That was Paring’s teacher on the phone. I’m afraid he thinks young Paring may not be the sharpest blade in the bunch.

“What? But that’s a horrible thing to say, Carving, just horrible!”

Now just calm down, Filet. Let’s not get upset. He’s only trying to help.

“Help? Perhaps if Paring didn’t find the lessons so dull…”

Filet, please! I know you love him so much you want to believe he can do no wrong. I do, too! But we both know he hasn’t quite been making the cut grades-wise and, well, Paring’s teacher suggested that maybe we should get him a sharpener to help him cut through some of his school trouble…

“Oh no, did we ruin him? Did we ruin our son somehow?!”

No, honey, not at all! Some knives just need a little extra attention if they want to stay sharp. It happens to the best blades, really, it does. First thing tomorrow, I’m going to call the Smith’s Santoku Standard Edge Pull Through Knife Sharpener the teacher recommended. He assured me that the pre-set crossed carbides and ceramic stones will be just the thing to give Paring back his edge. We owe it to him to try, don’t you think?

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