Info on the bigot Nick Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Adams_(commentator)
Relevant part:
Adams opposes education regarding LGBTQ topics in schools and said that only a “bad parent” would take their children to see a drag queen show.[18] LGBTQ Nation, an online news magazine, has alleged Adam’s apparent hypocrisy on this topic as he has suggested taking children to Hooters.[18]
As someone who makes knives and swords as a hobby, I can verify that many things are capable of sharpening iron. Slightly less things are capable of sharpening steel.
Know what’s great at refining a dull edge to be razor sharp? Ceramic. And I have legitimately heard someone refer to ceramic safety box cutters as “woke” at work. I don’t get the (il)logic of that…
So uhhhh… Yeah. Even “softer” things will sharpen stuff.
I honestly don’t even know what “iron sharpens iron” is supposed to mean.
I just assume it’s code for “sword fighting.”
They’re referencing a bible verse
Funny how the part they leave out is gender nonspecific, it just says person.
A colleague of mine says he sharpens his knives with… leather.
I have no idea whether to believe them.
Tldr leather can be a component, but not the whole thing
So basically when sharpening, you have a few different things that all do slightly different jobs.
A sharpening stone will remove a little metal along the edge, very slowly, but that makes the edge roll over slightly along the opposing edge face. This makes the edge slightly jagged, you can usually see the reflection of light along the edge of a knife to see it. You don’t want to see any shiny reflection on the edge.
To remove the rolled over edge, one method that is quite popular is to take a leather strip, rub some polishing compound into it, and you run the edge of the knife along it in a similar fashion to how you use a sharpening stone. The softer surface combined with a milder abrasive does a nice job, if you do it right.
The end result is a razor sharp knife.