Sharpening Stones Simliar to Spydie Brown and White

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GarageBoy

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What grit of what stone will leave an edge similar to Spyderco Browns and Whites? (and cut a little faster?)
 
the only benefit to the spyderco is the cleanliness and ease. Grit size is grit size...match the grits and compare... except for diamond stones, and ceramics, you have to deal with oils or water.
 
India stones cut the slowest, Diamonds will cut the fastest under light pressure, so get a 1200 + 6 micron paste. Waterstones work the fastest if you really lean into them so get a decent base one 800-1200 grit and a finishing one, 4000-8000 grit. In all cases you would benefit from a much coarser stone to set the edge, x-coarse DMT or better yet 200 SiC waterstone + 80 grit SiC lapping compound.

-Cliff
 
Trivial with proper equipment. When I can see a hollow in a waterstone I reset them on a piece of concrete which has a sprinkle of fine stone (beach sand / rock about 1 mm in size). Press down hard, use lots of water, it takes under a minute. I use a 200 SiC small rectangular block and lapp all four sides in under a couple of minutes. For finer stones use 80 grit SiC lapping compound on a glass plate instead of the rocks on concrete.

-Cliff
 
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