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sharping stones
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HOLY CRAP ok this is a question that comes up 10000 times a week over here at the general discussion forum.
Do a search for sharpener or sharpening and you'll fine like 100 threads asking this same thing.
Basically there's arkansas, water, diamond, ceramic in order of how much people like it around here (least to most).
Diamond is great for rough sharpening, but ceramic is where it's at to hone it in to shaving sharp and beyond.
Spyderco Sharpmaker here is the favorite (though I hate it), but they also make nice ceramic benchstones. Not for reprofiling work, though, only finer stuff. For rough stuff get a Spyderco or DMT diamond hone, stone, stick, etc.
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Do a search for sharpener or sharpening and you'll fine like 100 threads asking this same thing.
Basically there's arkansas, water, diamond, ceramic in order of how much people like it around here (least to most).
Diamond is great for rough sharpening, but ceramic is where it's at to hone it in to shaving sharp and beyond.
Spyderco Sharpmaker here is the favorite (though I hate it), but they also make nice ceramic benchstones. Not for reprofiling work, though, only finer stuff. For rough stuff get a Spyderco or DMT diamond hone, stone, stick, etc.
_z
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I use diamond hones (Diasharp, no holes) up to extra fine-I believe 1200 grit-then finish off with a surgical black Arkansas stone. For S03V and other superfine steels, I finish with a translucent Arkansas, which puts a mirror polish at ~5000 grit.
I do the same thing actually.
DMT stone (holes, but you deal with them), then a surgical black arkansas stone. It's supposed to be about the same grit as the green DMT, but it's not as aggressive so it will actually even out the striations left (you can still see them) by the DMT, and smooth it all up a bit.
I don't find the need for much more than that, it'll shave for a couple weeks with that treatment, and anything more than that just isn't worth my time on an EDC.
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DMT stone (holes, but you deal with them), then a surgical black arkansas stone. It's supposed to be about the same grit as the green DMT, but it's not as aggressive so it will actually even out the striations left (you can still see them) by the DMT, and smooth it all up a bit.
I don't find the need for much more than that, it'll shave for a couple weeks with that treatment, and anything more than that just isn't worth my time on an EDC.
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