Re: Knife Sharpening Assitance Please (which stones and what Grit?)
Originally Posted by
Arctic Lake
I was in the meat industry for many, many years slaughtering and deboning . If you need ,get reasonably priced commercial knives that butcher,meat cutters use day in day out .I will list the following ,Victorinox , Swibo, Henckels .Cabelas has the yellow handled Henckels that are good for the home do it yourselfer .A knife steel used for making knives that has a Rockwell Hardness of 56 to 60 is good . Not too soft to need to put on the stone all the time and not too hard that it takes forever to sharpen . Get a good butchers steel to straighten the knife edge while using your knife . When the steel won’t resurrect the the edge , time to hit the stone again ! Great sharpening steels are made by F.Dick of Germany or Henckels . Get a sharpening steel that is a harder steel than what your knives are made of !
Get yourself a good set of Water Stones you can order online from a butcher supply or restaurant commercial supplier or I will suggest Lee Valley Tools has a wide range of water stones in various grits more than enough selection !
If you use an electric powered machine WATCH OUT you don’t take the temper out of it by heating the steel too much !
Stone wise the rule of thumb is to match the stone length to the knife length 8x3 is fine or even a little less in width .
Do you have a Lee Valley catalog ?If not they are free, explains a lot about stone grits and what grit is best used for what VERY informative . Now here is the thing Do Not Go Down The Rabbit Hole on Sharpening you will go nuts ! It is like any subject out there it can get crazy ! A sharp knife is a sharp knife if it’s cutting well it’s cutting well ! 15 to 20 degrees is a good angle for what you will need to do . Check out the Blades Forum on the internet MORE than enough information on there . When I get a chance I can post a link to what I think is a good You Tube vid
Arctic Lake
I have an old sharpening steel, no markings on it, stag handle and it works like a charm.
Also have stones down to 6000 grit, a few strokes and a leather strop after and it's sharp a as razor.
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