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Lovely.
Yeah, lots of YouTube videos of weird American backwoodsmen demonstrating how to make things really sharp. Kind of scary but effective.
Having said that, I'm not 100% happy with my YouTube taught sharpening yet, but probably just because I lack patience.
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Very nice, but please don't learn to sharpen a knife with that one.
Get some cheap old knife and a cheap combination sharpening stone and a magnifying glass, and a permanent marker.
Rub the marker along the edge and practice removing all the ink from the edge until you can get a nice even bevel on both sides, and no ink. (use the magnifying glass to check your progress)
Once you can hold the knife at a consistent angle, remove all the ink with the coarse stone, then put some more ink on and do it again with the fine grade stone.
Then bugger the blade up so it is blunt and do it again and again. Once you have mastered it move on to your new knife.
Having said that I bet that knife is pretty sharp out of the box, in which case learn how to maintain the edge (as opposed to sharpening a dull edge) and treat it well when you cut with it and store it. A steel is good to keep it sharp and with practice takes 10 seconds just before you use it to get it perfect.
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ChasnotRobert
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got this pointy boi for my bday. need to learn how to properly sharpen it. youtube will see me right, yeah?