Spyderco bench hone

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I have been playing around with a few bench stones and I’ve come to the conclusion that I really like the Spyderco bench hones. They are easy to clean when they get dirty, and most important they are very clean to use. No water no oil just open the box and bingo. I don’t have an extra fine to compare to polishing stones, but I have a feeling it would work just as well as the medium and the fine. I use the medium the most and it is fast and clean to use. I’ve been using it as a finishing hone. When I want a polished edge I use the fine and just a few strokes and done. For my coarse work I’m sticking to the cheap black silicon carbide stones found at most hardware stores. For the step between coarse and the Spyderco I like the Shapton 1000 water stone. But most of the time if I don’t need to reset the edge bevel I take off the cover and a few strokes on the Spyderco bench hones is all that is needed. Clean and fast what could be better.
 
db said:
Clean and fast what could be better.
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The ultra-fine Spyderco benchstone?

A Shapton 30,000?

Two medium Spyderco benchstones?

Three pitchers of Alabama Slammers and a good movie?

Four pitchers of same drink and someone trying to describe an episode of Seinfeld without sounding as drunk as someone who's had several pitchers of mixed drinks?
 
thombrogan said:
Three pitchers of Alabama Slammers and a good movie?

Four pitchers of same drink and someone trying to describe an episode of Seinfeld without sounding as drunk as someone who's had several pitchers of mixed drinks?
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:D :D :D


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Bunch of lousy drunks.

I like mine also. I have the extra fine that I use for my straight razors. Excuse me.

sip

Where was I? Oh yes, anyway, it might be overkill for knives, but it works good as a razor hone. Others, however, (hic) have opted for finer stones, but... No, Thom, I don't want another, now leave me alone!

Yeah, they're great stones. Easy clean off, great for putting on a final edge. They have seemed to wear forever for me. :thumbup:

What was the question? sip.
 
Another pitcher? Sure just one more. :) :)
SODAK another great point about the Spyderco bench hones, no wear, Mine is flat and stays flat. I don't forsee having to flatten them ever. I would really like to get the Ultra fine but when I'm honest withmyself I'm happy with the finish of the medium hone. But I know I will get one some day for that extra polish.
 
It is relatively interesting to see how different cultures address the same problems, western vs japanese hones for example. I tend to have a similar viewpoint to the Japanese in general which prefer stones which break down very fast in use and regard flattening a stone to be similar to sharpening a knife, it depends on the grit of course.

The fine polishing stones don't tend to require much flattening, my 4000 grit waterstone I flatten maybe a few times a year. I flatten a natural chinese waterstone, maybe every dozen or so uses but it is really soft, you can scrape it with your fingernail, it has a wonderfully buttery soft cutting action.

Ceramics make nice rods though, and portable plates. I have a nice ceramic field sharpener which is plated metal, not solid ceramic, and it is extremely durable. Fallkniven has a diamond/ceramic plate which is a nice idea as well.

-Cliff
 
I have a fine and medium Spyderco benchstones. They are great! Easy to use, easy to clean and no mess while using them.

Good stuff.
 
In all seriousness, I really like the way the Spyderco's feel when you are using them for sharpening. I've never quite experienced any thing like it. Not good for heavy duty reprofiling, but once you have the bevel established, they're great!
 
sodak said:
Not good for heavy duty reprofiling, but once you have the bevel established, they're great!
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I've used the Sharpmaker hones in the chisel-sharpening base of the Sharpmaker and found that sharpening in the method seen here, reprofiling with the medium hones was fairly fast and the diamonds; seen by many as not aggressive enough; was extremely fast. ...an unforgiving. The finish left in both cases was better than when used in the proper Sharpmaker setting (though you had better use a thin-handled or long-choiled knife to get the most out of that base).

Got the link in the above paragraph from db.
 
Cliff I think it’s best to maintain even the polishing water stones and keep them flat rather than waiting for when they need to be flattened. I do agree the finer the grit the less it wears but they still should be maintained after being used. Other than that the real plus of the Spyderco ceramic bench hones is the no mess, no water no oil just uncover and use. Quick, clean and easy.

Easyrider I agree and those are the reasons I like them so much.
Sodak I like the feel also. Some people don’t care for a hard stone, but the Spyderco ceramics for me feel great. It’s kind of hard to explain but I can feel when I’ve done enough work on them they seem to slide rather than cut when you get to that point. If that makes sense?

Thom I can’t remember who I got that link from but I like it a lot. It explains fairly clearly how to sharpen by hand. They use water stones but the method works with any type of stone or even sandpaper.
 
I generally let my coarse stones get pretty far out of flat before I rework them, but they are mainly shaping. The really fine ones only microbevel anyway so it takes a lot of sharpening to effect them significantly since you are only honing a piece of metal about 0.1 mm wide and generally only taking a few passes per blade.

-Cliff
 
thombrogan said:
I've used the Sharpmaker hones in the chisel-sharpening base of the Sharpmaker and found that sharpening in the method seen here, reprofiling with the medium hones was fairly fast and the diamonds; seen by many as not aggressive enough; was extremely fast. ...an unforgiving. The finish left in both cases was better than when used in the proper Sharpmaker setting (though you had better use a thin-handled or long-choiled knife to get the most out of that base).

Got the link in the above paragraph from db.
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Nice link Thom, very informative, thanks! Please, however, tell me that's not a toilet that he's soaking the waterstones in.... :D :barf: :D :eek:
 
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