Rude shop and restaurant people, rotting food smells all around, sidewalks 8 deep with throngs of people. Any Chinatown I've ever been to in this country is the epitome of barbarism. I have to laugh about your comment implying that a city with a Chinatown is somehow more civilized. The kids were able to eat dinner sitting down for a while after that. She was half my Granddad's size and twice as powerful. In the ensuing punishment the new sharp corner cut him, he started bleeding all over, and my Grandmother Nana came flying out of the house with strong new theories about corporal punishment. His son, my uncle 'Bird Dog' tried to shave without proper instruction and cut a big gash in the strop. My Granddad used to beat his kids with his strop when they misbehaved. This is how you sharpen a razor, except sane people use a piece of leather called a 'strop' rubbed with red garnet abrasive dust. It takes the microscopic hairs off the edge to make it strong and extra sharp. Then stroke the knife over this paste, sharp edge trailing. Smear your leg with the abrasive paste you made by flattening your stone. You can impress people this way, especially if you rip your leg open, blood gushes everywhere, and they have to take you to the hospital. This step is a totally unnecessary way to show off. Plane irons seem to inspire the greatest nerdiness in people. Some things like plane irons and chisels benefit from a straight bevel. You'll never really thin a thick blade out that much. Thick blades will naturally sharpen at the higher angles they were intended for. The important thing is to look at the edge, test it, and raise the angle til you're shaving just a little abrasive off with each step. Unless you're into artillery in a big way, most of us will overestimate small angles. Hats off to the commentators for true facts about edge angles. If you're silly or special you could get finer grits up to 1200 and repeat. A couple of strokes is plenty, because you're taking off a miniscule amount of metal. Stroke forward at a 7 degree angle, alternating sides. I've seen Klingit and Mayan woodcarvers use this method. Any other really flat thing will do, but glass is most popular. Get a piece of 600 grit emery paper and put it on a piece of glass. You've already endangered your friends by putting on an edge on a knife they're expecting to be dull.

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