This Easy PDF Shows How to Sharpen Knives, Drill Bits, Scissors, and More at Home

Learn how to sharpen knives, scissors, drill bits, chisels, mower blades, and more at home with this step-by-step tool-sharpening PDF.

How to Sharpen Nearly Every Tool You Own—With One Easy PDF

To sharpen an auger bit, you need a specialized auger-bit file. Hold the auger bit upright in a vise, then file the bit’s lip with the file’s edge [1]. Turn the auger bit in the vise and sharpen the ...
The Baltimore Sun

Knife-sharpening and kitchen specialty shop opening in Hampden

After a six-month soft-opening phase, a specialty kitchen supply shop founded by a professional chef and longtime knife sharpeners is officially hitting Hampden. [CHOP CHOP], at 828 W. 36th St. in ...
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Skip the bench grinder: Sharpen lawn mower blades with a drill attachment

Sharpening lawn mower blades with a bench grinder can be quite a cumbersome task. But with this drill attachment, this task ...
The Fabricator

The drill bit sharpener that led to the legacy of William Sellers

One Friday a few months ago, when Jim Howe, my boss at Howe’s Welding and Metal Fabrication, asked me to drill 2 ¼-in. holes ...
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Can this viral scissor-sharpening hack actually work?

A strange internet trick gets tested to see whether it can really sharpen dull scissors. FBI announces 305 arrests, 24 missing children recovered in Chicago during Operation New Dawn Coffee linked to ...
Food & Wine

Stop Ruining Your Knives — Grab These Tools to Keep Your Blades Sharp and Damage-Free

Nick DeSimone is a pasta-obsessed vegetarian chef who spent nearly 10 years in restaurants before becoming a food writer. They review kitchen products for Food & Wine and love plant-based and Southern ...
The Fabricator

Drilling down into history

One Friday a few months ago, when Jim Howe, my boss at Howe’s Welding and Metal Fabrication, asked me to drill 2 ¼-in. holes ...
gearpatrol

The Complete Guide to Benchmade Everyday Carry Knives

The task of choosing a favorite knife is almost entirely subjective. There’s certainly something to be said for materials, use cases and build quality, but at the end of the day, you just know your ...
The New Yorker

Colson Whitehead’s Big Score

As he closes out his Harlem crime trilogy with “Cool Machine,” the two-time Pulitzer winner turns again to the city that made ...
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A Rare New Benchmade Collaboration Knife Angles to Be a Collector’s Grail

While some brands seem to partner up left and right, America’s leading maker of premium EDC knives does not fall in that category. Which means when Benchmade does announce a collaboration, we sit up ...
The New York Times

The Best Chef’s Knife

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Lesley Stockton Lesley Stockton is a writer focused on kitchen and ...