nice! thanks for the guide! today i sharpening some simple yet nice utility knives made of meter saw blade. those thingies will be a nice present to my coworkers this Christmas.
Soo, i like to just put the tiniest drop of dawn in my soaking tub when i change the water. i feel as if it makes them a little easier to keep clean and unclogged. idk, dawn works on everything. is there a reason we shouldnt? the nerd in me needs to know
Watching this video after soaking my 3000/8000 grit stone and it started turning everything in my bathroom red (the stone was red) Am I able to save it or did I just ruin one of my first stones (I bought the Kerye kit on Amazon)
I'm not familiar with those specific stones, but if they hold together you should be fine! If they start crumbling apart, I wouldn't use them as the crumbling pieces can damage your edge.
You can smooth out finer stones with the nagura, but the medium and coarse stones don't need it! I'll use my nagura to clean my fine stones after every use, and flatten fine stones with a truing stone every so often, not every time I use them.
Good question! I use this one on all of mine, and it leaves a nice finish, but I find fine stones slightly end up slightly rough. You can use a nagura stone afterwards to smooth it out! knifewear.com/products/atoma-diamond-plate-140-grit-210x75x2mm
Two things: my stones are hard enough that i don't need to flatten them every time i use them. If i think about it, i don't need to flatten them often. But i am not a professional knife sharpener, i just sharpen my knives at home. And: every waterstone can be used to flatten another basically. So when someone has for example a 400 and a 2000 stone, they can use them. Sure the 120 grit flattening stone is cheaper and then you might take off less material of the actual sharpening stones, but using the sharpening stones on each other works fine, and leaves a smoother finish than the flattening stone.
nice! thanks for the guide!
today i sharpening some simple yet nice utility knives made of meter saw blade. those thingies will be a nice present to my coworkers this Christmas.
Last knife I sharpened was my Global Santoku, great vid❤
Great video, informative and concise
Thank you!
My hobby as a chef is sharpening knives
Great tips Skye
Thank you.
Thanks Grant!
Soo, i like to just put the tiniest drop of dawn in my soaking tub when i change the water. i feel as if it makes them a little easier to keep clean and unclogged. idk, dawn works on everything. is there a reason we shouldnt? the nerd in me needs to know
I've honestly never heard that before, but I don't see why not!
Watching this video after soaking my 3000/8000 grit stone and it started turning everything in my bathroom red (the stone was red)
Am I able to save it or did I just ruin one of my first stones (I bought the Kerye kit on Amazon)
I'm not familiar with those specific stones, but if they hold together you should be fine! If they start crumbling apart, I wouldn't use them as the crumbling pieces can damage your edge.
is it good to grind on my natural stones?
So just to confirm you flatten your stone first with the truing stone then you go over with the nagura stone to clean up?
You can smooth out finer stones with the nagura, but the medium and coarse stones don't need it! I'll use my nagura to clean my fine stones after every use, and flatten fine stones with a truing stone every so often, not every time I use them.
How do you compare these to all the new cbn stones and resin bonded stones?
Thank you
You're welcome!
What grit diamond plate should I use to flatten my stones? Should I get finer grit for the finer stones?
Good question! I use this one on all of mine, and it leaves a nice finish, but I find fine stones slightly end up slightly rough. You can use a nagura stone afterwards to smooth it out!
knifewear.com/products/atoma-diamond-plate-140-grit-210x75x2mm
Cliff Stamp about whetstones lubrication:
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Are you sure oil is a bad idea on waterstones?
That's a super interesting video, thank you! We've always stuck with water and found it works great, but I'll look into this more!
Two things: my stones are hard enough that i don't need to flatten them every time i use them.
If i think about it, i don't need to flatten them often. But i am not a professional knife sharpener, i just sharpen my knives at home.
And: every waterstone can be used to flatten another basically. So when someone has for example a 400 and a 2000 stone, they can use them.
Sure the 120 grit flattening stone is cheaper and then you might take off less material of the actual sharpening stones, but using the sharpening stones on each other works fine, and leaves a smoother finish than the flattening stone.
Sound advice
quit calling knife enthusiast "nerds".