thought this was at least interesting...
some of them are ceramic..




That's funny, one of my dad's prized possessions is a redwing crock from the farm he grew up on. I asked him what they used it for and why it was special. He said it was because that is what his dad (my grandpa) used to ....wait for it....sharpen his knives with. Amazing!Unk wrote:If you buy Spyderco Sharpmaker, it comes with a DVD showing how to use it, and all the things you can sharpen with it. He also goes through a mini history of sharpening knives, and he shows how some folks used to sharpen a knife on the inside rim of a big pottery crock. He said something about using the inside rim keeps the knife at the proper angle. The inside rim was un-glazed, like the bottom edge of a coffee cup.
