What stones do you use?Back when I lived in the city i could take my knives for a quick sharpening, $2.50 a blade. Now its like $6 each and im not were near the shop.I'm looking to buy a nice set of diamond stones.How many do I need, and what grit?I have Zwilling knives, and a bunch of other blades that need to be sharpened.
>>2871749i bought the amazon diamond stone recommended by outdoors55. i'm lazy so i just use the 400 grit side and it works great, razor after some stropping.
>>2871749Honestly 99% of the time I use a 1x30 Delta belt/disc sander that my old man bought me 25 years ago. in less than a minute I can have any blade sharp enough. One pass on each side and then a super light fast finish pass on each side where you watch the burr smooth off. Works every time.
>>2871749I got a handy shard of belgian yellow, I use it for most of my kitchen knifes, I got a big bank stone of belgian blue, I hardly ever use it and when then to dial in a blade, I got an original Thuringian green bankstone, I hardly ever use it, it is a great finisher for straight razors, but straight razors suck and I got a Zische Missarka Blue combi stone JIS 1200 / 4000, that one I use often as general sharpener for knifes and tools.I keep my knifes sharp with a good steel and hone em now and then with the belgian yellow. i got a little shard that fits in my hand and the stone is just great, works with every steel I got, works fast and fine and just wet the stone, no waiting or soaking needed.
>>2871749Factories generally sharpen to 300 grit, like razor blades.For my knives, I invested in a steel, I’m convinced it actually sharpens. Of course you can get ceramic rods similar to steels which indisputably sharpen.I use a smaller steel to hone my olfa retractable knife blades before use.I have a japanese construction knife that comes with a mini ceramic rod sharpener attached. It works well.
>>2871749I use Naniwa Professional stones. For the medium grits they are very good value. For <1k grits use a cheap diamond or preferably something powered. Fuck coarse grinding by hand and double fuck it using ceramic stones.I have sharpened a kitchen knife on a small granite rock I found in the garden once because it was all that was available. Don't get bogged down with choosing the perfect thing.If you're only sharpening kitchen knives, I'd just go with a 1k Naniwa pro stone and a lapping plate. Wears much slower than even good diamond and doesn't gouge when you fuck up.
>>2871749I use literally any cheap whet stone. I top off regularly with 6000 or 8000 pulling the blade. when they are no longer taking a good sharpen I go back to a 3000 to get a fresh edge pushing the blade.
>>2871749I use sandpaper stapled to some wood.
>>2873657I did this for years and it works really well, especially those finer sandpapers often meant for car paint sanding and polishing, as well as the diamond lapping films from 3M meant for polishing fiber optics ends. It's very cheap, lasts a long time within a DIY/homeowner setting and is quite a bit faster than many stones at times. I eventually bought some good stones and they're definitely more "fun" to sharpen on, but the results are not noticeably better or faster.
>>2871749I use a 1000/400 diamond stone. They're pretty affordable now and cut fast and never need to be flattened. If it's just for pocket knives and kitchen knives, you'll probably never sharpen enough to wear it out. 99% of the time you'd just use the 1000 side. I also have a leather strop that I use buffing compound on. The compound is optional though. Any strop is 100% worth it. I do woodworking so I sharpen a lot and want it to be relatively fast and easy. I don't even use the honing fluid on the diamonds anymore since I'd rather just buy a new stone at a slightly accelerated pace than use it.
8000 grit synthetic ruby.the manufacturer went out of buiseness this year
>>2873705is this a good stone?its 325/1200is that good?
>>2873748What’s that orange thing for in your picrel?
>>2873778Angle guide
