Advice to novice wanting to get onto stone sharpening

[mannysdad]

I am new to knife collecting and sharpening and currently have the spyderco sharpmaker. I would like to learn how to hand sharpen and reprofile some knives and am looking for what stones you would recommend (size and type). Thanks!

 

[abey67]

What kind of steel will you be sharpening? Diamond stones will sharpen any type of steel. DMT is a great stone. Size depends on the size of knives your sharpening. I would start with at least a 6" stone, I use a 8" personally. Use the sharpmaker for touch up and get or make a good strop and your set.