Originally Posted by
catch21
Your knives won't stay sharp! That's a good one.
Buy a cheap knife from Asda/Tesco/Sainsburys etc that you like the look of, five pounds should do it.
Buy whatever you fancy to sharpen it, ceramic, whetstone, whatever.
Practise on the cheap one every time you use it. Learn how to sharpen, learn that it works and that whatever you do, you don't really damage or hurt the knife.
Once you've learnt how to sharpen your knife and have built up confidence in sharpening, go and buy your expensive knife.
Admire your expensive knife while you use your cheaper one because it's sharper, you're more comfortable with it, and it doesn't matter if you dull it because you can always sharpen it again.
Finally, sell the expensive knife because you never use it and there's nothing wrong with the cheaper one.