Hi Everyone,
I wanted to post this question to the General Knife Discussion forum groups because I'd like to get as many perspectives as possible. I'm quite novice to the whole knife-enthusiast scene. My knives range from AUS-8 to S30V steel. I've been practicing my sharpening technique using a 400 Grit Japanese whetstone. So far, it has turned out pretty well. My knives have passed the "paper slicing test" and "nail shaving test" relatively well. I would like to learn how to get my knives "razor-sharp" to the point where they can treetop arm hairs with ease. I would like to ask everyone what techniques, supplies, resources, so on and so forth that you use to get your knives this way. I understand that different steels will have different edge retention properties and this is all dependant on how much I use them. But I would like to learn and try this for the sake of learning. Please share if you're able to.
I wanted to post this question to the General Knife Discussion forum groups because I'd like to get as many perspectives as possible. I'm quite novice to the whole knife-enthusiast scene. My knives range from AUS-8 to S30V steel. I've been practicing my sharpening technique using a 400 Grit Japanese whetstone. So far, it has turned out pretty well. My knives have passed the "paper slicing test" and "nail shaving test" relatively well. I would like to learn how to get my knives "razor-sharp" to the point where they can treetop arm hairs with ease. I would like to ask everyone what techniques, supplies, resources, so on and so forth that you use to get your knives this way. I understand that different steels will have different edge retention properties and this is all dependant on how much I use them. But I would like to learn and try this for the sake of learning. Please share if you're able to.