Posted by TimV on February 23, 2009 at 15:39:06 from (24.59.211.126):
In Reply to: OT Sharpening a knife posted by F150Mustang on February 23, 2009 at 14:37:28:
F150Mustang: Lots of methods out there, but the basic one is to push the knife into the stone. This ensures you are removing metal in the correct direction and gives better control over the angle, which MUST be kept consistent for best results. Whether you put oil or water on your stone depends on the stone--there are both oilstones and waterstones. If you don't know what one is correct for your particular stone you'll probably be further ahead using oil, as it's by far the most common. Any good hardware store will sell honing oil--a 4-oz bottle will last years and will only cost a couple of bucks--though some people use kerosene, WD-40, 3-in-1, or other concoctions. You should always use lube on a stone--it serves to keep the stone from glazing, floats away the particles of metal as they're removed from the blade, and lubricates the surface as well. My typical method is to form the edge on a coarse diamond stone then move to progressively finer stones, each time taking off the wire edge formed by the previous stone. I finish with a leather strop (which, contrary to the stones, you HAVE to use with a pull motion, as it would otherwise bit into the leather) to remove any burrs and test on my arm--a good, sharp blade should easily shave hair. Again, this is what works for me--there are certainly other methods, but this one WILL produce a shaving-sharp edge without damaging your blade or stones, which is easy to do with incorrect methods or techniques.
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