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Sharpening, repairs, gear and honest answers about knives, from Nate at SimplySharp - mobile knife sharpening serving Atlanta and the surrounding areas. Start with the Knife Knerd series if you are new here, or browse by what you need fixed.

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Knife Questions

14 videos
1:36
When Not to Use a Pull-Through Sharpener
Those slot sharpeners have their place, but here's what they quietly do to a good knife.
Short · Knife Questions
4:33
Sharpening Is a Profession, Not a Problem
Every sharpener Nate owns, laid out in one place, and why the craft is a trade rather than a chore.
Short · Knife Questions
4:11
Knife Knerd Ep 1: Why Sharpen Knives?
The case for a sharp edge: less force, less slipping, and a lot less fighting with your food.
Long-form · Knife Questions
4:54
Knife Knerd Ep 6: Sharpen Your Own Knives
The full at-home process, walked through start to finish. Or call us and skip it.
Long-form · Knife Questions
4:36
Knife Knerd Ep 5: Honing and Tomatoes
What a honing rod really does, and why a tomato is the honest test of an edge.
Long-form · Knife Questions
2:29
Knife Knerd Ep 4: A Sharpening Hack, Maybe
Testing a shortcut for keeping an edge going between proper sharpenings. Results may vary.
Long-form · Knife Questions
5:10
Knife Knerd Ep 3: Do I Need New Knives?
Most knives that feel worn out are not worn out. They just need an edge put back on them.
Long-form · Knife Questions
3:36
Knife Knerd Ep 2: When to Sharpen
Simple tests that tell you a knife is ready for sharpening, and how often it actually needs doing.
Long-form · Knife Questions
3:05
Do Dull Knives Brown Apples Faster?
An old kitchen claim, put to an actual side-by-side test with a sharp blade and a dull one.
Long-form · Knife Questions
2:50
Knife Cleaning and Care
How to wash and store knives so the edge you paid for actually lasts.
Long-form · Knife Questions
1:27
Broken Knives? You Don't Need New Ones
Chips, bends and broken tips are usually repairable. Keep the knives you already own.
Short · Knife Questions
0:54
I Won't Sharpen This Knife
The one kind of knife we turn down, and the reason behind it.
Long-form · Knife Questions
1:24
You Don't Need a Bread Knife
A sharp chef's knife handles bread perfectly well. Watch it go through a loaf.
Long-form · Knife Questions
17:34
Is This Knife Worth Sharpening?
How to judge whether a beaten-up knife is worth saving, or whether it is genuinely done.
Long-form · Knife Questions

Repairs & Restoration

11 videos
25:52
Repairing a Damaged Chef's Knife
A bin of knives, a damaged chef's knife, and a run through the damage we see every week.
Long-form · Repairs & Restoration
2:13
Yes, Someone Asked Me to Sharpen a Spoon
It finally happened. A spoon, a garbage disposal, and a polite no.
Short · Repairs & Restoration
7:58
Fixing a Dull Micro-Serrated Edge
Micro-serrations dull like anything else, and most shops turn them away. Here's the fix.
Long-form · Repairs & Restoration
18:37
Three Ways to Repair a Knife Tip
Broken tip, bent tip, barely-chipped tip. Three repairs on a set of damaged Miyabis.
Short · Repairs & Restoration
1:29
Fixing Knife Damage Caused by Robots
Scratches, two different bevel angles and a rolled edge. Machine damage, and the repair.
Short · Repairs & Restoration
13:33
Repairing a Shun on the Ken Onion
Tip repair on a Shun, worked through on the Ken Onion starting from a deliberately worn belt.
Long-form · Repairs & Restoration
3:00
Fixing a Bent Tip or a Chipped Edge
The two most common kinds of knife damage we see, and what fixing them actually looks like.
Short · Repairs & Restoration
24:05
Two Ways to Remove Chips From Dull Knives
Two approaches to grinding out gnarly chips, run side by side on the same pair of knives.
Short · Repairs & Restoration
2:56
Knife Repair: Unusual Geometry
A knife shipped in from North Carolina with odd bevels and a story behind it.
Short · Repairs & Restoration
5:58
Re-Serrating a Knife With Curry Custom Cutlery Wheels
A knife that lost its serrations gets them put back, using Cliff Curry's serration wheels.
Long-form · Repairs & Restoration
7:35
Bread Knife Touch Up
A faster take on the serrated technique that still does right by a bread knife.
Long-form · Repairs & Restoration

Gear & Equipment

14 videos
7:10
Trizac A3 Belt: Does It Make a Difference?
Taking the progression past the usual A30 to a Trizac A3, to find out if it's worth it.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
30:52
Practicing on the Low-Speed Bucktool 1x30
Technique practice on the slow 1x30, where mistakes are easier to see and correct.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
2:55
Measuring Knife Sharpness
A tester that puts a number on sharpness: grams of force to cut a fine string.
Short · Gear & Equipment
10:37
Beltswap Pro for the Ken Onion Mk 2
Swapping belts faster, and why that adds up when sharpening is the job.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
2:56
Felt Belt on the Ken Onion
Where a felt belt belongs in the progression, and what it does to the finish.
Short · Gear & Equipment
11:27
Freehand Practice on the Tormek
Working freehand on the Tormek, no jig, chasing consistency.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
0:57
Battery Powered Bench Grinder?
Setting up the low-speed Bucktool with Curry Custom Cutlery diamond wheels.
Short · Gear & Equipment
13:17
Update on the Work Sharp Ken Onion Mk 2
A longer-term verdict on the Mk 2 after it has done real work.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
1:02
Portable Air Filter for Sharpeners
Keeping metal dust out of the air when the workshop is someone's driveway.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
0:59
Dust Collector Power Draw With the Work Sharp
The most-asked question about the filtration unit: what does it actually pull?
Short · Gear & Equipment
9:24
Fixing the Work Sharp Ken Onion Elite Mk 2
Something went wrong with the Mk 2. Here's the diagnosis and the fix.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
6:16
Leather Belts on the Ken Onion Elite Mk 2
Stropping on the machine itself, and what leather belts do to the finished edge.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
11:03
Ken Onion Elite Mk 2: Initial Thoughts
How the new Elite Mk 2 stacks up against the original, from someone using it daily.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment
18:02
My New Sharpening Setup
The whole mobile rig, built into an Ioniq 5, and the thinking behind it.
Long-form · Gear & Equipment

On the Job

11 videos
26:37
Sharpening Knives During a Power Outage
Power's out, knives still need doing. A full session run regardless.
Long-form · On the Job
2:58
Sharpening Knives at the Stadium
Restaurant knives at Truist Park, freezing cold, three years of looking after this customer.
Short · On the Job
2:42
8 Times Sharper in Under 3 Minutes
A dull knife, three minutes, and a measured eightfold improvement.
Short · On the Job
2:59
Sharpening Kitchen Scissors on the Ken Onion
Kitchen shears done on the Ken Onion, finished with the plastic bag test.
Short · On the Job
22:54
Sharpening Annie and Ryan's Knives
A whole block of kitchen knives, sharpened at home in one visit.
Long-form · On the Job
22:08
Sharpening Dad's Knives
A full set worked start to finish, plus how the licensing side of SimplySharp works.
Long-form · On the Job
0:44
Sharpening Mandolin Blades on the Old Ken Onion
Some jobs still suit the older machine. Mandolin blades are one of them.
Short · On the Job
0:50
Chris Sharpening
Chris finishing his first sharpening lesson, running a blade himself.
Long-form · On the Job
0:25
Same-Day Sharpening
Same-day sharpening across Atlanta. We come to you, or you catch us around town.
Long-form · On the Job
1:39
Never a Dull Moment
A quick look at what a SimplySharp day actually looks like.
Long-form · On the Job
1:15
Channel Intro
What this channel is: sharpening, repairs, gear, and the business behind it.
Long-form · On the Job