Sharpening to the ideal angle. Very sharp knives sharpen at about 10 dps (degrees per side) (which implies that the knife's edge has an included angle of 20-degrees). Generally speaking, razors, paring knives, and fillet knives should be the sharpest knives at an angle of 12° – 18°. Most kitchen knives, like utility/slicing knives, chef’s knives, boning knives, carving knives, should be sharpened to 15° – 25°. The exceptions are Japanese style knives that are usually sharpened to 14° – 16° depending on the knife maker. Japanese style knives utilize a much harder steel, and are therefore more brittle than their
Deba Prasad Das be taken notice as a classical dance form. Later, in the same year, Rahman made her debut performance of Odissi at a show witnessed by Kapila Vatsyayan, Charles Fabri and others, and this is known to have brought the Deba Das style of Odissi into public notice.'Sabda Swara Pata' is an important feature of this style of Odissi. Das, a representative of "Gotipua" Odissi culture and considered by many as one of the four first generation gurus of Odissi, is known to be founder of the "Deba Prasad Gharana". He had many disciples such as Indrani Rahman, Bijayalaxmi Mohanty, Oopali