On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:27:15 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> "Kswck" > wrote:
>
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Sharpening-Steel
>
>What an idiot! I NEVER sharpen a blade by moving the cutting edge
>towards myself.

He's not an idiot, that's how it's done.
>
>I hone with my steel in the opposite direction with the cutting edge
>moving down the steel away from me.

YouTube has directions for how to stand the steel on a table and home
down.
>
>Works great and hones my knife to a razor edge.
>
>What he's doing is just asking for a slip and a bad hand cut!

People will be careless no matter what.

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