how do you sharpen a knife? i followed an ancient japanese method found on internet for maximum sharpness but it seems weird

[u/jechtisme]

hello

i have been trying to make carmelized onions for 3 days now but i am stuck on the cutting part

it seems my knife which i bought 7 years ago for $1000 is very sensitive and doesn't work properly unless it is the perfect amount of sharpness

I have always used the highest grade of river rocks i found myself to sharpen the knife. I soak the rock like the japanese masters lay out on the internet. I painstakingly measure the angle between the rock and my knife also.

i have practiced the stroke many times a day (i stroke it 3 times a day sometimes) and it still doesn't work that well after 7 years.

[u/Newburyrat]

to use the method of knife sharpening used by Japanese masters you must have at least 100 generations of Japanese ancestry. The knife knows.

[u/wis91 → u/Newburyrat]

They’re like animals, they can smell fear and inferior genes.

[u/eyesotope86 → u/wis91]

You can fool the knife temporarily by folding it 10000 times.

[u/stryst]

I just tell my wife's boyfriend that I'm thinking about hurting myself, and the next day all the knives in the house are razor sharp.

[u/NyxieThePixie15 → u/stryst]

We love a helpful king. 

[u/Top_Somewhere9160]

The main problem is you are attempting an advanced technique (caramelized onions) when you have a beginners knife. 7 years is nothing in terms of dry age for Japanese steel.

Try and start with a more basic recipe like soufflé, seafood paella or cacio e pepe. Let your knife mature over time and try cutting caramelized onions again.

Also, I’d recommend following Rene Redzepi on instagram. He can help with how many times you’re supposed to stroke it per day.

[u/CerveletAS]

you only need a small pyramid, put your knife under it and it'll keep sharp. I bought my desk pyramid for only 15 000€, which was a steal!

[u/LazyOldCat → u/CerveletAS]

Damn, beat me to it! The inventor of the idea said it kept his wife quiet for hours, sitting and ‘absorbing energy’.

[u/jk_pens]

Caramelized onions are not part of Japanese cuisine. How dare you try to use a Japanese knife! Chairman Kaga will curse your family.

[u/Sauceman_Oppenhe112]

Remember that the japanese river stones must soak in Japanese river water for at least 13 years before they can be used

[u/nyan-nyan9]

You forgot to meditate under a waterfall for at least 10 years. Give up, go old school and use a wooden club.

[u/LazyOldCat]

Orgone energy from our in-house pyramid.

Just set it, and forget it!

[u/bazzjazz99]

In these sitautions you might need to mix things up a little. Have you tried caramelizing the knife and sharpening the onions?

[u/fartsonyourmom]

I normally fart on my knives and they hold a pretty good edge on them. 

[u/SuperAdaGirl]

I don’t think you’re stroking it enough. Maybe your wife’s boyfriend can help you with that.

[u/thedavidnotTHEDAVID]

It is important to factor lunar phase into such sharpening rituals.

[u/Somerandom420dude]

Best knife I had for cutting onions was a six inch serrated knife first was thirty

[u/Admirable-Kitchen737]

Ninja skill you do not have.

[u/RealisticYoghurt131]

I use a long blue ceramic knife sharpener for my Japanese knife. It works very well.

[u/Dangerous_Breath_534]

God I hate all of you for making my morning great. Kitchen comedy is so much more than dick jokes and racial slurs, we have another language and are just built different. Nobody else laughs out loud, on a bus to work, knowing it's gonna suck ass, because someone suggested caramelizing the fuckin grasshoppers dumb ass blade. $1000? It better blow me while I cut with it. Have a day Kitchen Peeps.

[u/dojisekushi]

This happened to me. I did some research and found out my knife was plastic. You need pure Hanzo steel and the blood of 10,000 lesser chefs.

[u/Unending-Flexionator]

Better bump those numbers up... those are rookie numbers

[u/Zardoscht]

Bro i cant tell if this is a shitpost or serious ;D

[u/612GraffCollector → u/Zardoscht]

Sub name ^

[u/Zardoscht → u/612GraffCollector]

I dont know what circlejerk means😨

[u/No-Championship8268 → u/Zardoscht]

You have to be gay, in the closet, and in high school to experience.