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Re: Sharpening Stones

Author: huboboe
Date: 2011-12-05 04:29

A couple of thoughts here -

Japanese water stones are relatively soft compared to western oil stones. The surface is constantly wearing away, exposing new abrasive particles. If you don't use enough water to wash them clean they may glaze over. You can refresh the surface using a sheet of 320 grit wet-or-dry style sandpaper on a flat surface like your kitchen counter (if it's flat, not tiled...). Make pencil marks all over the stone surface, soak it well so you don't breathe dust and sand it until the pencil marks are gone. It should be as good as new.

I don't much like sticks, because unless you're a surgeon your hand is probably not steady enough to provide the same angle each stroke. This means some strokes are back on the heel of the bevel and don't affect the edge while others are on the edge only, giving instant gratification, but rounding the edge until a re-grinding is necessary.

I recently bought a Shapton 1500 grit waterstone from Jendé and it's by far the best stone I've ever used. It cuts rapidly but gives a near-mirror finish to the edge. I can't recommend Shapton strongly enough!

Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com

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