free hand kit

[TheGrailKnife]

I'm going to gather a free hand kit what do you think about this one
diamond course medium fine lanky benchstones. Spyderco ultra fine stone. And a knives plus strip block. What do you think about this kit? Suggest your own kit I'm going for something that can go from dull to mirror polish.

 

[dalefuller]

With all those different benchstones, I'd pass on the K+ strop block and build your own strop kit to do the final polishing. You might end up liking a diamond coating better than the CrO2 on the K+ block. You can also pick the strop surface to your liking. There are different types of leather as well as other kinds of surfaces that are used for strops.

 

[Silvanus]

My kit consists of a Smith's coarse/fine stone; 800, 2000, and 3000 grit sandpaper; and a leather strop with no compound. I can get shaving sharp edges with this setup and it costs all of $35

 

[craytab]

Just like the other 2 threads you started on sharpening this one should be in a different section. You sure do start a lot of threads on the same subjects.