Top hack: how to sharpen your knife again (without an expensive sharpening stone or knife sharpener)
Without a good knife set, we’re lost in the kitchen. But as with any everyday utensil, knives wear out over time. Sometimes because we’re lazy and impatient and don’t handle them properly. Then we put them in the dishwasher, even though we know full well we shouldn’t. The result: rust spots (which you can remove again with this handy hack!). But more often, knives simply wear out because we use them a lot. They become dull and no longer cut smoothly. Now there’s a hack that makes it incredibly easy to get your knives razor-sharp again.
You don’t need a sharpening stone or knife sharpener at all. In fact, you probably have the product you need in multiples in your kitchen cupboard. It’ll save you quite a bit of money too!
How to sharpen your knife again
You’ve probably already noticed while cutting vegetables, meat and potatoes that your knife is dull. Whereas the knife used to glide through food quickly and effortlessly, it now struggles. Not sure whether it’s time to sharpen your knives? With a few handy tricks, you can check how dull your knife is. If you have a dull knife and no professional knife sharpener at hand, a mug is your salvation. A mug? Yes! The mug you drink your tea from every day, for example. The important thing is that it has an unglazed rim on the bottom. That rim will sharpen your knife again.
Proceed as follows: wet the rim on the bottom of the ceramic mug with water. Then draw the knife over the rim at an angle of approximately 20 degrees. Sharpen both sides equally often. After a while, your dull knife will be razor-sharp again. Easy, but super effective! Check out the video below:
Do: maintain your knives properly
Taking good care of your knives is never a bad idea. Not only because you need them every day, but also because they may have cost quite a bit. A waste of the investment, right? You may be unintentionally using your knives the wrong way, which can accidentally ruin them. Be alert to that. Also important: clean your knife block thoroughly. Better too often than not often enough. Because you really don’t want to know what kind of grime settles in those wooden slots. In short, maintain your knives. Otherwise, you’ll really cut yourself short, believe me.
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