I have the medium and fine Spyderco stones. Came from the sharpmaker and a worksharp precision adjust. I can't say enough about these stones and nothing negative. Crazy results! 👌
Yes they are awesome. I would suggest a spray bottle with a tiny drop or two of dish soap as a lube and to keep them from getting loaded as fast. Take care and stay safe.
Nice work 👍. I ordered the medium Spyderco stone on Amazon and looking forward to giving it a go. The ability to get in out and use it with minimal setup is a bonus. My diamond plates are more involved to use and I don't get nearly enough practice. Thanks for the video.
A good place to get sharpening supplies in Canada that ive found is Lee Valley and warriors and wonders. Not to knock Amazon BUT there prices are sometimes higher than other companies just an FYI awesome video!!! Ive got 15 years of sharpening experience learnt on the farm.
Justin B I will have to check out Lee Valley I’ve never been to their site thanks for the heads up. I’ve ordered a few knives from W&W before usually stuff on sale. I usually take a look at knives and sharpening stuff on Amazon once a month. I’ve stumbled on a few knives where the retailer has made mistakes. My last 2 finds were a bench made Aileron for $135 and a Dimitri Sinkovich ZT0450 for $140. Just a heads up if you ever have the time. Also where about is your farm?
@@TheBigCanucker well we sold our cows last summer, but we were out in Ottawa area. Yeah man warriors and wonders has a good selection of sharpening stuff another good place is fendrihan they sell mostly wet shaving supplies but sell stones for straight razors. Also check out Bushcraft Canada, and Pauls finest, Im giving away all my secrets. Take care bro
After watching several videos yesterday and some today, I've decided to give those Spyerco Ceramic stones a go. I have some cheaper stones, picked up a $10 stone from Harbor Freight, got one Smith's Stone from Walmart, but ready to step up and the Spydie Ceramic has been recommended by the most I believe. The medium one is where I'll start I guess.
Those $10 stones and Smiths stones have their place. I usually make sure the inexpensive stones are the really course stones to re-profile an edge or sharpen a really dull edge. The Spyderco Ceramic stones are awesome and last forever they don’t hog through metal like a really course stone can and usually the really course stones wear and dish quicker so you need to replace them more often and I would rather replace a $10 stone often then a $50 one. I hope this helps take care, good luck and have fun sharpening.
I have all 3 spyderco ceramics. I typically use either soap and water or a degreaser spray cleaner and they dont load up so much. Ive also lapped one side of my medium and UF and they have two different grits on each stone basically. It's fantastic.
@@TheBigCanucker I used silicon carbide wet/dry sand paper, lots of elbow grease and a pan of dawn and hot water. I started out with 220 grit. On my medium I stopped at about 400 grit. It's probably cuts more like a smoother version of the fine. Leaves a smoky polish with a nice toothy edge. On my uf i worked my way up to 2500 grit. Im not sure what to compare it to. Maybe like a high quality true hard ark. Puts a gorgeous polish and super fine edge on knives. I'll probably tweek the uf some more. I cut 1.5 inch by 3 inch strips, fd them in half and scrub the stone until the grit is gone off one side of the sandpaper and flip to the other while keeping the stone wet w the dawn and water. Ill use two to four strips per grit but one or two is probably sufficient after your initial grit. Am I making any sense?
@@sharpwhits0167 Your making perfect sense My company sells a really good wet dry sand paper with an adhesive backing i might get some rolls of it and use a glass plate and give it a go. The damn ceramic is so damn tough it will probably take a long time from the sounds of it.Thanks for the info buddy
I use some windex/window cleaner as "lubricant" it keeps them from clogging/loading up. They still load but maybe 20% the amount they do when used dry.
Useful video. I do not consider Spyderco ceramic stones beginner friendly. When person can maintain them clean/not loaded - they have their place in a sharpening set up. The KING 1k/6k is the way to go in the world of water stones. Have you ever consider Norton Crystolon and India stones?
Stefan Wolf I have an India stone I picked up from eBay the fellow had it so gunked up with oil and steel it wasn’t usable. I cleaned it and it looks almost brand new, but I haven’t really used it much as for the Norton Crystolon I haven’t used at all, but it definitely looks like a great way to remove some chipping or reset a bevel angle thanks for the input Stefan I appreciate experienced knife folks opinions and information for sure.
l3` 4640133 Spyderco Benchstone Fine 2" x 8" W/Box www.amazon.ca/dp/B000Q99RVI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_BJCNEbX4797GB Spyderco Pocket Stone Medium www.amazon.ca/dp/B00A9VWK1M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_MKCNEbWXS18JE 4640126 Spyderco Benchstone Ultra Fine 2" x 8" W/Box www.amazon.ca/dp/B000MDB4C8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_iLCNEbXKDF53V I hope this helps buddy.
Don't know if it works, but according to a few videos when it comes to cleaning the Spydie stones, the easiest and best is with water and a Brillo pads, pads with soap already in, but another way is your own soap and those green pads.
I’ve found the absolute fastest way is with water and a magic eraser, but you can also use water and barkeepers friend or any of the powder cleaners like comet. Another good cleaner is any of the glass stove top powders or pastes, but for the deepest clean a little Barkeepers Friend on a magic eraser with some water and it’s brand new again.
The fine and the ultra fine feel the same to me, I picked up the ultra fine rods for my sharpmaker, the red dots on the uf rods wore off and now I can't tell which is which now, when I compared the fine bench stone with the uf, they feel the same, when I run something along the stones I'm feeling for which stone feels smoother but again they feel the same.
Weird I know there’s a subtle difference and I can definitely feel a difference in the stones with my finger and with a knife. Just wondering if both are cleaned up, try using a magic eraser and giving them a good clean and see if that helps.
I’m going to have to have a look at my sharpmaker rods and my fine and ultra fine stones and look closer. I’ve sprayed my ultra fine stone with .1 micron diamond spray and it’s gotten shiny now on one side, but I will look on the other and see. By the way that combo was a killer finisher on my knives when I hand sharpened.
I used to work for a company called Wurth Canada and we sold shop supplies is where I got it. It’s called drawer liner and is used for lining drawers of tool boxes and most hardware chains and even Amazon sell it or something similar. If you can’t find it just email me your email address and I will send you a link. My email is in the about section. Take care.
I use atoma 400/1200 then move on to the spydercos. I have 2 mediums, 1 original the other i lapped and made it finer than the original. Followed by the ultrafine. Mainly for my leatherwork knives
I use them both on the same knife most times. I like using my knives plus strop right after sharpening because it’s a really good indicator on what type and where the burr is on the edge. It also does a great job of taking the burr off. As for the q micron diamond that’s my favourite edge. It will bring an edge back after some good use and I love the sticky sharp feel it gives when I’m done. I also find it’s the best over all edge. I use my .5 and .25 and although sharp don’t feel as sticky sharp. I hope that answers your question buddy. Take care and stay safe.
@@TheBigCanucker Thanks for the reply! It sounds like the knives plus for following sharpening and the diamond for maintenance. I have both and love them as well! Thanks again.
If you are really into sharpening I would recommend picking up two venev ocb stones, the finish much higher than their grit rating, cut pretty damn fast and last a long time, they are expensive but they are really amazing stones, pretty much naniwa levels, would definitely go on the micron rating instead of grit because grit has a lot of different systems, venev for example uses the Russian grit system, naniwa uses JIS grit and DMT uses American grit, stones aren't created equal, dmt is great but naniwa and venev are a lot nicer once you get into it, also don't forget that your courses stone should give you an edge that can easily cut paper, if it doesn't do they you should definitely not depend on the higher grit stones to make the knife much sharper.
Thanks for the heads up I’ve been eyeing the Vanev product for a long time, but with limited funds I’ve been putting it towards knives, but I may just try to get some Vanev stones to try for sure. Ive heard really good things about them for awhile now. Thanks take care and stay safe buddy.
I think its ok but if your looking for a mirror polish its easier and does a better job if you use the fine after the medium, but if you want to strait to the ultra fine right after the medium no worries doing that. Take care sir.
@@Taras_Bokhonok Kust as an FYI if you can find a used Spyderco Sharpmaker for $40 to $60 and then get the ultra fine stone new it’s about the same or less as getting all three stones. The sharpmaker has the medium and fine stones in it and if you place the stones in a holder on the bottom it’s like sharpening on a stone.
Christopher Chang I’ve sharpened some spyderco m4 and haven’t had an issue. The stones are supposed to be a synthetic sapphire or equivalent hardness so I would think M4 is all good.
Spyderco's stones are WARPED, ALL of them. Flattening is a pain in the butt, but they are good stones, no doubt about it. Easy cleaning, certainly. It's possible to use them dry, yes, but...warped :-(
JRCLAD I saw a video and I think I read on one of the forums about a few not being flat. Either it was a quality issue for a while and they have fixed it or I’ve gotten lucky. My stones all seem to be flat....I tested them against a DMT diamond stone I have and they look pretty good. Take care and stay safe buddy.
@@TheBigCanucker Well, I have 3 medium, 1 Fine and 1 UF 8x3, all of them 1 or 1 and a half milimeters warped. So 50 grit SiC in action and labor-intensive. That's the way. Thanks for the videos, I forgot it, silly me !
JRCLAD I can imagine how long it would take to flatten the ceramic stones, so I’m thanking my lucky stars mine are flat because I hate flattening stones...lol.
@@jrclad2964 rub them against eachother with the grit if you have 2 alternate all sides. You can't get flatter than the flatness of three surface method.
Jesus Christ I’m sorry I’ve never tried and shapton stones, but I would love to, maybe one of these days I will be able to get ahold of one. Take care and stay safe buddy.
King 300, Arkansas Soft, Spyderco Fine, and Rozsutec for finishing
I have the medium and fine Spyderco stones. Came from the sharpmaker and a worksharp precision adjust. I can't say enough about these stones and nothing negative. Crazy results! 👌
Yes they are awesome. I would suggest a spray bottle with a tiny drop or two of dish soap as a lube and to keep them from getting loaded as fast. Take care and stay safe.
Nice work 👍. I ordered the medium Spyderco stone on Amazon and looking forward to giving it a go. The ability to get in out and use it with minimal setup is a bonus. My diamond plates are more involved to use and I don't get nearly enough practice. Thanks for the video.
Sure thing enjoy man and let me know how you like the stone when you have a chance. Take care thanks for the comment
A good place to get sharpening supplies in Canada that ive found is Lee Valley and warriors and wonders. Not to knock Amazon BUT there prices are sometimes higher than other companies just an FYI awesome video!!! Ive got 15 years of sharpening experience learnt on the farm.
Justin B I will have to check out Lee Valley I’ve never been to their site thanks for the heads up. I’ve ordered a few knives from W&W before usually stuff on sale. I usually take a look at knives and sharpening stuff on Amazon once a month. I’ve stumbled on a few knives where the retailer has made mistakes. My last 2 finds were a bench made Aileron for $135 and a Dimitri Sinkovich ZT0450 for $140. Just a heads up if you ever have the time. Also where about is your farm?
@@TheBigCanucker well we sold our cows last summer, but we were out in Ottawa area. Yeah man warriors and wonders has a good selection of sharpening stuff another good place is fendrihan they sell mostly wet shaving supplies but sell stones for straight razors. Also check out Bushcraft Canada, and Pauls finest, Im giving away all my secrets. Take care bro
Justin B you too and stay safe.
After watching several videos yesterday and some today, I've decided to give those Spyerco Ceramic stones a go. I have some cheaper stones, picked up a $10 stone from Harbor Freight, got one Smith's Stone from Walmart, but ready to step up and the Spydie Ceramic has been recommended by the most I believe. The medium one is where I'll start I guess.
Those $10 stones and Smiths stones have their place. I usually make sure the inexpensive stones are the really course stones to re-profile an edge or sharpen a really dull edge. The Spyderco Ceramic stones are awesome and last forever they don’t hog through metal like a really course stone can and usually the really course stones wear and dish quicker so you need to replace them more often and I would rather replace a $10 stone often then a $50 one. I hope this helps take care, good luck and have fun sharpening.
Spyderco ceramics are amazing! I think they get them from Mars 👽
theone031 Lol no kidding.....I hope one day Spyderco takes us into the factory I would love to see how they’re made.
i got a black granite tile from lowes for a dollar for a flat surface for various things. for cleaning those ceramic stones green scotchbrite pad
Great idea I’m on my way to Lowe’s tomorrow. Take care and stay safe.
I have all 3 spyderco ceramics. I typically use either soap and water or a degreaser spray cleaner and they dont load up so much. Ive also lapped one side of my medium and UF and they have two different grits on each stone basically. It's fantastic.
What did you use to lap the stones with and what type of grit did you end up with? I might just give it a go buddy. Thanks and take care stay safe.
@@TheBigCanucker I used silicon carbide wet/dry sand paper, lots of elbow grease and a pan of dawn and hot water. I started out with 220 grit. On my medium I stopped at about 400 grit. It's probably cuts more like a smoother version of the fine. Leaves a smoky polish with a nice toothy edge. On my uf i worked my way up to 2500 grit. Im not sure what to compare it to. Maybe like a high quality true hard ark. Puts a gorgeous polish and super fine edge on knives. I'll probably tweek the uf some more.
I cut 1.5 inch by 3 inch strips, fd them in half and scrub the stone until the grit is gone off one side of the sandpaper and flip to the other while keeping the stone wet w the dawn and water. Ill use two to four strips per grit but one or two is probably sufficient after your initial grit. Am I making any sense?
@@sharpwhits0167 Your making perfect sense My company sells a really good wet dry sand paper with an adhesive backing i might get some rolls of it and use a glass plate and give it a go. The damn ceramic is so damn tough it will probably take a long time from the sounds of it.Thanks for the info buddy
@@TheBigCanucker Hope it turns out well for you, buddy. Best of luck. Stay safe.
I use some windex/window cleaner as "lubricant" it keeps them from clogging/loading up. They still load but maybe 20% the amount they do when used dry.
Good idea using Windex I think I will give that a try.
Useful video. I do not consider Spyderco ceramic stones beginner friendly. When person can maintain them clean/not loaded - they have their place in a sharpening set up. The KING 1k/6k is the way to go in the world of water stones. Have you ever consider Norton Crystolon and India stones?
Stefan Wolf I have an India stone I picked up from eBay the fellow had it so gunked up with oil and steel it wasn’t usable. I cleaned it and it looks almost brand new, but I haven’t really used it much as for the Norton Crystolon I haven’t used at all, but it definitely looks like a great way to remove some chipping or reset a bevel angle thanks for the input Stefan I appreciate experienced knife folks opinions and information for sure.
Bump: I use the Spyderco Ceramic stones as well. Can't recommend them enough.
That’s because your so damn smart lol.
Norton combo a granite floor piece from a flooring and granite place and some carbide and a strop.
Hey boss. Loved the video. I can't seem to find the spydercos in stock anywhere, eh? Where'd you get yours?? 🇨🇦🇨🇦
If you have an amazon account that where I got 1 of them and all 3 are in stock right now if you want. Stay safe buddy.
@@TheBigCanucker Really? I've been checking for weeks!
I can only seem to find the fine, and ultra fine on Amazon
l3` 4640133 Spyderco Benchstone Fine 2" x 8" W/Box www.amazon.ca/dp/B000Q99RVI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_BJCNEbX4797GB
Spyderco Pocket Stone Medium www.amazon.ca/dp/B00A9VWK1M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_MKCNEbWXS18JE
4640126 Spyderco Benchstone Ultra Fine 2" x 8" W/Box www.amazon.ca/dp/B000MDB4C8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_iLCNEbXKDF53V
I hope this helps buddy.
@@TheBigCanucker Out of stock again!!!!! Ugh. The Medium you posted is a pocket stone, much smaller than 2 x 8"
l3` www.weapons-universe.com/Brands/Spyderco-Knives/Benchstones-302M.shtml
Don't know if it works, but according to a few videos when it comes to cleaning the Spydie stones, the easiest and best is with water and a Brillo pads, pads with soap already in, but another way is your own soap and those green pads.
I’ve found the absolute fastest way is with water and a magic eraser, but you can also use water and barkeepers friend or any of the powder cleaners like comet. Another good cleaner is any of the glass stove top powders or pastes, but for the deepest clean a little Barkeepers Friend on a magic eraser with some water and it’s brand new again.
The fine and the ultra fine feel the same to me, I picked up the ultra fine rods for my sharpmaker, the red dots on the uf rods wore off and now I can't tell which is which now, when I compared the fine bench stone with the uf, they feel the same, when I run something along the stones I'm feeling for which stone feels smoother but again they feel the same.
Weird I know there’s a subtle difference and I can definitely feel a difference in the stones with my finger and with a knife. Just wondering if both are cleaned up, try using a magic eraser and giving them a good clean and see if that helps.
I’m going to have to have a look at my sharpmaker rods and my fine and ultra fine stones and look closer. I’ve sprayed my ultra fine stone with .1 micron diamond spray and it’s gotten shiny now on one side, but I will look on the other and see. By the way that combo was a killer finisher on my knives when I hand sharpened.
Nice setup. Where can I get a non skid mat like yours on the table?
I used to work for a company called Wurth Canada and we sold shop supplies is where I got it. It’s called drawer liner and is used for lining drawers of tool boxes and most hardware chains and even Amazon sell it or something similar. If you can’t find it just email me your email address and I will send you a link. My email is in the about section. Take care.
@@TheBigCanucker will do Thanks!
I use atoma 400/1200 then move on to the spydercos. I have 2 mediums, 1 original the other i lapped and made it finer than the original. Followed by the ultrafine. Mainly for my leatherwork knives
Sounds like a nice set up. Take care.
Bought the full set of spyderco sharpeners i cant wait to sharpen my collection on a new set of nicer stones
Sorry didn't see your comment, how did they work out for you?
Great video. How do you feel like the green strop compares to the 1 micron diamond? Do you use them both on the same knife or is it one or the other?
I use them both on the same knife most times. I like using my knives plus strop right after sharpening because it’s a really good indicator on what type and where the burr is on the edge. It also does a great job of taking the burr off. As for the q micron diamond that’s my favourite edge. It will bring an edge back after some good use and I love the sticky sharp feel it gives when I’m done. I also find it’s the best over all edge. I use my .5 and .25 and although sharp don’t feel as sticky sharp. I hope that answers your question buddy. Take care and stay safe.
@@TheBigCanucker Thanks for the reply! It sounds like the knives plus for following sharpening and the diamond for maintenance. I have both and love them as well! Thanks again.
If you are really into sharpening I would recommend picking up two venev ocb stones, the finish much higher than their grit rating, cut pretty damn fast and last a long time, they are expensive but they are really amazing stones, pretty much naniwa levels, would definitely go on the micron rating instead of grit because grit has a lot of different systems, venev for example uses the Russian grit system, naniwa uses JIS grit and DMT uses American grit, stones aren't created equal, dmt is great but naniwa and venev are a lot nicer once you get into it, also don't forget that your courses stone should give you an edge that can easily cut paper, if it doesn't do they you should definitely not depend on the higher grit stones to make the knife much sharper.
Thanks for the heads up I’ve been eyeing the Vanev product for a long time, but with limited funds I’ve been putting it towards knives, but I may just try to get some Vanev stones to try for sure. Ive heard really good things about them for awhile now. Thanks take care and stay safe buddy.
is it possible to skip fine and go to uf after medium?
I think its ok but if your looking for a mirror polish its easier and does a better job if you use the fine after the medium, but if you want to strait to the ultra fine right after the medium no worries doing that. Take care sir.
@@TheBigCanucker Haven't bought it yet, just trying to save money. Thank you!
@@Taras_Bokhonok Kust as an FYI if you can find a used Spyderco Sharpmaker for $40 to $60 and then get the ultra fine stone new it’s about the same or less as getting all three stones. The sharpmaker has the medium and fine stones in it and if you place the stones in a holder on the bottom it’s like sharpening on a stone.
@@TheBigCanucker I'm from Ukraine. Unfortunately, only full-fledged stones are available.
Does anyone know how well the stones work for m4 steel
Christopher Chang I’ve sharpened some spyderco m4 and haven’t had an issue. The stones are supposed to be a synthetic sapphire or equivalent hardness so I would think M4 is all good.
Spyderco's stones are WARPED, ALL of them.
Flattening is a pain in the butt, but they are good stones, no doubt about it.
Easy cleaning, certainly.
It's possible to use them dry, yes, but...warped :-(
JRCLAD I saw a video and I think I read on one of the forums about a few not being flat. Either it was a quality issue for a while and they have fixed it or I’ve gotten lucky. My stones all seem to be flat....I tested them against a DMT diamond stone I have and they look pretty good. Take care and stay safe buddy.
@@TheBigCanucker Well, I have 3 medium, 1 Fine and 1 UF 8x3, all of them 1 or 1 and a half milimeters warped. So 50 grit SiC in action and labor-intensive. That's the way.
Thanks for the videos, I forgot it, silly me !
JRCLAD I can imagine how long it would take to flatten the ceramic stones, so I’m thanking my lucky stars mine are flat because I hate flattening stones...lol.
@@jrclad2964 rub them against eachother with the grit if you have 2 alternate all sides. You can't get flatter than the flatness of three surface method.
@@jrclad2964 did the come with a case
I got my stone from the dollar tree bruh
Im going to have to check that out. I havent seen a stone there, but as my wife says maybe I'm looking with my ass...lol.
For the same amount of money shapton stones are better
Jesus Christ I’m sorry I’ve never tried and shapton stones, but I would love to, maybe one of these days I will be able to get ahold of one. Take care and stay safe buddy.
@@TheBigCanucker Shapton stones are more friable than spydercos.
@@ared18t One of these days I will try to get ahold of a shapton stone. The thing I like about the spyderco stones is they never seem to dish.