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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> We celebrated Thanksgiving last week with my wife's 92-year-old Aunt,
> who did a wonderful job preparing a very complete meal - turkey, three
> different kind of cranberry relish, and countless vegetable and starch
> dishes, all of which were great, and all necessary to feed the large
> appetites at the table which included me and our 21- and 17-year-old
> boys among a total of 8 people.
>
> But her carving knife didn't do a very good job - she found it difficult
> to use, and did my wife and I - so we now are faced with two questions.
> Should we get her carving knife sharpened - we think it's a good one but
> none of us know much about knives - and if so, where?

For many years a travelling tinker called Mac the Knife used to pull
up at our gate once a year, collect all my knives/scissors gardening
tools, and bring them back a few hours later, sharpened and washed (in
the sea). Since he died I get the knives done at friendly local butcher
shop. In between, I use a whetstone (bought from Mac).

Or should we just
> buy her a new carving knife for Christmas and, if so, what should we get
> her?

How about an electric carving knife?

Janet UK