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KNIFE MAINTENANCE

A properly maintained knife is a man's best friend. When knives are kept clean, oiled, and sharp, they perform at their best and have an incredibly long lifespan. Follow the guides below to keep your knives as clean and as sharp as the day they were brought out of their boxes and into your pocket.

Best Knife Sharpners Top sharpening systems
Knife Sharpening Angle Guide Inclusive bevels and tools
How to Use a Sharpening Stone Basic sharpening and stropping
How to Sharpen a Serrated Knife Sharpening serrated blades
How to Maintain a Knife Lubrication, sharpening, and much more
How to Sharpen an Axe Sharpening, profiling, honing
How to Sharpen a Recurve Knife Recurve sharpening made easier
How to Sharpen a Tanto Knife Tanto blade shape sharpening
How to Sharpen a Machete Hack, dull, sharpen, repeat