Friday, January 1, 2010

Edging into Knife Videos

Knife and Edge Videos


To see the power of the Internet one only has to look at YouTube. The extensive collections videos take the expression “God only knows!” out of the providence of hyperbola.



One can find anything from trivial to the profound. I am reminded of the expression I use to hear in the ivory tower related industries such as physics, chemistry and medicine: “See one, teach one; publish.” YouTube seems to satisfy that dictate.

Even so, there remains a wealth of information to assist us in reaching if not masterly, certainly competency. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuOlGGl97dI&feature=fvw A word of caution, assumptions are made with every article and video.

I watched Murray Carter grind chips and sharpen blade edges with Japanese water stones, but he doesn’t talk too much about blade-stone angle and nothing was said about how to hold that angle constant More importantly, there’s no internet oversight committee that assures the validly of what anyone, including this knife fancier publishes. That’s what we are all doing, publishing.
Still, there’s a wealth of information about blades, edges and living with your edge.

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