goya shows a man using a portable grindstone. A grindstone, also known as grinding stone, is a sharpening stone used for grinding or sharpening ferrous tools, used since ancient times. Tools are sharpened by the stone's abrasive qualities that remove material from the tool through friction in order to create a fine edge.

7. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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   Roughly sharpening a blunt edge 1000: 8 μm: Smoothing a rough edge into a medium edge 4,000: 4 μm: Smoothing a medium edge into a sharp edge for cutting meat 8,000: 2 μm: Further smoothing a sharp edge for cutting fish or vegetables (sinews in meat will bend an edge this sharp) 30,000: 0.5 μm: Polishing an edge to a mirror-smooth (but ...