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What are your favourite things under 50$ that make your life a bit easier or more pleasant? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I need some holiday gift ideas (that I will probably gift to myself as well)!

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[–] eclipse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

As other comments have alluded to, a sharpening stone is a far better investment and only takes a half hour to learn.

Even if you do a bad job it'll likely be a better result and better for your knives. Most sharpeners absolutely destroy knives and take far too much material off.

1000 grit is a good place to start.