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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024
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Nah, it's more like saying I take it to a shop to get the oil changed or fill it up with the cheap gasoline because the point is to get me from point a to point b and I deal with its upkeep. It's not a hobby, it's a tool. But people hear that and want to seem superior, is how I see it, so they tell me the Right way as if I don't know. I just don't agree.
Except you didn't mention getting your knives professionally sharpened, you just said you put them in the dishwasher and then pull them through a sharpener yourself. If you have them sharpened by a pro, then there's nothing at all wrong with that. Nobody says you have to sharpen knives yourself.
I guess I'm as bad at comparison as I am at caring for knives.
Then the correct comparison would be to say you take your knives to get professionally sharpened instead of doing it yourself.
The way a pull thru sharpener works is completely different from a diamond / whetstone. It's a scraper, not grinder. It's like the mechanic doing an oil change with rapeseed oil.
Hey, this post is for being pedantic about knives, not metaphors.