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Author: huboboe
Date: 2013-09-04 22:24
Craig - Diamond stones are OK for roughing an entirely new edge on a knife, but even the 'fine' stones are far too coarse for finish work. I'll use a 320 grit followed by a 600 grit to establish the beveled angle on a new knife blade, but to finish the job I go to a 1200 grit waterstone. I met the Shapton line of waterstones at the 2010 IDRS and I am a convert. You can go to finer grits, but I get an edge with a 1200 grit stone that I can shave hair off of my arm, so... The Shapton stones don't suck up water the way other waterstones do, so it's not messy to use them.
I started with Arkansas stones years ago and although the Black Hard stones are fine enough to give an excellent edge, they cut relatively slowly compared to waterstones, so I moved to waterstones a loooong time ago. The Shapton stones were an eye opener for me because you don't need a tub of water (or the kitchen sink) to use them.
Cooper's choice of progressively finer grits of paper works as well, but unless you glue the paper down there's a chance of it bunching up and trashing the edge.
Robert Hubbard
WestwindDoubleReed.com
1-888-579-6020
bob@westwinddoublereed.com
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