Here is my waterstone advice for the day

Shmackey

Shmackey

Joined
May 5, 2000
Messages
1,478
When using a super-coarse 200-grit stone, do not drag the pad of your index finger along the stone to maintain the angle of the blade.

"That's funny--why is my knife leaving brown streaks on the stone? Oh. Ouch."
 
Good advice, Shmackey :D!

I will admit that every time I sharpen I have some very tender spots on my middle finger afterwards right were I put pressure on the blade. Since I want to put the pressure as close to the edge as possible I put my finger right over the edge....and sometimes a patch of meat gets caught between the edge and the stone.....:( .
 
I find the problem worse on a coarse diamond hone and much worse on a belt sander with a 60 grit belt.
 
You know, even a 15,000 grit stone can polish a hole in your fingernail and make some mighty tender burns... it's so gradual that you don't notice 'til it is too late!
 
Guess this is why I like my Edge Pro so much. May get "tennis elbow" but that would be about the worse that would happen.
 
Darn thing still hurts. I removed about 1/16" of the side of my right index fingertip (where it touches my middle finger).

Guess I should've stopped after the first brown streak...
 
I have suggested "my" (?) method in another thread. Put your tumb over the spine of the knife (without stone contact) ad the desidered angle, parallele with the stone. Lock your wrist and arm, put the fingers of the left hand press down as close to stone as possible. Sway with body from left to right and viceversa, contolling the top of tumbnail so it's constantly parallel during the sharpening work. Marker trick will notice to you a perfect sharpening angle all along the bevels.
-Nedo Cervar
 
Shmackey said:
When using a super-coarse 200-grit stone, do not drag the pad of your index finger along the stone to maintain the angle of the blade.

"That's funny--why is my knife leaving brown streaks on the stone? Oh. Ouch."
Click to expand...

LOL! You're such a cartoon.:D

.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top