Thread: Sharpeing Stones - Knives

I just use a couple of BBWs on my pocket knives and it works like a charm

My kitchen knives get some quick strokes on either a BBW and/or Coticule and they cut mighty fine as well

They shave arm hair (which doesn't matter) and meats etc. very well (that does matter), so I never gave it much more thought


My EDC knives get a good stropping session after a honing session, they're mostly use on the farm and I use cheap Opinel inox Sandvik steel knives, which are as utilitarian as it can get, I dig it

I'm always fidgeting a bit with my free hand honing angles though

I use either a Suehiro stone, a DMT, or an Ark on my knives. I can polish any of the edges on my strops coated with diamond sprays to give it a mirror finish - but of course my Black Ark give a polished finish anyway.

For the kitchen, I prefer my Suehiro stones. For my EDC and hunting knives, my Arks. I leave my DMT's for fast bevel setting or garden tools mostly. They are a nice edge too, but I prefer the others.

Arks are great if you love honing. You can't "over-hone" with one.