KNIFE
SHARPENING
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chef knives
"I really didn't know how much easier chopping vegetables could be until I acquired my first good-quality chef's knife. A high quality chef's knife will easily slice through vegetables without much pressure. Use a chef's knife for all of your general chopping and dicing purposes. A pairing knife is excellent for intricate cutting jobs like trimming the rind off an orange or seeding peppers.
Be sure to send your knives to keep them sharp! Keeping your knives sharp means keeping yourself safe, so make it a habit to sharpen them on a regular basis-- PLUS you'll feel a bit like Zorro when you do."
Angela Liddon - Author of "The Oh She Glow's Cookbook"
hunting & camping knives
Keeping your hunting and camping knives sharp in the field is essential when you're out in the woods or fields.
Doing so will not only cut the time down, but it's also safer. A blade that easily glides right through is less likely to slip from applying too much pressure.
Let's face it, most hunters do carry some type of portable sharpener in their packs but for those in between times you want to have you knife restored professionally so that the original angle is renewed and sharpened like the day you purchased it.
scissors-shears
When scissors or shears become dull, it is important to have them sharpened and serviced by a professional sharpener.
Cutting fabric requires very sharp shears
because the fibers bend and slip away from the blades so easily. Don't mix up scissors that you use for fabric with scissors that you use to cut paper because fabric scissors are a lot better when they are super sharp and paper dulls scissors.
Use your fabric shears ONLY for fabric, never for paper or wrapping paper.
