Got good results with two small stones

[Bladegunner]

Tried a couple sharpening systems but didn't give them or myself a honest chance with either. also tried the DMT stones but wasn't sold on them. Decided to buy a TSprof system but not available until the end of November.
I decided I need to learn the basics before I got another system, I had a couple small cheap knifes a small lockback I got for joining the NRA and a Browning 825 lockback.
I have a small 1/2" x 1/2" Norton India stone and a 30 year old hard Arkansas stone I got in a kit with a Buck knife I believe.

So I did what I have learned on this forum raised a burr on both sides, cut it off and ran the blades on the hard Ark stone got decent results able to cut printer paper very cleanly.
Not quite able to cut hair off my arm but satisfied with the results so far. Both knifes are 440 so probably easy to sharpen I would assume? I am beginning to believe the the best system is knowledge and experience which I need more of both.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I am beginning to believe the the best system is knowledge and experience which I need more of both.

The fact that you've recognized this puts you ahead of the curve by a lot. Now start getting a feel for different geometries, edge conditions and scratch patterns, and the way that bond strength and grit type can impact the sharpening process and you'll be a pro in no time. Also, try to avoid developing a burr if you can--it causes excessive wear on the edge. The only reason why people tell folks to raise a bur on the edge is it's an easy indicator that you've brought the bevel all the way to the apex. Learn to read the scratches of the stone on the edge bevel and you won't need it. You ideally want to be sharpening up to just shy of developing a burr--reaching the apex and not sharpening beyond that point.

 

[deltaboy]

Good job for most of my life from age 8 on I sharpen my pocket knife with a Norton pocket stone and a hard Arkansas I kept at Home and later in my glove box. I still carry a 2 Grit Norton pocket stone when I doing yard work or a lot of cutting.

 

[willis]

You can get a Norton 8"×2" fine/coarse India stone for around 20 dollars and be set for life.To some of us though sharpening stuff becomes addictive and we buy stuff made from diamonds and ceramic and different types of guided and clamped jigs,and then maybe even get into rare rocks from places like Belgium and the charnley forest in England.60 year old Lily White washitas and waterstones from Japan are also coveted by the addict.Then comes stuff like leather from horses butts and kangaroo hides and on the regular leather everything from chromium oxide to diamond emulsion sprays are used on the strop.

 

[Jamesh Bond]

. . . I am beginning to believe the the best system is knowledge and experience which I need more of both.

This. THIS!

. . . . . Pausing to savor the moment. . . . . .

Dead.
On.

Regardless of the subject, it's the CONCEPT that makes something work. Not the object or action. This mentality is SO severely lacking throughout our society, the single universal key to mastery.

It's incredibly refreshing to hear someone actually state that.

Also kinda sad I got my mind blown by something that should really be the norm. Sad state of humanity these days.

Nice!

 

[wdtorque]

Ahead of the curve OP! Congrats on your successes. I usually raise a burr on dull knives to know I've gotten the whole blade beveled because I can't see scratch marks like 42 can, my close vision is poor.
Have fun.


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