sharpening a vegetable/fruit peeler?

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Sounds pretty dumb...

We have used a nice vegetable/fruit peeler by OXO for a good number of years. It's gotten pretty dull and is planing instead of cutting.

Is there a way to sharpen these things instead of just chucking it? It feels a little wasteful to do that. I've tried steeling and it helps a bit, but it's now at the point that steeling doesn't do much anymore.

I figure I can just put it down on a stone and hone away, but you can't exactly deburr.

Any tips?

Thanks.

-jon
 
get a spyderco triangle stone... they sell spares for the 204 if you don't wnt to be out a lot. Should be around $8-10usd for a pair.

Run it down the length on both sides, the corner fits in nicely. I also sharpen nail clippers like that.
 
Ah ha...

Ok, something else to get. :)

I'm not sure I get how you use it though... you stick the corner of one of the length of the stones into the space between the two blades?

-j
 
VampyreWolf beat me to it! with exactly the advice I would have given you. In fact, I revived four old peelers when I first got my Sharpmaker. VERY quick and easy.

Stroke the stone across the flat front of the blades several times. Then insert the edge between them for a couple of quick, light strokes to break off any wire edge. Then a couple more strokes on the flat.

Here are the Spyderco sharpeners. If you haven't gotten a sharpmaker yet, this is a good excuse to go for it. But check out the Ceramic File Set also. I got a Double Stuff myself, but it's not the best for tiny items like peelers.
 
Got it.

Sweet... thanks, guys. :)

Esav, I think I'll go for the individual stones... I use an EdgePro for my knives and it's done everything I've needed so far... although it is pretty useless on peelers, I'll have to admit. ;)

Thanks!!

-jon
 
ErikD has a good point - just use a knife! :)

Actually, the 204 would make a good kitchen addition - those serrated knives, clippers, peelers, scissors - I've even touched up pizza cutters.

You can never have too many knives, or ways to sharpen them! My father (the MASTER of the arkansas stone) recently bought a diamond stone, this is either a sign that one needs more than one sharpening system...or of the apocalypse.

A good paring knife and a little practice will skin that spud in record time, faster than a peeler when you get used to it.


Steve-O
 
A paring knife???

I use a puukko or my CRK Sable III or a Camillus Maxx bowie. :) The Maxx is probably the best all-around kitchen knife I've ever found.
 
This is Mrs. Biogon we're talking about.

Puukko == removed digits
Paring knife == cut to the bone
Peeler == Happy dinner for Biogon

;)

-j
 
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