Lin Xu felt that placing a 10,000-grit whetstone here was purely to trap the contestants. Because if anyone were to use such a fine-grit whetstone, they wouldn't even be able to achieve a gleam on the cutting edge in ten minutes, let alone get it sharp.
He took a 400-grit whetstone, braced it against the edge of a step, dribbled some clean water on it, and began to rapidly sharpen the kitchen knife.
Time was too tight. He could only focus on honing the cutting edge first.
If there had been more time, Lin Xu would have definitely used a 6,000-grit or even finer whetstone to polish the entire kitchen knife to a mirror finish.
Ugh, as someone with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, I really can't stand these rust pits on the knife's surface.
After getting the edge reasonably sharp, he polished the blade until it was clean. Then, he washed the kitchen knife, wiped it dry with a towel, and picked up the sole remaining box of Lactone Tofu from the basket.
