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For a real economy user you can get a dogbone style Lansky sharpening stone or diamond stone for under $10 bucks.

The best V style sharpener IMO is the Sharpmaker for about $60 bucks or less.

Mid range is the Lansky Crock Sticks.

If you're a "freehander" like me, then you can get a $6 dual grit 6" Norton stone from most garden centers, woodworking shops and hardware stores.

These are the best of the range from what I have and have used most of the systems available. There are others available but none as easy to use as these for the price. :D
 
The stone that seems to get used the most is my Shapton Pro 1000. No need for lower grits unless reprofiling or a chipped blade and the 1000 leaves a very decent working edge if you don't have a higher grit polishing stone.

I have others, both higher and lower grits, but I could see getting by quite well with just the Shapton Pro 1000.

Rob
 
If you are talking about old fashioned simple free hand sharpening stones I personally have not used better than the Razor Edge dry hones. These stones flat out work and they work great. They certainly work every bit as well if not better to me than any Japanese water stone I've ever used and they last a whole lot longer. For the money I haven't found better. I only wish I could find a way to mount these stones on my Edge Pro. Now that would be a real winner right there.

STR
 
The need to sharpen serrations drops your selection down quite a bit. I suggest going with two sharpeners, a small ceramic or diamond hone made for serrations , and a shapton 1000 grit waterstone. I believe both dmt and ezlap make diamond rods and triangles perfect for serrated edges.
 
I agree with STR. I haven't tried every type of stone on the market but have used quite a few and have found the Razor Edge hones to be the best, even for hogging metal off thick convex grinds. I am impressed with how flat the RE hones keep and since I use them dry I do not have to deal with the mess liquids create. The hones clean up quickly and easily with a vaccuum cleaner and brush attachment.

I don't use serrated blades but I've heard the Sharpmaker does a good job on them. I think the Sharpmaker is a great device and use one to sharpen my kitchen knives.
 
The HandAmerican 'Scary Sharp' System provides a very effective sharpening system with a very large selection of honing grits - inexpensively:
- Large 3" X 11" platen surface.
- Removable etched-glass honing surface.
- Removable leather honing surface.
- A broad selection of available abrasive grits.

For less than the price of a single stone, you can configure an elegant sharpening system.

Highly recommended!
 
STR said:
I only wish I could find a way to mount these stones on my Edge Pro.
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You can cut most man made stones fairly easily with a handsaw, soak them very well first, it will severely wear the teeth of the saw. It is much easier if you use a masonary wheel on a chop saw.

-Cliff
 
STR: Edge Pro sells the metal blanks for mounting stones six inches or less in length. I just bought a batch of wet stones from Ben, two of his diamond stones, and some metal blanks. Stones are half price if you buy five or more at a time. If you ask for metal blanks be sure to specify for stones because the ones for the polish tapes are different.

I also made a post earlier today with two pics of how I mount six by two inch DMT stones on my Edge Pro. Super easy to do. Look in the Tool Shed section and the Newsprint thread. The big DMT coarse diamond stones on the Edge Pro really cut for re-profiling and so on. They need very little pressure, just the weight of the rod and stone.
 
You could try a Norton's Fine India stone. They're available for $10 and they put a good, toothy edge on a knife.
 
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