Thread: Best Stones for Kitchen Knives

I'm late to the conversation but my favorite knife stones are Norton India oil stones for setting the bevel then on to Arks finishing on a translucent, I can get a near shaving edge with that

Originally Posted by rodb

I'm late to the conversation but my favorite knife stones are Norton India oil stones for setting the bevel then on to Arks finishing on a translucent, I can get a near shaving edge with that

Those Norton's are fast! I like em for my outside tools. Most everything else gets the Ark or Nani.

Originally Posted by earcutter

Those Norton's are fast! I like em for my outside tools. Most everything else gets the Ark or Nani.

Super fast! They do a great job on bevel setting but will never get within a mile of my razors lol!!

Originally Posted by earcutter

The Shun is a remarkably thin blade - but I agree that it shouldn’t have.

Which Shuns do you have, mine are 2.2 mm for the Cooks knife and 2.5mm for the Chefs knife. I use the cooks knife a LOT. Chefs knive more for vegi chopping and slicing.

Unfortunately, most of our ladies will never understand how to appreciate and use knives properly. I think it's in their DNA!

Just actually sat down last night and had to touch up the blade on the Cooks knife and noticed a small chip in it. I'll have to keep an eye on it. I use a Smiths jig system and fine diamond at 20 degrees.

Links to which blades I use the most:
https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/det...ooks-Knife/985
https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/det...f-s-Knife/1116

Fortunately, my wife loves our Wusthof Grand Prix block set, so I keep them sharp too!

Originally Posted by Bill31521

For me dmts and chosera 600 and 1k work great. I prefer though for ease of use and overall results a belt sander. And then finish on a leather belt with some compound.

A belt sander is very expedient especially if re profiling.

Yes! I typically put a 10 degree angle (per side) on my knives and about a 12 degree on the belt with the compound (micro bevel) Works great for me. I haven't had issues with the edge degrading with a low angle. The cleaver is the only thing I put the 22 degree on(per side).

TBH, I thought of this.....I have a half 3-line Swaty nested in the case for my Lipshaws to maintain them.
Rub the edges dry. Before and after. They slice well.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

A belt sander is very expedient especially if re profiling.

You know those electric pull through jobs? Man those things work really well for that too - except you can’t pick your angles.

Speaking of things that work, I have a cutlass - a D2 cutlass. It’s bad@ss, but man I was having a really hard go of getting its edge back. I got this:



Wow! 20 strokes and balm, fighting sharp. I was missing the bevel on one side by a fraction it seemed. I blackened the edge to see.

Sometimes the simplest things...

It's a bevel-setter!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It's a bevel-setter!

It’ll create a bevel like no other! I was shocked! D2 is hard, it ripped steel like no other.