Sharpening stones

I like my Fallkniven sharpening stone. It cost me 25 bucks on Amazon and it's not Chinese shit.

>>34741168
If you take care of them, they will probably last a lifetime, so there's that.

>>34741356
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You can get natural stones for cheap. Look into one called "the oregon stone" also, you can find natural abrasive stones at hardware stores for like 10 bucks.

>>34741551
They suck tho

>WHY ISN'T EVERYTHING FREE??

>>34741615
>WHY DO I PUT WORDS IN OTHER PEOPLE'S MOUTHS!??!??

>>34741597
How?

>>34741637
I'm not a scientist. I guess it's a combination of the size of the molecules in combination with how well they wash away the waste (stripped metal). There are a few methods to do it, but anyone that sharpens seriously goes through multiple grades weather it's sandpaper, waterstones, or jewelers compound.

>>34741649
The grit? It's a measure of how coarse the stone is, or how big the flecks of industrial diamond are.

>>34741781
The whole point was that natural stones don't have a very applicable grit. With many applications, yes, Arkansas stones will work, and last longer than you. If you care about sharpening, natural stones don't do that well.I am not a knife guy. I say this as a woodworker who has to get razor sharp chisels.

a well maintained stone will last you forever, unless you literally have hundreds of knives to sharpen everyday. Or you bungle it and drop and crack a stone.
So in the end of the day, the stone makers have to profit by selling them at a higher cost.

Wait until you get good and decide you want to put a mirror polish with 10k+ grit stones or go ceramic AND getting a diamond lapping stone to keep everything flat.
Fastest way to drop close to $1000 in one sitting.
And if you ever want to go all natural, some japanese blue waterstones can get up to $800 for a single stone and those don't have the same consistency as a high end man-made stone due to it's nature.

>>34741803
Not true, they don't remove as much material as quickly, but they do sharpen well. Throughout history this is what people have used to sharpen implements.

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>sharpening stone
>$55
>expensive

cute.

>>34741847
You don't have the same control though. A white stone might be 300-600 and a black might be 500-900

>>34741865
Ok, I see your point.

I have a lot of knives but only one shitty sharpening stone, should I grab a king 600/1000 stone or just get a sharpmaker?

Just get the ones machine shops use lol

Smith's tri hone, knives plus strop block.
$50 total and all you will ever need forever.