Running through the middle of a ultra-bustling London, where we connect the stories of ground age old Knife artists abound; without them sharpening our kitchen knives, imagine life as we know it in the kitchen? Picture that scenario when you’re cutting up that ripe tomato — *FWUMP!* — and you have a mushy mess. Ugh, right? Cue London’s knife sharpening maestros who can make knife sharpening duller than a spoon into wonderfully sharp wonders. Using a blunt knife is like trying to eat steak with a spoon. Infuriating, isn’t it?
These knife whisperers can from Camden Market’s noisy alleys to Borough’s gourmet lanes, they are all over the city and they work wonders in a dance with their fingers. Sharpening a blade is a quasi-surgical operation – one glitch and that kitchen mainstay is ruined.
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The craft isn’t merely functional, precise and energy is put into each blade – much like a muso with an instrument. There’s a skill for all types of steels these experts posses whether bar stock, carbon, stainless, different alloys. – “Which one is your knife?” : A question you could be asked at some point, and left standing in warm exchange. It’s these small interactions that make all the difference.
There’s a sly education chucked in for free. “How often should you sharpen?” “When the tomatoes call for mercy!” Chuckle here, bit of wisdom there; that’s how bits of advice stick.
You can then turn to the cast of characters that flock to these stalls, rich with colour and life. The trainspotter regaling the group with stories of he…