Patent ID: 7993183

Claim:
A method of sharpening a knife having a pair of opposed cutting edges, and a first surface and a second surface respectively defining opposite sides of the knife with each of said surfaces terminating at said opposed cutting edges, the first surface of the knife having a middle section positioned between opposed non-coplanar clamping features, said method comprising the steps of: (1) providing a fixture having a support surface for said knife; (2) sizing and shaping the support surface of the fixture to register with said non-coplanar clamping features on the first surface of the knife; (3) placing the knife on said support surface of the fixture for supporting the first surface of the knife during sharpening with the support surface in register with the clamping features on the first surface of the knife; (4) simultaneously sharpening the opposed cutting edges of said knife by removing knife material from said second surface at said edges of the knife; and (5) removing said knife from said fixture.