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Need help on knife sharpening & water stones!

post #1 of 2
8/16/11 at 10:54am
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I have been panning to get a Japanese water stone for sharpening my knives, Swiss army knives, and multi tools.

 

I have never used a water stone before so I would like your advice of a 1000 and 3000 grit two sided water stone would be enough to make a nice sharp edge.

 

I would like the edge to be as sharp as when I got them new, is that possible with 3000 grit stones? or I need something finer?

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post #2 of 2
8/16/11 at 11:14am

I've been making and repairing knives for a couple of years now and I've accumulated a bunch of stones. For most sharpening I tend to use a King brand 1200/8000 combination stone. If I've sharpened the knife recently I'll go straight to the 8000 side, if I feel the edge needs more work I'll get it started on the 1200 then move up to the 8000. You can strop the knife on a leather strip loaded the rouge compound, but I generally don't bother unless I need an absolute razor edge -- 8000 will slide right through any food prep chore with ease. If you're planning to work on knives with really damaged edges you may want to get a coarse stone, I use a DMT diamond stone that's about 500 grit (anything more messed up than that and I use my belt grinder). Diamond stones can be a little annoying to work with but they have the huge advantage of never dishing, which is usually a problem with coarser stones as they tend to be softer.

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