Thread: Best Stones for Kitchen Knives

I have the 10" red (fine). Great for touching up the fillet knives at the cleaning table. I leave one in the drawer of the RV.

Am thinking something like a precision boning/fillet knife would benefit greatly from the stones.
Any thing which will hit the board or a bone/plate might benefit from a more coarse job. DMT or hone.

Someone mentioned different angles for different tasks.

Whole 'nother world, kitchen knives?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Am thinking something like a precision boning/fillet knife would benefit greatly from the stones.
Any thing which will hit the board or a bone/plate might benefit from a more coarse job. DMT or hone.

Someone mentioned different angles for different tasks.

Whole 'nother world, kitchen knives?

To me, a boning knife cannot be sharp enough. I want it to hit that flesh and split it cleanly with no resistance. I don’t want saw marks or any evidence of resistance to the knife. And if you need to slice thin, you better have a sharp and thin blade.

I am a diamond guy for my kitchen and edc knives.

I purchased on of these Worksharp Guided Field Sharpeners a couple of years ago for camping and for my Go Bag. In a pinch, it works great to put an edge on kitchen knives as well. Very handy.

BTW, VG10 is a very descent steel and was my favorite for edc until I tried Elmax. My current carry is M390.

Originally Posted by earcutter

I’ll have you know, my carrot complained just yesterday! F.Y.&I. Lol.

As for my EDC, I always go overboard! I create a bevel best suited for tomatoes and hone to grits my razor would be jealous of. If it sees any “real work” it needs to be re-sharpened that night.

Why do I do it? To impress the chicks really. I mean my EDC could be used in surgery. I can shave with it! It’s useless really, but quite honestly, I do it mostly to impresses other men - and when they are impressed, I get to tell em how it is that I have the tools to create such a sharp instrument. I got one guy that way to use a straight. I BS you not.

Ha, now that I think about it, I wonder if he still is.

You know just the other day my onion was complaining to, the sad story had me crying! Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

You know just the other day my onion was complaining to, the sad story had me crying! Tc

Crazy!! My onion always has me in tears too! But when it comes to just shooting the bull, I'm all about yamming it up with my yam!

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

You know just the other day my onion was complaining to, the sad story had me crying! Tc

There may be truth to this Tc.

Japanese chefs will tell you that dull knives, you know below 8k or so, rupture and crush more cells releasing flavors and fluids that you want to keep in the food.

Maybe Victor, but I quit taking the word of Japanese ever since Dec. 7th 1941. Tc