How A Master Knife Sharpener Restores Broken Knives

How A Master Knife Sharpener Restores Broken Knives | Epicurious

8 місяців тому

Master knife sharpener Vincent Kazuhiro Lau visits with Epicurious to demonstrate how he gives new life to tarnished, chipped and broken knives.
Director: Ian Stroud
Director of Photography: Francis Bernal
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Expert: Vincent Kazuhito Lau
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 277

@nnthsttrls 8 місяців тому

As a very avid cook, and kitchen knife enjoyer, I have spent a lot of time sharpening knives. Over the years I have seen, I'd guess, at least 30 "knife sharpening" videos. I genuinely think this is the clearest, most approachable one I've seen for all levels of experience. Teaches, sympathizes, and reminds.

@loganmyall660 8 місяців тому

Vincent is the GOAT. He understands the practicalities of actually using a knife. So many times knife sharpeners feel like a knife needs to STAY sharp. Vincent seems to understand that knives get used.

@mikex691 7 місяців тому

You are an excellent teacher. Thank you.

@maxithebello 7 місяців тому

Brother the best is Japanese Knife imports! Follow his videos you’ll master it in no time.

@DutchClawz 6 місяців тому

Only 30?

@peternowlan5196 6 місяців тому

Vincent when you are repairing the knife on that coarse stone try an even more obtuse angle to rapidly get to the bottom of the chips in the edge. Then as you progress and that damage is close to being repaired, lower the angle until you reach your chosen sharpening angle. Just some food for thought. Thank you for what you do.

@RomanianGER 8 місяців тому

Look at this fine gentleman, faithful to his knife for 13 years.

@dogmaticpyrrhonist543 8 місяців тому

A nice lesson in that material removal processes do actually remove material as well

@user-in1yw9ty5t 3 місяці тому

Say no to adultery

@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808 8 місяців тому

this was a master class in knife sharpening. thank you.

@CCSMrChen 8 місяців тому

Microscope comparison was AMAZING!

@richrich685 8 місяців тому

Me: just learned everything I need to know about how to sharpen a knife. Me: still frustrated that I don’t have the muscle memory to properly use all the information Chef so generously offered and shared.

@vaevictis2789 8 місяців тому

I learnt its easier to maintain angle when you dont move your hands at all, but instead move your torso back and force with your leg. Like swaying movement, long and relatively slow. Managed to sharpen my knife to a point i can shave hair with it

@sebaschan-uwu 6 місяців тому

The first time I sharpened a knife it took me like 4 hours. It takes a lot of dexterity and hand strength to apply force to the blade while overcoming the friction on the whetstone while maintaining a fine sharpening angle consistently. But conceptually it's quite simple. Just sharpen the blade without destroying it.

@Cyber_Kriss 4 місяці тому

3 rules : - Practice - Practice - Practice

@n3squ1k666 2 місяці тому

Just take your time. At first just do everything slowly and meaningfully, thinking about every muscle you engage for the task. Then repeat it plenty of times as slow as you can, don't think about speeding up. Few days later you won't even realise you already have speed you could not reach a week ago.

@hugotendam5349 2 місяці тому

Never fear. First time I started sharpening my knives I made scratch patterns on my knives. Fortunately I kept at it and got better. A shame for the knives, but I can still use them.

@lisahouck4833 5 місяців тому

First video that actually showed me what I needed to see to fix my terrible knife sharpening. Dangerously incorrect now my skills can improve safely and effectively

@DominusSantorini 8 місяців тому

One of the best videos I've seen on knife sharpening with whetstones

@cospittner3526 7 місяців тому

Best sharpening video I’ve seen. Really great content. Thank you.

@rezkyahairy 6 місяців тому

i love knives, and this is the best knife restore/sharpening tutorial out there!

@nisaabin8793 8 місяців тому

The gadget (?) Used in the video: 1:34 Rough Stone >> 220 grit 1:38 Stone base (optional) 4:06 Stone fixer to flatten wetstone 4:41 2 coins to create an angel while sharpening 6:42 Medium stone >> 1000 grit 7:23 Finishing stone >> 3000 grit

@ColinM9991 7 місяців тому

You brilliant person, thank you for that

@sayianstakepain 7 місяців тому

whetstone holder and a stone flatner or a diamond plate steel based for flatning since those stay flat so yeah

@Kevin-finity 7 місяців тому

Thank you very much!!! Very helpful.

@Jaeahn16 6 місяців тому

2 coins and I can get my own angel 😇

@NeverQLND 3 місяці тому

Thank you!

@grahamnorth3529 6 місяців тому

Really helpful video. I bought my first whetstone this week and am looking forward to learning this skill and getting my knife perfect 👍

@Coruptshun 5 місяців тому

best video i've seen by a long shot. love this guy - super in depth. thanks

@70foolio 6 місяців тому

Thank you for this video. I feel more confident attempting to sharpen my knives.❤

@cyang17 4 місяці тому

Wow... the transformation of that knife over the years... respect.

@michaelkeon3215 6 місяців тому

Best knife sharpening video I have watched to date. Thank you.

@ildarzamaletdinov3591 6 місяців тому

Nice recommends. Every detail counts and makes a master piece result. Thanks a lot

@McCulleyJr 8 місяців тому

Useful and thorough tutorial, thanks.

@casey2732 8 місяців тому

Thanks!!! Short and on point!

@harveygee8143 8 місяців тому

I've had my knives sharpened at Korin. Fantastic sharpening job.

@williamt15 25 днів тому

Very detail and clear tutorial. Thank you Vincent, finally know how to sharpen my knife.

@fairyxpony 6 місяців тому

Fantastic video, Vincent is a legend when it comes to the best knives in NYC

@Ozzborn85 8 місяців тому

Yet another proof whi Epicurious is one of my all time fav channels. This video is exacatly what I needed, I recently tried the wet stone sharpening for the first time (only after reading some instructions and basics) and was not satisfied with the result of that first try at all. Now it has become much clearer! Not to mention that this master sharpener is an excelent at teaching as well as sharpening. Thanks!

@maliniravi4644 5 місяців тому

Godzilla had a stroke reading this and died

@mistyblue2917 8 місяців тому

This was very informative, thanks

@Jay-ql4gp 8 місяців тому

That was excellent! Thank you!

@RizalIsmail День тому

Really clear explanation and feel the humble of you. Thanks, I will try apply your method. 🙏

@jeankutzer1556 2 дні тому

Great demonstration. Thank you.

@ColdTakes585 7 місяців тому

Ok but this guy is freaking AWESOME!! Best sharpening video I’ve ever found

@ChauNyan 3 місяці тому

I saw a video on this guy before

@PeterWilson-ow8dm Місяць тому

This is the best and well explained video I've seen on how to sharpen a knife properly, thank you 👏👍

@majed01390 3 місяці тому

Very wonderful explanation with amazing close out

@leehranicka3689 4 місяці тому

Wow, thank you, amazing presentation!

@ColombianLNP 8 місяців тому

Wooow this was pretty cool ! Thabks for the video guys really enjoyed learning something new today!

@mrhouzef. 4 місяці тому

Great tutoriel, very clear, thanks for the tips !

@deletrious26 6 місяців тому

I love seeing Vincent's videos.

@stareintensifies3850 2 місяці тому

feels very zen while sharpening a knife with a whetstone. my first attempt sharpening my knife was kinda disappointing i did not get the results that i wanted but in my second attempt OMG it was glorious, slicing tomato with no effort i'm so very happy with the results. my $170 did not go to waste thanks to you ❤

@normannisbet1213 8 місяців тому

Top informative video and your relaxed nature kept me engaged.

@cachaoni 29 днів тому

Thanks for a remarkable easy to follow and understand video. Dumb down the process which is indeed a difficult to master.

@johnbeard7404 3 місяці тому

Excellent. Thank You.

@scratchcratch 6 місяців тому

I am thankful for this gentleman's meticulous craftsmanship and lucid elucidation of the process. After countless videos and personal experience with wet stones, his passion and expertise have provided the comprehensive answers I've sought.

@ztweston 5 місяців тому

I extend my deepest appreciation for the gentleman's superlative finesse displayed in craftsmanship and their eloquent explication, meticulously detailing the intricacies of the process. Immersed extensively in an array of videos and enriched by personal tactile encounters with wet stones, his steadfast ardor and matchless proficiency have not merely enlightened but also impeccably addressed the meticulous inquiries I have assiduously pursued.

@AndrewDRoyappa 3 місяці тому

@@ztweston thank you for accomplishing what I knew was requisite, but could only aspire to wistfully

@Wren1 3 місяці тому

‘Lucid elucidation’ is redundant, and it's a whetstone, not a ‘wet stone’.

@ztweston 3 місяці тому

@@Wren1 thank you internet grammar policeman

@Wren1 3 місяці тому

@@ztweston I responded to OP, which means that you would not have received a notification. Do you really have so much free time and narcissism that you go through checking threads you've commented on in a vain hope that someone has written something for you to jump on? Read a book and get a life, junior.

@jonathantice9387 6 місяців тому

Thank you. Awesome video

@francescofiorucci4413 4 місяці тому

Beautifull video, thank you!

@GC987 7 місяців тому

Great explanation !

@Wren1 3 місяці тому

Thanks, this was very informative.

@tofusaid 8 місяців тому

THANK YOU SIR!

@raditz9676 8 місяців тому

If it was with Frank Proto, he would have mined his iron, melted his steel ingot, forged his knife and only then sharpened it. And I'd loved every moment of that clip. This one wasn't bad either :)

@Gotham_Media 8 місяців тому

Overrated

@Aerostarm 8 місяців тому

Wow, that joke was so creative and funny

@gabrieldinglasan 8 місяців тому

it's a very Frank thing to do 🤣

@R-T01 8 місяців тому

😂😂 he’s actually done a knife sharpening video

@oldcowbb 8 місяців тому

will it keel?

@phildenegri2801 8 місяців тому

Vincent is the best!

@oneupmanship 8 місяців тому

Sharpened most of my kitchen knives last week, now I have to go back and do it all over again.

@kasibree2569 6 місяців тому

Thank you for this! My grandmother has ONE wet stone she would use DRY to sharpen her knives at a terrible angle (and has since developed that curve in the center), and immediately would cut food without cleaning the blade 😵 I'm taking over that task for her because those knives dont deserve that kind of treatment lol.

@matijaatelsek7587 3 місяці тому

Is the knife actually sharper after her treatment?

@claudiaconrad3290 5 місяців тому

I appreciate you for sharing your knowledge chef! Thank you!!!!

@einundsiebenziger5488 5 місяців тому

He is not a chef, since he does not cook.

@runnersp1985 6 місяців тому

Fascinating stuff.

@billybastar4022 7 місяців тому

Great video! One of the best on the topic out there…close up on the chips, yikes. I could help thinking where all those pieces ended up🤷

@wagnera.g.oliveira 3 місяці тому

thank you!

@El_fara 4 місяці тому

Perfeição ❤

@georgemorley1029 26 днів тому

It certainly works. I repaired a cleaver with this method yesterday. I didn’t take it to the finishing stone level, just rough, medium and fine stones, then a quick hone on a steel. For a cleaver to cut paper is more than it needs, but before it wouldn’t cut butter!

@PL-px3gw 8 місяців тому

Korin is such a fantastic place. A treasure in the city!

@gabrielasancheznolazco3074 Місяць тому

Excelente video 🙌🏻

@DailyFrankPeter 5 місяців тому

It really is very simple: 1) practice until you can hold the knife to within 1-minute-of-angle precision by hand ;) 2) move blade across stone until sharp :)

@enriquealencardelcastillo4759 3 місяці тому

Buena demostración

@joeswheat 6 місяців тому

👏👏👏EXCELLENT !!!

@pomegranatepip2482 2 місяці тому

This is a great video. Well done.

@nicholash.7656 Місяць тому

Sweet. We used the two penny trick in Boy Scouts. Glad to hear it had some basis behind it.

@mattschroeder3432 5 місяців тому

thank you sir

@mrrishiraj88 8 місяців тому

Thanks

@nicholausjamesjay83 8 місяців тому

Awesome

@FoOtFoOt542 3 місяці тому

I’m try this tomorrow

@yunnaro87 3 місяці тому

This video was awesomd

@DsqaureD0495 6 місяців тому

Awesome video!

@victorrafaelchucyachanchar7110 4 місяці тому

Excelente afilador

@edwinvino6230 7 місяців тому

Best 10min video on the internet

@Mochila03 6 місяців тому

Sharpened my knives on a stone recently. Did not remember his advice to release pressure pushing towards the blade edge and gouged my stone a few times.

@thefamilycat86 Місяць тому

Great video!

@mariandan7663 8 місяців тому

Hello, I have been trying to understand when and how to use stones depending on their grain size. I don't know how often I should use a 300-500-700 stone.Thank you

@sammaldonado7497 8 місяців тому

F yeah, vincent is the best

@irraesto7283 19 днів тому

I know how to sharp knives with stone and rods but i still like watching this kinda videos

@jamesweaver-reyes2624 7 місяців тому

What brand wetstone’s do you use?

@bikeny 8 місяців тому

I'm saving this one so I do it in the future (I'm moving soon, so I will be getting the tools). I do have one suggestion for the channel hosts: Please, pretty please with sugar on top: do not use any music while someone is speaking. It is distracting. Thx.

@victoradam1230 5 місяців тому

a knife, is your most trusted weapon in the kitchen, basicaly the thing that makes the most difference when not well mantained, it's your job to mantain it well

@ExelArts 8 місяців тому

Are you supposed to put any pressure on the blade while sharpening it that way. Also i have A stone thats over 3k grit and paper that came with a whitstone kit said not to soak any stone over 3k so what do i do with it

@bernardfernandez6172 6 місяців тому

Nice video 🙏

@stewste4316 4 місяці тому

great video

@yosmanbalza5691 6 місяців тому

Wuao estupendo

@Dennis-lp7xe 8 місяців тому

I know many people who would consider the unsharpend knife already as very sharp 😂

@Bearbok 5 місяців тому

how do you determine the angle and sharpen to that angle?

@shayann2228 8 днів тому

2:13 you wanna have a nice grip and a stable holding, but that doesn’t mean you have to follow one way strictly. Use various types of handling the knife and try out the best you can. Since you wanna learn this, it is obligatory to remain patients and to master this, it could take a few months (you won’t sharpen you knife every day, not even after a week, maybe hardly after one month. So, this timeline might not fall for you, since it’s depending on regular practice)

@coffeegeek54 6 місяців тому

Stone base that you'd recommend?

@myuthukhyla5367 23 дні тому

I have a real talent to make every knife i try to shart even more blunt than before.

@randallm7262 Місяць тому

I have battled with properly sharping knives for years, my biggest issue is maintaining the angle on both sides. The two pennies are so mindblowing and simplistic I think even I can pull this off. I guess the question now is, are some stones better that others? Or are all wetstones created equal by type?

@knifeaddict1014 19 днів тому

Yea they are many different variants of stones. I would do my own research before you buy any.

@chaff5 7 місяців тому

I wish I had the patience to do this.

@williamhollar7844 3 місяці тому

What stones do you recommend

@victorfranca17 8 місяців тому

Just rub the edge one it. I love now people act like sharpening is some magical thing. Thinning and polishing are the real mvps. Lets see you turn a hollow grind into a scanty, by hand. Thats sharpening. Honing the edge super easy.

@internet_internet 3 місяці тому

Nice.

@jonathanheinzman2703 8 місяців тому

I've seen other tools sharped on whetstones that are finished with a leather strip to "align the metal" or something like that. Is there a reason he doesn't do this after the finishing stone?

@LikeBOOMCA 8 місяців тому

A leather strop in not necessarily a must if you finish on a high grit stone, though there‘s still a noticeable improvement after stropping your knife.

@boxlad7583 7 місяців тому

stropping is to remove burrs, or microscopic protrusions in the edge that make it duller

@dbportillo 7 місяців тому

It's not a requirement but will definitely give you that insane level of sharpness should you want it. The stones alone will give you a razor edge needed for everyday cooking. You can also use newspaper to get similar results.

@user-ts4ln1oz1d Місяць тому

A very accessible, understandable and interesting video. Although I am self-taught, I have already 1.5 years of experience in sharpening knives and more. And so I want to say that this person is well versed in this. Thank you for this video)

@dogmaticpyrrhonist543 8 місяців тому

Looks at the large fish boning knife with the 3mm deep chip in it,... probably a bit more than 15 min

@gtor71 4 місяці тому

Is it possible to sharpen a curved knife using the same principles? I have a very curved knife that needs sharpening and it just seems like it would be difficult to sharpen using these techniques since you’d have to be constantly adjusting for the different angles of the curve