stone's?

[spyder8]

I have a $5 fine arkansaw natural stone and i am thinking of getting something better . I do have a few conditions
-need to be able to make a knife scarry sharp (i have some experiance sharping)
-under $20
Any help would be appreciated

 

[glockman99]

Smith's has some good stones that you might want to take a look at. (Smith's Abrasives)

 

[musashi]

Look for Japanese Water Stones, I got 400/1000 grit and 1000/6000 grit
then polish on a Starkie Sharp which is really a leather strop.
Get Green and White polishing pastes and you can use both sides of a belt to polish your edge!
I got mine here :-

http://www.axminster.co.uk/category.asp?cat_id=207976

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=19854&recno=9

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=21196&recno=8

 

[ivan_yulaev]

Try using wet/dry sandpaper. I find it works very quickly. I use a sheet of 120 grit aluminum oxide for reprofiling, then 400 wet/dry, then 1500, and finally some stropping with noxon. It's very quick. I did a blade on my D2 knives in about 5 minutes with this. Stones took 20 minutes for reprofiling alone.

 

[MelancholyMutt]

Norton Pike stones...
The orange side is the same stuff that comes with Randall knives...

for about ten bucks from a good internet discounter...

 

[HoB]

Mmh not so easy. I found that you need at least two different grits to get a good edge (one to true the edge, one to polish it). One stone under $20 is certainly possible, but two under $20 is pretty difficult. For the Japanese water stones, as much as I love them, you need the means to flatten them, which adds cost.

Spyderco's double stuff you can get for about $21. The #1000/#6000 King stone you can get for $27 from www.bladegallery.com.

But really I would suggest to save up for twice as long and get a Spyderco Sharpmaker. Considering, that it comes with two grits its $40 translate to about $20 per stone.

Sandpaper is also not a bad idea, but I tend to think that in the long run they are going to cost you actually more than a stone.

 

[Anarcus]

Go on, its Christmas
You deserve it.
Buy yourself the sharp maker.

Blame me, I said you should