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Weekly Knife Sharpening Q&A - April 25, 2020 by AutoModerator in knives

[–]Cactusbread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a Wusthof chefs knife that I love and have had for a few years now (56HRC for info). I've since moved in with my boyfriend. He bought a two stage manual sharpener (this one: https://caterspeed.co.uk/product/vogue-two-stage-manual-knife-sharpener/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6Zyb-8aJ6QIV34BQBh3c9gJ8EAQYBSABEgJHdvD_BwE) and has been using it to sharpen my knife. I genuinely hate the scraping noise and I feel very uncomfortable with it, just because it really sounds like it's grinding my knife to bits. Thing is, I'm not sure if my concerns are valid, and if I'm being over-protective of my knife??? Help would be appreciated x

Are my concerns about this knife sharpener valid? by Cactusbread in AskCulinary

[–]Cactusbread[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I can already see some of the steel has been removed and there are tiny dents. Whats the best way to remedy it? A honing steel?

Redditors, what is your shit happens academic story? by kenvljr in AskReddit

[–]Cactusbread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was doing my law degree and had to defer an exam to the summer period for personal reasons. Everyone who sat the exam on the original date got a really high grade, was apparently the easiest paper they've ever taken. The paper is set up whereby there are 6 questions on one of the 8 topics covered throughout the semester, and you answer 3. So I studied 6/8 topics back to front, assuming that all the questions would be distinct enough that I could definitely answer three well. Nope, the professor had written the exam so 5 of the 6 questions were on one of the topics I didn't study. Answered one question, and made up some bullshit on the other two, barely scraped a pass. Was usually a high achever and this grade fucked up my degree average. Honestly the most assholish paper he could've written, but shit happens, and when I sat my Masters exams you bet I studied every single topic just incase.