Show keeping knives sharp most kitchen knives get dull because they are improperly stored used for or the wrong job and never properly sharpened to sharpen paring knives put a sharpening stone on a flat fiat surface pour on a tew lew drops of light or medium household oil and holding the knife in your right hand with your lett left forefinger bearing down slightly on the knife up shave the stone first toward you then away from you the knife is horizontal to the stone throughout the sharpening process |