21-07-2018 03:10 via ottawacitizen.com

Visiting knifemaker rock stars draw a crowd to their sharpening party

There are two different kinds of sharp. There is sharp, as in things that might hurt when you touch them, and which you are careful around because they could cut you. And then there is sharp sharp — a kind of sharpness that seems to defy the laws of physics, rendering objects infinitely, effortlessly divisible.
That second kind of sharp, that’s the kind of sharp you want in your kitchen knife. That’s the kind of sharp you get with a Japanese knife.
“Japanese knives are mo
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