Arkansas stone vs Japanese Water Stone

ivan51

ivan51

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Which stone do you prefer to sharpen your Busse's on? I have some Arkansas stone's that ive used to sharpen some of my Busse's on and Im thinking about getting a Japanese Water Stone for the frist time and was wondering what people's thoughts were on this.
 
INFI responds great to most every type of stone, so you'll get great results if you keep what you've got and spend your money on more INFI and get great results if you add waterstone addiction to your list of vices (Shapton's Glasstones are my favorite ones available in the USA).
 
Absolutely. Haven't used my Arkansas stone for years and am quite addicted to waterstones and diamond benchstones and various sandpapers and lapping films (recently using DMT Dia-Sharp benchstones and 3M lapping film for very nice edges).
 
The fine Arkansas are great for final finish, especially the translucent ones. The coarser Arkies take too long to cut a lot of metal so you would be better off sharpening with a DMT or Easylap diamond stone. For me the red DMT does a great job and then you can finish off on a translucent Arkansas. I never tried waterstones and probably never will. I hear that waterstones are pretty soft and quickly get slouched, then you have to plane them with a diamond stone. For me DMT and ARKIE Translucent all the way. By the way, buy the stone which is the same length as the blade you want to sharpen. My 2 sense!
 
Arkansas stones are great for general use on softer (50-57rc) carbon steel, or as a final step on harder steels. On wear resistant, modern alloys they cut too slowly and are too soft to cut most carbides, so it's best to use ceramic waterstones/silicon carbide/aluminum oxide/diamond hones for sharpening, and if you want you can polish on an arkansas.
 
FREAKING AIR BLEEDING SHARP:D

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Gerberblades said:
Solstice, is that for sharpening convex or "V" or both?
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V only and it will not do recurves.

As far as I know, to do a convex the sharpening "agent" has to have some give to it. Leather strop, mouse pad/sandpaper, belt grinder (loose belt)....and so on.

Not that it matters any.....I like V edges!:D


hmmmmm, thought I would edit to add this thought....I suppose it might be possible to do a convex on the leather wheel (left side of the machine in the pic). Might even try that out. Never really thought of it.
 
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