Do Maintain : How to sharpen knives, scissors and garden tools.  by Gareth Heaton

Buy this book and get some stones.

Josh Donald, author of Sharp & founder of Bernal Cutlery.

The practical guide to knife sharpening you never knew you needed.

Blunt kitchen knives, scissors and garden tools. Dry wooden boards. We all have them. But maintaining your stuff is easy

when you know how.

Professional knife sharpener Gareth Heaton draws on years of experience

both at his kitchenware business and running workshops

to provide step-by-step instructions on how to correctly sharpen your tools. Using whetstones and other abrasives, you'll make them more effective and safer to use

and discover the hidden joy and satisfaction of maintenance.

In Do Maintain, you will learn how to:

Properly sharpen all types of kitchen knives

Sharpen scissors, secateurs, spades and more

Use a whetstone and ditch ineffective home sharpeners

Treat wooden chopping boards and season cast-iron pans.

It's time to start looking after your everyday tools and utensils, break the cycle of buy and replace, and learn the lost skill of knife sharpening.

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Binding: Hardback,
Pagination: 144 pages, Throughout