The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening

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Summary: Great eye-opener and troubleshooting guide!
Review: Book tells you how to sharpen a blade and how to use a smooth steel to maintain it. Would have liked information on convex grinds, but that can be found on Bladeforums.com. It was good to see that hollow grinds are as utilitarian as they are cosmetic: they make it easier to resharpen the knive because there's less steel to be removed.

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Summary: Great eye-opener and troubleshooting guide!
Review: Book tells you how to sharpen a blade and how to use a smooth steel to maintain it. Would have liked information on convex grinds, but that can be found on Bladeforums.com. It was good to see that hollow grinds are as utilitarian as they are cosmetic: they make it easier to resharpen the knive because there's less steel to be removed.

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Summary: Less is more.
Review: For those inspired by the Razor Edge Systems catalogue: don't expect a single word about hollow grind straight razors in this book because you won't find it; in general, the care for this type of grind could have been treated in more detail.So far the missing star. But it offers simple and no-nonsense techniques to sharpen axes, knives, arrowheads, chisels or chainsaws yourself. It will keep both dummies and experts from bringing their tools to the local store for sharpening.

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Summary: Perfect for the beginner and expert alike!
Review: I learned how to sharpen knives from my father and he his father, this book covers what your father never knew. After practicing on old knives for a month or two I was sharpening like an expert. People are amazed at how sharp I can make an edge, it's a thrill to watch a persons eyes pop out of their head when, in a very short period of time, you have taken their dull, bent and rusted knife edge sharpened it to a glistening working tool and are using it to shave your beard! I've had friends drop off buckets of knives they thought they'd never use again. This is THE BOOK, the bible of tool sharpening. It's simple and easy to understand. If there is someone who would like to give this book to me as a gift, I won't turn it down. My local library is getting tired of me checking out the same book over and over again!

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Summary: Not so Sharp
Review: I was overall disappointed in the 'procedural' simplicfication. The book is full of angles and different edges but I ONLY wanted to know how to sharpen my kitchen knives, not a campsite axe and so I should've researched this better before buying. There are different methods minimully explored. This book has not helped me sharpen my carving knives.

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Summary: Simply, the best book written on knife sharpening.
Review: If you have a hard time sharpening your knife to a razor edge like I did, then this book will teach you. It goes against some things you've been told, but don't worry. John Juranitch knows the edge like nobody else. Get this book.

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Summary: Rough edge
Review: John Juranitch was a pioneer in developing knife sharpening technology, and this 15 year old book is a classic. It describes the Razor Sharp method, which requires buying his products. A more up-to-date book that covers newer sharpening systems is Sharpening Made Easy by Steve Bottorff....

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Summary: One of the Best!
Review: John Juranitch's book has some useful information in it, but the presentation is capricious, chaotic, and incomplete. Much of the time, reading the book feels like listening to a guy next to you at a bar. And beware if you're thinking kitchen knives. This is a book for outdoorsmen and wood workers, not cooks. There's a chapter on sharpening the adz, but not a word on dealing with the chef's knife, though that is one of the knives shown in the cover photograph. The omission may be explained by the fact that the knife sharpening guides that Juranitch's company sells don't work with chef's knives -- something I discovered only after I bought them. Knife sharpening isn't rocket science, but sometimes Juranitch makes it seem almost that hard. I wish he had worked with a professional editor and technical illustrator so that knife sharpening becomes as easy as he says it is.

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Summary: Real Expertise on Getting Your Knives Really Sharp
Review: This books slashes through the old wive's tails and misinformation in which the subject of knife sharpening has been known to be shrouded. Juranitch teaches with authority, and gives specific instructions which with a little practice make it fairly straight forward to get knives amazingly sharp. He also recommends the guides and hones manufactured by his own company. Though a little skeptical, I bought some equipment and found its performance to bear out his claims. Amazon has been indicating for quite a while that the publisher is out of stock, however the book is available from the Razor Edge Systems website. (Amazon frowns on URLs in reviews so I won't include it, but you can probably get it on your first guess. Otherwise use a search enginge.)

Rating:
Summary: Real Expertise on Getting Your Knives Really Sharp
Review: This books slashes through the old wive's tails and misinformation in which the subject of knife sharpening has been known to be shrouded. Juranitch teaches with authority, and gives specific instructions which with a little practice make it fairly straight forward to get knives amazingly sharp. He also recommends the guides and hones manufactured by his own company. Though a little skeptical, I bought some equipment and found its performance to bear out his claims. Amazon has been indicating for quite a while that the publisher is out of stock, however the book is available from the Razor Edge Systems website. (Amazon frowns on URLs in reviews so I won't include it, but you can probably get it on your first guess. Otherwise use a search enginge.)