knife sharpening stone
 

Another question about knife sharpening. I have some old knives I can
experiment with and want to try a stone. I've seen some (like the Lansky's)
that have 4 or 5 stones. I know I want one with a guide (for the sharpening
angle) but as for the stones, why do I need so many different honed stones?
Are there different stages of knife sharpening where you start with one
stone (i.e. the medium honed) and then go to the fine honed one? Should I
buy one stone with a guide?

Thanks!

Eddie G

knife sharpening stone
 

On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:30:05 -0500, Eddie G wrote:

> Another question about knife sharpening. I have some old knives I can
> experiment with and want to try a stone. I've seen some (like the Lansky's)
> that have 4 or 5 stones. I know I want one with a guide (for the sharpening
> angle) but as for the stones, why do I need so many different honed stones?
> Are there different stages of knife sharpening where you start with one
> stone (i.e. the medium honed) and then go to the fine honed one? Should I
> buy one stone with a guide?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eddie G


This oughta answer your question betther than I can.
http://users.ameritech.net/knives/index.htm

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Eddie, always buy a set with 3 or more stones.

Matthew, thanks for the plug.
Sharpening Made Easy: A Primer on Sharpening Knives and Other Edged
Tools by Steve Bottorff
www.sharpeningmadeeasy.com
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MatthewK wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:30:05 -0500, Eddie G wrote:
>
>> Another question about knife sharpening. I have some old knives I can
>> experiment with and want to try a stone. I've seen some (like the Lansky's)
>> that have 4 or 5 stones. I know I want one with a guide (for the sharpening
>> angle) but as for the stones, why do I need so many different honed stones?
>> Are there different stages of knife sharpening where you start with one
>> stone (i.e. the medium honed) and then go to the fine honed one? Should I
>> buy one stone with a guide?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Eddie G
>
>
> This oughta answer your question betther than I can.
> http://users.ameritech.net/knives/index.htm
>
>
>

knife sharpening stone
 

In article >,
says...

> Eddie, always buy a set with 3 or more stones.

Not true. If you know what you are doing, one stone is all you need. If
you do not know you are doing, 20 stones are not enough.

--
Peter Aitken

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Peter A wrote:
>
> Not true. If you know what you are doing, one stone is all you need. If
> you do not know you are doing, 20 stones are not enough.
>
Sharpening is a process of grinding, honing and polishing with
progressively finer and finer abrasives. Light sharpening may be
accomplished with only one fine stone, but a complete job in a
reasonable time requires 3 or more stones AND knowing what you are doing.

Steve

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In article >,
says...
>
> Peter A wrote:
> >
> > Not true. If you know what you are doing, one stone is all you need. If
> > you do not know you are doing, 20 stones are not enough.
> >
> Sharpening is a process of grinding, honing and polishing with
> progressively finer and finer abrasives. Light sharpening may be
> accomplished with only one fine stone, but a complete job in a
> reasonable time requires 3 or more stones AND knowing what you are doing.
>
> Steve
>

Oh claptrap. We are not talking about a knife that has no edge at all -
all knives start sharp, or at least reasonably so. Keeping them sharp
requires only one stone. As proof I will mention our set of three fillet
knives, 20+ years old, sharp as razors, and sharpened on the same single
Arkansas stone for all those years. If I wanted to waste money and time
I could do it with three stones, but why would I?

--
Peter Aitken