Sharpening stones for large knives

Got these Industrial sharpening rods from a travelling salesman years ago, bought a few extras just incase I broke one....maybe a future give away will happen with some of the extras I have :thumbup:
Most of my other large stones I picked up at yard sales or flee markets for $1 or $2 I have a few more that I didnt take pics of. The large Norton 3 stone Bench sharpener is by far my favorite and was given to me by a life long family friend, it handles Mistress/NMFSH/BWM sized blades with ease. Add oil to the bottom tray and rotate as needed. I do a lot of battoning/chopping/splitting etc...My routine that I do is if its just a roll I use the Steele, needs a quick shapening I use the rods, if it needs some work I stone it, super easy stuff.

Enjoy!
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Love the tri stone! That thing is a Beast!! :) I hope to come upon one of those in my estate sale searches one of these days!
 
Thanks Garth, yea, the estate sales are interesting. Some companies who run those are money grubbers but some are there simply to help the families. We've found two so far that are actually good people. One recent sale was for a man who was a serious car fanatic, that house and the garage behind it was simply awesome!!! The garage behind it was the real mecca.
 
Norton Waterstone Starter Kit: 220/1000 grit stone, 4000/8000 grit stone, SiC flattening stone, I found this set for like 140$ is it any good ?
 
I have a very large 2" thick Norton grinding wheel with a fairly small arbor hole that I use laying on the bench (not on a big grinder) as my big stone. Found it on ebay several years ago. It is 220 grit which is unusual for grinding wheels as 80 grit is considered "fine". These go for several thousand dollars new but I paid more for shipping than for the stone in a lucky deal one sometimes finds on ebay. These are discontinued long ago. Today I found only a (little) 10" wheel in 220 grit that is 3/4" thick on an ebay. Perhaps there is a more desirable one at a good price that I did not see.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grinding-Wh...802?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c275d723a

Most of the really big stones have a large hole in the center like this 20" 180 grit:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-x-2-1-2-...784?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3575b8e8
Here is a 320 grit 3 foot dia stone weighing 275 pounds for the bigger is always better crowd.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARBORUNDUM...710?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e1b302fe

I have considered one of those 2 or 3 foot stones on top of a potters wheel. Perhaps someday.....
Bob
 
Will York said:
Gayle Bradley (BladeSports International) and DMT teamed up a couple of years ago to design large bench stones for the big 10" blade competition cutters in hard-to-sharpen steels like CPM M4. I have the DMT 10" Dia-Sharp® Bench Stone which works well for me in 1200 grit. Surface is 10" x 4" with 5 carats of continuous-surface "micronized" monocrystalline diamonds. The stone comes in coarse (325 grit), fine (600) or extra fine (1200) for around $100, which is not cheap but for those who don't want to go the belt grinder route it's compact, easy-to-store, and should never have to be replaced.

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This is what I use also, except I bought my 10"x4" duo-sharp before they made continuous suface stones, so mine has the interrupted surface. It is coarse on one side and fine on the other. About the same price too. Heck, all I have is five DMT stones, a ceramic rod, 1x30 and two strops. More than enough for this lifetime.
 
Mikeynyc said:
Norton Waterstone Starter Kit: 220/1000 grit stone, 4000/8000 grit stone, SiC flattening stone, I found this set for like 140$ is it any good ?
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Don't know if there are many waterstone users here. Go over to the Maintenance, Tinkering forum, though, and you will definitely get help.
 
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