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I have been honing up some old kitchen knives, most of which are in very bad shape with literally no bevels. The first few I did I used my DMT to get a bevel then took them to a 1000k. They actually came out very nice. ( the wife said they were not that sharp when they were new) Some were pretty good Wuhstoffs and others cheap paring knives etc.

I decided to order a new 1000k Pro series chosera for my razors and save the old naniwa 1000 super stone for the knives. I also ordered a naniwa 600k to set bevels on the knives. This morning I found a couple more wuhstoffs that were not very sharp so I taped some 2.5 inch popcicle sticks to the top edge. I stuck the tape on just like a razor and before pushing it down & folding the tape over the sticks were laid end to end two on each side and 2 sticks thick. This really worked well for me. It probably sounds crazy but I got a nice bevel on the 600 and finished on the 1000. That's my story and I am sticking to it