This style of video I find particularly helpful. It's helpful to get the perspective of someone new who might be making mistakes that you'd make and it helps you see how you'd go about fixing it.

love this guy. He looks so happy

Fun with lots of positive energy.

A few weeks back I taught my sister how to sharpen her kitchen knifes just the same way. Only differences were we only had one sharpening station and the knife was a 57 HRC stamped one. I just learned from your videos. You must be a great teacher :)

He looks like a Wendell. He has great smile, like big teddy.

Every time that knife slide on that brick a little piece of my soul dyes.

You are so incredibly good at teaching others! I’m learning so much and really enjoying it. Thank you for your channel.

This is amazing. You're a fantastic teacher! I was puzzled a lot of times. But seeing your friend learning how to sharpen these fresh as well as finding the angles for the knives makes it easier for myself to understand too. Thanks for this video!!!

Wendell is great. Burrfection is the place to come to be happy. Always a smile! Keep it up Ryky!

These are the best videos to watch for beginners. A teacher is at his best when he can view his students mistakes and correct them in real time.

Great video! It's nice to see you walk someone else through the sharpening process. It helped me out with some questions I had.

Ricky, you make such a good videos both informative and easy to understandm but Special thanks for the positive attitude and nice mood! Your friend is amazing! He's so much positive, that makes me happy!

Great timing on the strop maintenance portion of this. I just received my 12" rolled buffalo strop the other day. Thanks so much. Your strop is superb!

Great tutorial!!! I loved how you told how to find the angle :)

Dude you are SMART. Thank U for a great "CLASS" . So glad you hang in there. :)

I'll admit im drunk and i missread the title and thought it said "First Friend to Sharpen a Brick with a Knife"

Hey Ryky. First of all thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. This video was by far the easiest to follow tutorial for an - let's say - avid beginner, as Wendell (what a great guy) seems to be. It would be awesome, if you would update the video with the added bit of the edit-mishap at the 9 minute mark, though. It's really easy to follow your instructions with another person at your side, that makes mistakes like any other guy would and I think the complete video could be your ultimate "from-start-to-finish"-lesson 🙂

Awesome video showing your teaching prowess. You should do more videos with your followers.

Wendell you made my day much brighter. What an awesome smile 😀😀😀😀

Great job, guys! That was fun to watch, and I learned more about sharpening!

I wish I was there with you guys. Looks like fun and learning at the same time. I learn a lot from your videos.

This is great to see. As a newbie this is a particularly helpful demonstration.

Love these videos! Always a great happy atmosphere

It seems there's a part missing at 9:35.

This was really cool! Nice when you have a guest!

That was great! I feel that teaching someone who is a novice offers better instruction to other novices than watching a demonstration.

Amazing video and teaching and your friend did great

Thanks for sharing your skills, good to know how to do it properly 👍

You are an amazing teacher!

This is most definitely the best sharpening video on KZfaq. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!!! 😁

Great video! I think this might even be better for beginners, because they can see a beginner start and be instructed.

I just ordered that Miyabi 7" Rocking Santoku, what a beautiful knife! Great video!

Wendell is a good student, was nice to see someone else learning

Im from Dallas as well and I always watch your videos! Rock on!

😓😭. A new miyabi..... Soooo beatiful Awesome tutorial

“Okay”

That smile never left that mans face! Lol

I think many people would be interested if you’re giving lessons on knife sharpening techniques 😍👍

I likes this kind of video . Very good tutorial with experiment. 👍🏻

You helped me so much thanks.

I have this knife in 9 1/4 I rarely use it it's for show mostly but it's a pleasure to use and feels like a dream in your hands.

Smiled the whole way through.

I love miyabi knives !

I’ve seen a dozen of ur videos and made razors out of credit cards on cement my whole life, but the way you broke down grip made me realize that not everyone has feel for the knife, only the cut.

subbed, very informative channel, just bought a few stones to start, you make it seem do-able! thanx

Holy Crap, the brick was hard to watch. But you took it to a great place. Talk about going from tragedy to triumph. Sweet.

I love this guy he seems so happy

Great tutorial 👍

full on cool demo

Man that would make me cry. I'm sitting in the parking lot looking at the Miyabi Kaizen 8" chefs knife I just bought. No way I could put this to a brick. This is my first miyabi chefs knife, third miyabi overall. They're amazing. I a tally got the Shun Classic yesterday but wasn't crazy about it so I exchanged it for this one.

Good video as always mate ☺️

Great video.

this is great you should do a few vids like this show a beginner how to sharpen a knife.

it's look fun to sharperning a knife with your friend 😁😁😁

great work

Omg that tip for finding the angle was perfect cause I can’t tell if I’m on it when I sharpen it I can see 2 angles where it was sharpened

Not gonna lie man I lime you more because of this video 👍 gj as always.

He’s much better than the BBQ mans first try! Nicely done Wendell!

Your videos are great. You are a great teacher and seem like a great guy. But I have to comment on you being the first to put oil on your strop. I am middle aged and was a friend to two great sharpeners who mentored me in MN. John Juranitch, the Guiness World record holder and Louis N. Graves, the inventor of The Crock Stick. I have been deeply into knives amd sharpening for just about 50 years now. I also had an instructor from the barber college in Chicago who was one of their straight razor shave and sharpening instructors. Old time barbers and shoe cobblers have used mink oil, whale oil, lard, straight animal fat which hunters and trappers used, and commercial strop dressing. Which you can still buy. Rubbing abrasive powder into strops is also ancient. Cleaning and reconditioning both the compound strops and the non compound strops with oils is all part of the process. I was taught by a 90 year old trapper how to add mink oil to a compound strop, rub gently and wipe off the floating metal particles and then smooth it down for future use way back in the 1960's. Amd he was taught it as a young boy growing up in Finland. Just an fyi. Lots of info seems to be dying out in our modern tech day. Have a great day and thank you for your fun to watch informative videos!

loved it!!!

It’s really useful tutorial

Hi mate, great video you look so friendly. I started to watch your videos a couple a month ago I live in new Zealand but I from for Argentina, I'm a chef and I learning a lot from you. Thanks and keeping up!

My soul cried inside when I saw him pull the knife over the brick...

Also thanks to Wendell for asking the honing question. I just ordered my Ryky two days ago and was wondering the same thing.

great video

I wish I got a one on one ... lucky you bro

Okey.

Great......Great Video............................!

Wow best vid ive seen

You should do a video on sharpening a Japanese knife that you ordered from AliExpress :)

Wendell's a chill guy, okay.

Awesome....

Awesome.

Great stuff Ryky! Man I’m jealous. Would love to be able to have a sharpening session with you! If you ever in Australia hit me up mate would love to have the opportunity to learn from you.

Hey Ryky great video. Pretty cool how he got the knife sharp just by watching you and talking him through it. How are your strop bases working out? Did the carbon fiber ones turn out as good as.you thought? How about those glass ones with the feet...I may need a couple soon!

Love it

My myabi knife just arrived today. The sharpness was so mind boggling and impressive that when I saw this man dull the blade my soul died a little inside

Great work man I love ur stuff and I really wanted to buy ur leather strops, but I was wondering what type of leather ur using ?!

This is a feel good video. I next want to see a friend of yours to take the challenge: dull and sharpen a knife on the same brick

What stones do you recommend for wustof classic ikon knives

where did you get the rail you have your stone holder sitting on? I see your water container on Amazon but not the rail.

I just bought the leather strop from your store - hope it arrives safely in Berlin Germany, question - what compound should I buy for it and how to apply it and when. I have already the mineral oil to clean and maintain it, but what more should I use on it. many thanks! is is an Equine Ultra Premium Leather Strop

Hi. Do you have a playlist of other sharpening tutorials for first time stone sharpeners?

where can i find that wristband he's wearing? i've always wondered if there's a story behind it

Can you say how you feel about the sea-quarry harvested Japanese blue stone (12,000)? I was lucky enough to get one before japan closed these quarries forever. Now i start at an 800/2000/3000/5000/8000 finally 12000 to a 30.000 grit polishing strop. I do this with chisels, plane blades and knives. It took me two years to be taught a real method and love of sharpening and stropping. I gladly spend a week sharpening morning to night between using the tools for my life

I have a couple of birchwoods and just got a set of gently used Kaizens. I can't get the Kaizens anywhere near as sharp (but is anything sharper than a new Miyabi).....I only have the 3000 Naniwa chosera you mentioned in your videos and will get the 800. Thanks for all your helping videos. What stones will get me to the razor sharpness of the Miyabis? 63 hardness is tough....is it better to send these off for sharpening back to new?

I wish to clarify a question what's the difference between polishing a knife and stropping a knife

I hope someday i will be in your studio .... .,,!~

the way i find the right angle is by changing the angle back and forth...and looking at the edge of the blade really closely. If it squeezes out all the water from underneath it, then the angle is right( or close enough for me at least ).

Question: Finally! A video for sharpening miyabi. What other sharpening stones and/or honing rods would you recommend for them? I don’t know what would work best to handle the hardness of SG2 steel. Thanks! Love the videos

What is the best wet stone or wet stones to sharpen the Artisan..i just perched the knife and qant to get all the right stuff for it.

Very good video. But I do use a sharpening rod, just for quick tune-ups,...and if I don't want to break-out the 10k stone or the strop. I have a ceramic rod and a borosilicate glass rod. What I'm trying to say is, if you need a quick edge tune-up... a GOOD rod is handy. .....and if you have a few extra minutes, go for the stones. But if your knife if good enough.....you shouldn't need either, or a full sharpening, for a period of time.

Hi Ryky! As always, a nice video :) I've been sharpening knifes for about 1 year. Have become "ok" and have no problem achieving an edge sharp enough to "pop off" hairs, and cut very thin paper. Been using Naniwa professional 400, 1000 and 3000 + strop. I often want to thin the edge of hunting knifes etc, and always remove the factory bevel. I feel like the 400 isn't fast enough to reshape a knife that much (stone is already getting thinner then the others). What stones would you recommend for that job? I'm also looking for 1 stone of higher grit to put the final polish. Been looking at the Naniwa specialty 8000, but maybe you would recommend something else? Most likely you don't have time to read this comment, but if you happen to do, I would truly appreciate some input :) Keep up the good work!

can u review some ceramic knives ? TY

how do you remove scratches from a japanese blade i removed rust from mine using a wall and a wet brick??

Awesome ,,,,,,,,,,,!,,,,,,

Okay

Hey buddy I'm buying the Artisan. Can you tell me what two stones I should use to start besides the Stroft.. What did you use in this Video? Thank you

So funny! thank you for this entertainment ... (was no instruction right ?? ) ...

Can you please tell me the type of stone u using to sharp. Thank you.