Show your sharpening gear!

Some of my gear...

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NORTHWEST_KNIFE_GUY said:
Some of my gear...
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The important word is "some". It is not "all of my gear"... Wow. You have a couple of very nice stones.

Spyderco 302 M + F, Dan's Whetstone Company Arkansas, Atoma, Ultra Sharp, a set of Shapton Pro stones and more. That is the best you can buy. Impressive.
 
DavidABQ said:
I have already showed my sharpening equipment but some of the other individuals who posted inspired me to make a base for my whet stones. Not fancy but it works.
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Like it, creative thinking. That is exactly what the older generations would have done, use what is available.
 
cudgee said:
Like it, creative thinking. That is exactly what the older generations would have done, use what is available.
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Thank you sir for your kind words. It was a fun little project and makes it easier to sharpen my knives on my Spyderco stones. Trying to use them in the case they came with was difficult with smaller knives, at least for me. Other members posted their equipment and I saw a few different benchstone holders and that inspired me. I have enjoyed this thread tremendously.
 
Over the course of the last year or so, my mother has given me a lot of Dad's knives, and whatever sharpening gear he has around. That's where I got the Tri-hone that I got a few months back, and also where I got this a week or two ago. From the looks of things, it's unused, but was probably dropped once. There's a small chip that you can't see in the photos. Anyway, I can't imagine it's worth real money, so I'll add it to the Spats McGee Sharpening Arsenal.
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karnaknives said:
I've only used the Green Brick for kitchen knives. The 2k Green Brick is somewhat of an anomaly in that it starts off cutting like a 1000 and as the mud builds it polishes like a 3000. I agree with Jason above that it's great at following a 400 Chocera, or similar. I think it works best with somewhat harder stainless steels. I most recently used it on a couple of VG10 Gyutos and it gave them a fantastic 12 degree edge that measured under 200 on the Bess scale.
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Green brick. I see you are a man of culture as well. What a stone eh? It's a synthetic aoto. They mixed 2k-4k grits. What a stone! Love the edge, love the massive brick size. It very well might be my favorite finishing stone for my sorta standard utility edges
 
Latest addition: paper wheels!

Rikon half-speed grinder (1750 rpm) with, presently, 8" paper wheels. I have 10" wheels on order but they're apparently made to order so will take 3-4 weeks to arrive.

The left wheel is loaded with 7 micron diamond, and the right wheel is loaded with 1 micron. So far I'm quite happy with it. It's taken my production speed from about 7-8 minutes per knife down to about 5 minutes, going from butter knife dull to 100-130 BESS. And for my personal folding knives, it's allowed me to quickly touch up down to 80-95 BESS.

Using a $20 laser level as a guide. Conveniently, I have an overhang to mount it in my converted garage.

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3D Anvil said:
Wow, great stone collection! Now you need to get a couple bonded diamond stones. Since I got the Venev 240/400 and 800/1200 I hardly want to use anything else.
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Hi there! By the way, recently saw 2 videos released within 2 weeks from now of couple russian gentlemen who received new set of VENEV diamond bars on the metal bond for test and review. Both liked bars a lot. Not released for sale yet but sooner or later they should become available somehow...
 
Here's most of what I have. Notably, I forgot to include my Atoma diamond plates. Left to right: Triple B super vitrified diamond stones, Shapton Glass, Naniwa Professional, Suehiro Cerax, and my first bench stone from about 15 years ago, a Spyderco Fine ceramic. Also not included are flattening stones and nagura/dressing stones.

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Happy to report that the wife has not given me ONE WORD OF CRITICISM on any subject, including purchases, in more than 8 years!!

That's when the judge signed the divorce papers.

No smiley appended.
 
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