Show Us Your Sharpening Gear

Sadden

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Heres a sample of my stuff


Synthetics. Full set of Shapton Pro, Some Nubatamas and a couple randoms..



Naturals. One Coticule (select from ardennes) One Belgian Blue, the rest are Japanese Naturals :love_heart:



Diamonds. Atoma Plates and Heavy Duty Films



Nagura bin



The lot of it, with all the compounds, oils and cleaners I use up top.
 

P_A_S_1

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Good thread but the first post is a tough one to follow, lol. Posting pics of my three bench stones and strop will look anemic in comparison.


Sadden, can you tell me a little about the Belgium Blue? Nortons has a Ohio Blue stone in their catalogue and was curious about it. Is this similar?
 

Woods Walker

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Doesn't take expensive "magic" machines to get working results. IHMO the person with skill will get a better edge than the person with just money. I do ok but always looking to improve and learning more.

 

scout24

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I use a 1x30 belt sander, a Spyderco Sharpmaker, and the occasional bottom of a ceramic coffe cup. The top edge of a car window has also been used in a pinch once or twice. Hats off to anyone who has a bunch of stones and oils, etc! I tried stones more than once, and never got the hang of them...
 

Sadden

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Sadden, can you tell me a little about the Belgium Blue? Nortons has a Ohio Blue stone in their catalogue and was curious about it. Is this similar?

Reading its supposed to be a course natural. The BBW would be considerably finer. The Belgian blue is comprised of garnets. Surface texture is very important on these stones.
 

U2v5

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An easy way to keep 400 to 6000 grit wet paper flat is to place it on a piece of plate glass using water. I've used this method for a long time for fine honing. I use water as a cutting fluid on the abrasive side anyway and have found water on the back works beautifully to keep the paper in place.

Usually I'll finish with a leather strop embedded with a polishing compound.

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P_A_S_1

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How do you keep your sandpaper from sliding around?

I used paper to polish a few knives to a mirror finish and found by using the paper wet it created enough stiction to keep it stationary.
 

Poppy

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Thanks for the help.
I wanted to get a 4x10 inch 3/16 - 1/4 inch piece of glass, and went to two different glass and mirror places near me that weren't there anymore. :rolleyes: I guess I'll call first the next time.

While poking around in harbor freight, I picked this four sided diamond hone block. It's going under the Christmas tree, so I won't know how well it works for another week or so.
 

P_A_S_1

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Not a lot but it keeps all I have sharp. (L-R) Coarse Cyrstolon, medium India, Translucent Arkansas. All Nortons. The smooth steel is from Victorinox.
 

KuanR

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I have an edge pro 4, no pictures though. I really want a wicked edge setup in the future
 
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