Video of sandpaper & phonebook/mouse pad technique?

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Would anyone be willing to make a video showing their technique for sharpening their kukri with those materials? I only have the one kukri and the one convex edge, so I don't have much to practice on; I'd rather go in with some visual guidance.
 
I would love to second this request. I have kind of worked out from having people explain it a way to do it and am doing "adequate" at what I am getting for results. But I would love to see what I should be doing and maybe get even better.
 
There's a video out there of somebody doing it on a svord peasant knife, that's how I learned. It might even be on svord's web page.
 
A while back someone posted a picture of a Nepalese person sharpening a khukuri on a rock. That's pretty much the approach I advocate. Find something abrasive and rub it against the khukuri until it's sharper than it was before. You can get more scientific about it, but it's not necessary.
 
^^^This right here. I'm all about non scientific. Some nice sandpaper is right handy and although I hadn't seen the video that's the way I do it too but when there's no sandpaper a good rock will do.
 
what is actually the best stone for sharpening? one of those ozark sharpening rocks they sell? or is there a specific stone that is truly effective?
 
Arkansas stones are good, but the best I've used are those Japanese whetstones. The low grit ones remove material very quickly from an edge, and the high grit ones will get you a mirror finish.
 
I use a combo diamond plate fron Hewlett and a brown ceramic for finishing. Givs a shaving edge that will still bite and pull itself into a drawing cut. Only thing I don't use that combo on are straight razors and woodworking tools.
The ceramic finish edge is the only edge I've found will reliably cut things like silk when doing tameshigiri.
 
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