I don’t need an endless stream of new knife reviews to watch your channel…plenty of other knife related things to talk about. I think most of us can relate to not having a trust fund to draw upon, as nice as that would be. I enjoy hearing about the knives people are actually using, how they maintain them, etc. There are so many knives on the market now and you only have so many cutting needs…quality/affordable user knives are my jam.

Pete, the beauty of your channel is that it is the story of you and your family's life. After all, the channel is Cedric and Ada, not Pete and Bricky's World of Knives. Keep doing you and sharing your story with us. Yes, we are blessed to be in Australia, except for how ridiculously expensive knives from overseas can be, but we pay for the privilege of our standard of living. Your sharpening series has been informative and fun. Thanks for the diversion.

Pete....I been using stones for over 30 years so here's a tip. Less pressure, go slower, and less vigorous. Also you can use your other hand too steady the blade and help keep blade angle. Sharpening a knife is easy, getting an equal and well profiled edge is where the skill and practice comes in.

Your comments on the expenses of raising kids...spot on! We also used to get a decent tax break for them, but with them getting older and the last tax laws, those have gone away too! More videos on sharpening, maintenance, etc is great.

It would be cool to see one of the knives from these short sharpening sessions do your rope test. We could see how much difference there is from your previous tests and how much the extra time sharpening is worth.

Most knife channels focus pretty much exclusively on new knives. There is so much more to the knife world though that not many cover - eg someone could do a deep dive on each type of locking system, their advantages and disadvantages - so I appreciate the non-new knife videos.

Pete, a very large reason I come back here is to listen to what you have to say. You are engaging, enlightening, and always entertaining. Times are tough for so many of us, and you give us joy to carry on. Thank you!

Maxameth. The pinnacle of steel addiction

For what it's worth, I enjoy sharpening and your steel cut tests more than knife review videos anyway.

I had that same problem with getting to the base of the edge with the worksharp fixed system when it first came out and sent it back. If they just made the stones a little thicker, you wouldn't run into the plastic frame thing.

You’re on a roll, Pete! Great series! With this and the series with your lovely wife, I was honestly anticipating the next video every time and enjoyed all of them. I like all the other random stuff too. You make Australia look just like Utah.

Sharpening is at least 50 percent of the hobby for me.

I use the 2 plates from the field sharpener with two 2.5mm hard drive magnets in between to hold them together. So that makes a really thin 2 sided diamond plate then put that in the double stuff leather pouch. It's what I use about 90% of the time.

Times are “tough” and i think it’s amazing that guys continue to just pump out Chinese mystery knives with promos. the knife world appears to have turned into a materialistic hodge podge of conspicuous consumption…thanks Pete for keeping morality and common sense.

You’re a great human being with a lovely family! Stay positive you lovely people!

I'm shocked to hear a final fantasy soundtrack on a video like this! Huge nostalgia trip out of the blue. Good vid, I have the same sharpener. As a Professional knife maker I use the ceramic side often to straighten edges before stropping with 8K diamond paste.

Love your videos man. From Maine, USA. Thanks

About to have my first child any day now and the discussion was appreciated. I also love that you are more about using, maintaining and enjoying knives whereas almost all other major channels are purely about buying the new fancy thing.

You entertain. New knives are great but this series of sharpening videos has been entertaining. Thank you

Comet cleanser or any powdered sink cleanser works much faster to clean ceramic stones. I use that a little water and an old toothbrush.

I have officially been schooled. That erasor trick was genius.

You have some of the best sharpening videos! Always love seeing a new one

Cried my heart out watching how you sharpened that Spyderco 15V 😭😭😭😭

I was chopping garden wood into small pieces all day yesterday with a 1095 steel large knife. Sharpening it at the end of the day with a small diamond and ceramic stone, moving the stone and knife held stationary was enough to get it cutting phonebook paper. That is a lot of fun. I own way to much knifes but tuning my sharpening skills helps control the addiction.

Pete sorry to hear about Lemon catching up on the videos man. As this video addresses life, life is definitely different as we age. Been a long-time viewer, so your parallels in Australia are always relatable to my family here in the states . Enjoy your storytelling.

Amazing series

I’ll often use a small diamond rod to put a small choir in my spydercos. It actually turns out like a single serration and makes sharpening a tad easier.

I'm enjoying the sharpening videos.

I’m really enjoying the sharpening videos thanks for sharing!!

I dig it man, next to cutting…sharpening is half the ownership of a knife. I find it far more therapeutic than shopping for another knife I definitely don’t need. Nice to have content that doesn’t create the temptation we don’t need. I was wondering how it would be to sharpen my BBB shaman on that same system. Turns out it’ll work eh?! Thanks dude 🍻

Damn long time… Just wanted to say thanks I got into knives when I first got clean off hard drugs. Was a good time I learned a lot. Still off the hard drugs but smoking pot so zero knife money. Still got some good blades too. Anyways much love and respect from Cleveland

I’m really enjoying this series for sure, it’s different. Nobody has money to burn at the moment, that’s for sure. My knife buying has come to a stand still.

I love the mindset! In these tougher times I’ve leaned away from buying much for myself. Instead I’ve been buying $30 old Leatherman PSTs and other various older models, soaking in rust remover, cleaning/polishing them up, sharpening them, engraving, adding pocket clips, maybe uv glue a tritium tube on the clip, and give them to family or friends as personalized gifts. Most of the time l, I’ve got about only $45 invested and quite a lot of time. There’s something satisfying about reviving old neglected tools and giving them a new life/owner.

Don't fret about new knives Pete. Sure your channel is about knives, but for v those of us who've been watching for a minute it's really about you and your family. You could start doing off grid stuff, sustainable farming stuff, prepping stuff, whatever. We'd keep watching mate.

Bricky likes his head scratched.

This style of system is my go-to because it’s so fast.

Very sensible young man 😊

You have me very close to buying the worksharp bench stone. Want to give it a try.

DLT or REC is my go to.

Thanks Pete.

For as wildly wear resistant 15v is it's an incredibly nice steel on the stones. It responds to abrasives beautifully be it diamond or cbn. One of the nicest sharpening ultra wear resistant steels out there.

Pete, you can review a bird house and I'll watch. I've said this before but I don't think people really watch gun review channels or gear, knife review channels for the review, at least not the subscribers, we watch for the personality. With that said I love watching knife Sharpening and knife reviews, it's cathartic.

I have the 15V Manix and Shaman and they both have been fairly easy to sharpen. But Mayne that's because of the fixed angle system that's making it easy. I really need to find a 15V PM2 to complete the original drop set. This is going to be an expensive year when they drop the rest of the 15V.

IMPRESSIVE! One of the nice things about using a fixed angle sharpener (KME) is how nice the bevel looks when finished. I've never been able to get a nice looking bevel freehand. I'm a klutz, what can I say. It would be nice to see a shot of your finished bevel/blade after these speed sharpening sessions. I just purchased my first (and last) custom fixed blade. It will get carried and used, otherwise it's just a very expensive paper weight. When it needs to be sharpened there's not a chance in hell that I'm going to trust my skills to hand sharpen. I will feel very confident sharpening it on my KME though. As for the channels that have 5-10 new knives every week...I never understood that. Many of them say they buy those knives, they aren't gifts. Every so often those same channels make a video whining about their shortness of cash. DUH...I wonder why??? You're doing it the right way and the smart way, Pete. THANKS for this series of videos, Pete!!

G'day Pete, I've got the original model which doesn't offer a 3 sided plate holder, but hey otherwise the same in use. Yep, concur, from dull to sharp is quite quick if you want it to be. Must admit I didnt expect such quick results on the "super steel" jobs. In any case, as you'd expect with any manual stone based system, getting significant dings out is another story; gimme a powered belt or wheel for that ; ) Cheers Duke

That was impressive

Great video mate, as per usual. Just one gripe - the tip. As all gentlement know, the tip is important. Your technique will quickly round off the tip requiring extra special maintenance. Pay a bit of attention to not slip off the stone like that, and your tip will thank you for it. And yes, one of my (many) peeves with Spyderco is when a professional knife maker does not provide a sharpening choil. They should know better. I always put one on with a small round diamond file.

I recently watched a video Michael Emler did with Bob Terzuola who said he watched Sal Glesser slice paper with paper after a conversation about his sharpening system early on. I think it would be funny if you started trying to slice paper with random things just as a funny video to see what weird things you could slice paper with.

Family first 👍 Its important that you show how to maintain youre knives without high costs. 20€ Diamond plate example 360/660 and a self made two by four coated with leather is all you need.

I had no idea that Sesame Street (and the Count) is something that a non-American would know about! Is Sesame Street a thing in Australia? Love this latest series of sharpening videos and the ones featuring Tree. Keep up the good work!!!

I carry this same knife. I've spent about as much time sharpening in it's lifetime. I also have a MKC speed goat magnacut (very similar) in the kitchen. I've spent countless time on that one. Maybe the 15V just doesn't dull as much 🤷‍♂️

Wow, eraser trick, gotta try that! Thanks Pete, loving the focus on sharpening! I sharpened all my knives this winter... now all I have left to sharpen is swords and axes etc. Can you pls cover sharpening big blades with hand tools? I tried working on one of my 5160 swords clamped to a table and hitting it with an extra coarse DMT bench stone with the plastic mount held in one hand... seems like it works, I have a burr going! 😅

I have really slowed down on buying knives too and I feel like it’s definitely because of my son. I have another kid on the way but my son is five and I do feel bad when I say no to buying him something but I just bought a $200 knife. I feel a bit ridiculous when I think $20 is too much for him but $200 is ok for me. Wtf right?

That little bit at the heel needs a sharpening choil. You can easily grind one in with a dremel and small stone barrel.

Would not a strop make a substantial improvement?

Test that old survival fantasy of sharpening a knife with a river stone or just a random rock

"less featured for more money", Spyderco's business strategy in a nutshell. A watered down version of Benchmade's "mediocrity for a mortgage payment".

The eraser works! I wonder if crepe sander/grinder cleaning blocks are cheaper, tho? Whatever you have is what works, of course :)

Where do you find extra wide shapening stones or plates?

Pete we have all come to love u mate, u could make a video on how well 1095 cuts through turds and we would still watch ur vids

Correction to my previous comment I meant budget through to mid and higher priced knives Thanks Dave (trogdalite)

Is the rocking motion of the work sharp when you get to the belly of the knife by design?

Not struggling terribly, yet*

One question: don’t you scratch the sides of the blades on these quided sharpeners this way? I always have this problem that the blades pick up some “dust” from the plates, putting it onto the guides and then when I use the guide they just scratch the blades. How do you make sure it’s not happening?

Do you still use your lanksy or is free hand easier

I think there's value in moving away from focusing on "the new shiny thing" and onto taking care of what we have. That's the whole point of being able to sharpen our own knives and tools i think. I think the zeitgeist is very much moving away from hardcore "use and throw away-capitalism" and into a more sustainable view on using our belongings and mending them until they are properly spent.

Maybe I missed something but I'm not sure why you didn't lock the sharpener down so it wouldn't move during sharpening...

ERASER MAGIC YOU mad MAN 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

10/10 Will sharpen 15v with ease

WTF! Poor Bricky!

We could not possibly have too much of you . Pretty sure you can get different diamond plates for this sharpener . Would you buy it again .

When you use a angle sharpener system what degree do you put your angle at

I only use fixed angle TSPROF, so I'm curious why does this system rock when using it?

Ive only got 6mins, would you make it again, cheers.

Always pay debt off early

Seeing the tip being dragged off the stone like that makes me cringe so badly!

I appreciate your sharing great reviews and very good practical advice on everything from mid range knives and other stuff up through mid range atainable for various pockets size and advice on slightly more pricey steels and knife brands ect and a good laugh whilst watching very amusing but informative well recommended thanks Dave (trogdalite)

If you weren’t under the clock would you still stroke it as fast?

Pete maximet range is 67-damn near 70.

I dont think triple b 15v is hard to sharpen at all with the right abrasives. I sure wouldn't use that though.

“What you need to understand about me is I’m incredibly chaotic.” “For today’s lesson in panic sharpening…” I feel truly seen and understood.

What are you doing to Mr Rock!? Stop it!!

why didn't you strop it?

I tend to not be so interested in the knife channels that soley base their channel on the latest new knife in every single video. While i do like new knife reviews, I more like the more spread out approach to various knife subjects that affects 90% of the population. Seems more natural. Instead of selfish and "ahh look at the new $2000 knife" that 98% of the population wont ever touch.

Why, it's almost as if IT'S ALL STEEL! And if it's steel, diamond can cut it. And if diamond can cut it, diamond can sharpen it. I sure wish more people could wrap their heads around this, instead of getting the "Muh chippies! Muh tippies! Muh shattered blade! Nobody needs that much edge retention! So hard to sharpen!" vapors. I'm getting tired of all the panes getting glazed over from those window lickers. Good on ya for doing what you can to dispel the nonsense.

I like the videos on use, wear and care and maybe improvement/mods better than eternal reviews of new knives. Reviews are nice as well, but if you don't whet your sharpening skills (did you see what I did there) then you will not be able to maintain any of them. Also I look like your ramblings. 😊

Hey, Count, there is no PM6 from Spyderco yet.

haha your a gamer too cool... im a pubg guy myself

Don’t like the bobble of that sharpener. OCD

+like

I hate maxamet for being hard

Last time i was this early i disappointed the wife.......

I doubt anyone cares but I have to say that I can’t agree with the position of privilege argument. What was Australia 100 years ago, how about 100 years prior to that? 100 years ago Australia was geopolitically and economically irrelevant and 100 years before that it was a penal colony which had only been host to westerners for a decade or so. It seems to me that a lot of hard work by your ancestors made that happen so that their Posterity could have a better quality of life than they had not privilege.

You are doing good to stay out of debt except for the big necessities. I like your sharpening videos. It's ridiculous to me that someone would use a knife sparingly until it was dull, then buy another. Be able to put a credible edge on your knife. Had to chuckle when you said "celluloid". I think that went out of style lol.

I think he’s drunk.

Come on Pete love the video, but damn tip down carry arrrrrg. 😂

Diamonds can handle anything.