Thread: Knife sharpening kit

I want to buy a kit to sharpen my fishing knives. Could you help me choose one?

Al raz.

If you have razor hones, go ahead and use them, if not I am sure any good arkansas stone would do just fine.

Use the same stones as you do for your razors.

Just lap them before using them for your razors after using them for your knives. I would stop at the 4000 grit level, that's usually plenty sharp enough for a fillet knife. I usually sharpen at a twenty degree angle to the hone.

I forgot to say that I do not own any razor hone yet. I am not sure if this is completely right but the kits that I have seen use a 4k as their ultra fine stone.

Al raz.

That should do it.

I think that the Lansky deluxe of the DMT could be good. I like the idea of having the guides. Does anybody have experience with either of these?

Al raz.

The Lansky will work..... slooooowly. The hones are too small, you have to keep shifting the clamp along the blade on longer knives like a filleting knife and in the end the whole kit will end up sitting in a drawer somewhere, I'm not even sure what drawer mine is in anymore.

For doing kitchen knives, filleting knives and the like and you feel the need for guidance to keep the angles right, I'd suggest getting a Spyderco Sharpmaker.

For grossly abused knives, it would take a while to get the edge back with the medium hones but it works and for regular touchups, it's compact, doesn't need honing oil or water, packs up into a compact kit and works waaay faster than the Lansky. They do have a set of diamond coated sticks for taking care of heavy reshaping or sharpening of those abused knives though and if you get the optional Ultra Fine sticks, you'd have a complete set of extra narrow hones you could even use for your razors if you wished.

Regards

Christian