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  1. Newsgroups: misc.consumers
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpcvaac!billn
  3. From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
  4. Subject: Re: Sharpening knives (was: Using your friends)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.040531.14500@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
  6. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
  7. References: <1992Jul16.190006.1826@acuson.com>
  8. Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:05:31 GMT
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  10.  
  11. lawson@acuson.com (Drew Lawson) writes:
  12. : 
  13. : The instructions I had years ago (Chicago Cutlery) recommended a single
  14. : pass dull side first followed by 3-4 passes sharp side first, repeated
  15. : as necessary.  The first pass serves to catch any pieces that have
  16. : folded back from the edge.
  17.  
  18. If anything fold back on a knife when it gets dull, then the knife is not
  19. worth having - except for possibly weeding the garden.
  20.  
  21. Bill
  22.