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Appreciation post: That old timer who showed me how to sharpen my boning knife right
I had this guy named Frank at my first shop in Denver back in 2018. He grabbed my hand and made me feel the burr on the edge, said I was rushing my stones. He showed me that ten slow passes beats thirty fast ones every time. That little change saved me from having to replace my knife after every big order. Has anyone else had a coworker who just quietly fixed your bad habits without making a big deal?
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brooket4321d ago
I had George at my third kitchen in Portland back in 2019 and he did the same exact thing with the burr thing. He kept tapping my hand until I finally felt that little catch on the edge and it clicked for me. That one lesson probably saved me a hundred bucks on stones alone cause I was treating them like sandpaper before. It's wild how those quiet old timers can teach you more in ten seconds than a whole YouTube video does in an hour. Your buddy Bob with the sigh and the knife snatch sounds like a classic move too, I bet he was secretly testing your patience.
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aaron88021d ago
Wait, hold up. Frank grabbed your actual hand and made you feel the burr? That's a level of hands-on teaching I've never seen before. Most old timers just yell at you from across the cutting table. Man, that's wild but also super cool. I had a guy named Bob at my first kitchen job who just sighed real loud and took my knife away without saying a word. Then he'd hand it back ten minutes later all perfect and I never figured out what he actually did. You lucked out big time getting that lesson straight from the source.
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