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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. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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    Sharpening stones, or whetstones, are used to sharpen the edges of steel tools such as knives through grinding and honing. Such stones come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and material compositions. They may be flat, for working flat edges, or shaped for more complex edges, such as those associated with some wood carving or woodturning tools.

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Sharpening - Wikipedia

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    Sharpening. Sharpening is the process of creating or refining the edge joining two non-coplanar faces into a converging apex, thereby creating an edge of appropriate shape on a tool or implement designed for cutting. Sharpening is done by removing material on an implement with an abrasive substance harder than the material of the implement ...

  7. Pencil sharpener - Wikipedia

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    Video of a mechanical pencil sharpener, showing gearing and helical sharpening blades. 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.

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