What stone S30V?

[Canvsbk]

So without too much effort I can get 420hc scary sharp. I love the stuff as done by Buck.
I am totally clueless when it comes to the super steels. I’ve got a couple S30V blades here and a couple S35vn should be arriving soon. What stone or whatever do you guys use on the high end steels?

 

[David Martin]

You can use SiC or diamond on those steels. Both will give you a good edge. DM

 

[jbmonkey]

what David said^........

I also use alumina ceramic stones and will get them sharp too.

 

[Mo2]

Would recommend looking into bonded diamond stones. Edge pro matrix, venev, and a few other brands offer them. Any diamond stones will work though. But I feel the bonded variants are easier for beginners of the abrasive. Diamonds can wear out fast when your learning on surface mount stones. And surface mount stones can't be repaired or refreshed like bonded stones can.

But you'll get similar results either way.

Edge pro sized stones work for me but not everyone. I do believe venev have larger bench stones though.

In any case silicon carbide like Norton stones will work great also. More affordable too.

Ceramic will work but I find they load up alot faster on these steels. Meaning you have to clean them when they load to get them to cut.

So pick what ya like and then get a strop of some material, basswood, thin leather or whatever and some diamond paste/spray to finish.

 

[David Martin]

Canvsbk, welcome to the Buck Forum. What stones do you have? DM

 

[sassafrassdogs]

What JB said....

 

[sassafrassdogs]

Dremel makes a knife guide now....

 

[Canvsbk]

Thanks for the welcome. Currently on the 420hc blades I use ceramic crock sticks and then strop them. Works awesome but when I try that approach with the more pricey stuff it actually seems to make it worse.
I visit in Post Falls a couple times a year so I guess I could just take them back to momma but that can get quite spendy as I walk around in the store while they sharpen the knives.
Pretty sure I’ve got a Norton silicon carbide stone new in the box so will try that. Thanks.

 

[Easyrider]

With my S30 steel knives I have had very god results with my Worksharp belt system.

 

[David Martin]

Thanks for the welcome.
Pretty sure I’ve got a Norton silicon carbide stone new in the box so will try that. Thanks.

Could you post a picture of this stone with it's box? Please, thanks. DM

 

[David Martin]

Ceramic and India stones will struggle to cut the vanadium steels. DM

 

[jbmonkey]

Ceramic and India stones will struggle to cut the vanadium steels. DM

very true, Sir, but very hard ceramic will do the work just not as fast. I've done it for touchups, for reprofiling......I use diamonds....no point in wasting time.

 

[bucklife301]

With my S30 steel knives I have had very god results with my Worksharp belt system.

I use my work sharp on everything I just got one of those leather strop belts for it and it made it even better

 

[Makael]

You guys might laugh but this simple sharpener works great. I use it on all of my knives. I have 4 of them scattered between my office, garage, house and camper.

 

[Makael]

Wanted to add i also have a ken onion worksharp, lansky system and some random diamond and stones.

 

[pjsjr]

This is what I have been using recently. The knife shown is not S30V, but it is 440C and the diamond stone does a great job.

 

[bucklife301]

I carry one of these in my backpack just in case I need it and have another that I keep in the house. I only use the ceramic rod on it. This knife is S30V .

 

[David Martin]

Good pj. That looks like the fine diamond. Ceramic cuts slower, sure. Because it's finer and the swarf builds up fast on it's surface. So, it needs to be
cleaned. I sharpened 4 knives yesterday: one w/ s90v, one of 425M steel and 2 w/ 420 steel. On the first one I used a coarse diamond which is usually as fine as I'll go. The remaining were sharpened on a JUM-3 (SiC). The first 2 I used a back-hone method and the other 2 was a full sharpening. A fine SiC cuts 420 steel real fast. DM