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  2. Knife sharpening - Wikipedia

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    Knife sharpener in Kabul, Afghanistan (1961) The Knife Grinder by Massimiliano Soldani (c.1700), Albertinum, Dresden A railway camp cook sharpens a knife blade on a stone wheel, 1927 Knife sharpening is the process of making a knife or similar tool sharp by grinding against a hard , rough surface, typically a stone , [ 1 ] or a flexible surface ...

  3. Sharpening - Wikipedia

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    A roadside knife grinder on rue Faidherbe (11e arrondissement) in Paris. He is one of the few knife grinders who still practise in France. Sharpening tools. A number of blade sharpeners operate a mobile business, [1] [2] traveling to their customers locations, often in highly equipped vehicles. Less common in developed nations.

  4. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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    The term is based on the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, [3] [4] not on the word "wet". The verb nowadays to describe the process of using a sharpening stone for a knife is simply to sharpen, but the older term to whet is still sometimes used, though so rare in this sense that it is no longer mentioned in, for example, the Oxford Living Dictionaries.

  5. How to Sharpen a Knife Like a Professional Chef - AOL

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    Here's how to sharpen a knife at home like a pro. The post How to Sharpen a Knife Like a Professional Chef appeared first on Taste of Home.

  6. Sharpness (cutting) - Wikipedia

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    Sharpened metal drop-point blade Naturally occurring sharp obsidian piece Shark tooth with a sharp, serrated edge A sewing needle comes to a sharp point. Sharpness refers to the ability of a blade, point, or cutting implement to cut through materials with minimal force, and can more specifically be defined as the capacity of a surface to initiate the cut. [1]

  7. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  8. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry - Wikipedia

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    The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School is a New York Times best-selling memoir with recipes by American writer Kathleen Flinn. It was first published by the Viking Press on October 4, 2007, ISBN 0-670-01822-8 .

  9. Is it OK to recline? Expert answers your biggest flying questions

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    From whether you should recline your seat to where to stow your luggage, an etiquette expert shares how to behave when flying. Is it OK to recline? Expert answers your biggest flying questions