Where do you sharpen?

I can't sharpen as well sitting down, so standing in the kitchen by the sink is my area. I keep all my supplies in boxes and set up when it is time for a sharpening party. My wife is amazingly tolerant of my habits:)
 
Over 90% of my knife sharpening is done with this kit that I carry with my almost all the time
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If only a touch up I hold every item in one hand and the knife on the other

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if some more grinding is required I usually wet a paper towel and put it beneath the stones on the corner of a flat surface.
In the shop I keep 3 6"x2" DMT in C,F,EF in a wooden plate that I fix in my woodworking vise.
 
Standing up in the kitchen sink, me too!

I use Smiths' White Arkansas Stone (1000 grit) and the Spyderco Shapmaker for touchups, and most folders.

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I use diferent sandpaper grits and the stone (utterly destroyed and in very bad condition) on bigger knives, to thin them down

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i do most sharpening in my recliner watching tv. i use my diamond stones dry, if using an oil stone, i wear my shop apron.
 
Everywhere, but in my shop is the best , being able to clamp and a multitude of other little things + I wear a leathers apron I use for stropping. I'm thinking about adding compound to it in 2 or 3 places.
Thanks, Neal
 
I have a couple of locations around the house that I use:

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This is my coffee table where most of the evening touch-ups get done with strops. I really like those Brommeland strops. They're good quality and they're a perfect size for the knives I usually have to work on. They even travel well if I'm going to be gone for a few days. The DMT continuous surface diiamond plate is also good if I want to do some real sharpening here.

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This my serious workstation. It's in my basement right outside my wife's art studio so we can talk while we work. The lamp is a lighted magnifying glass. I also have a KO Worksharp in a cabinet over to the right if I want to work on a knife with a convex edge. Basil Fawlty keeps an eye on everything and lets me know how I'm doing.
 
At home, I sharpen either my bathroom or kitchen sink.

At work, i have my own sharpening station with all my stones and stuff.

This was my kitchen a while ago.
 
dalefuller said:
I really like those Brommeland strops. They're good quality and they're a perfect size for the knives I usually have to work on.
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If these are from Gary Brommeland, I'm sure they are really nice. Probably pretty hard leather, perhaps taken from a specific part of the hide. He likes making belts from the center (back bone) of the hide for the highest quality possible. Gary knows leather very well and is an excellent craftsman. One of the best holster makers I am aware of.

That said, I will never again do business with him. He kept my money for over 2 years promising repeatedly that delivery was "just a few days away". At the end of this period, I received a refund. So I guess that's positive. Gary has had some serious health problems and I sympathize. But the way the he and his wife have run his business means I can't recommend their products to anyone. Top notch products from one of the best in the business. The worst customer relations I've experienced in this field. Just my opinion.

Brian.
 
Usually by the sink in the island when it's bench stones. If it's the apex or kobga it's downstairs
 
Just a heads up about using the sink, over time the grit from the stones can clog and ruin your pipes :O



This battle station is fully armed and operational!
 
dalefuller said:
I have a couple of locations around the house that I use:

20160724_141955.jpg

This is my coffee table where most of the evening touch-ups get done with strops. I really like those Brommeland strops. They're good quality and they're a perfect size for the knives I usually have to work on. They even travel well if I'm going to be gone for a few days. The DMT continuous surface diiamond plate is also good if I want to do some real sharpening here.

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This my serious workstation. It's in my basement right outside my wife's art studio so we can talk while we work. The lamp is a lighted magnifying glass. I also have a KO Worksharp in a cabinet over to the right if I want to work on a knife with a convex edge. Basil Fawlty keeps an eye on everything and lets me know how I'm doing.
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Nice set up I use an Old PC Desk or the Bar.
 
I usually sharpen on the couch and coffee table. Sometimes the barn when using my guided belt grinder system. I have been known to do quick sharpenings in the bathroom when I am in there a while. Lots of magazines in there for testing sharpness.
 
Yea, I used to wash all my stone grit down the drain or wash out and flatten my stones in the bathtub.

once everything clogged up I put two and two together

especially since I had to clean and unclog them both and saw that the grit had settled in the pipes

YMMV
 
DeadboxHero said:
Yea, I used to wash all my stone grit down the drain or wash out and flatten my stones in the bathtub.

once everything clogged up I put two and two together

especially since I had to clean and unclog them both and saw that the grit had settled in the pipes

YMMV
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Hi,
Ive noticed my bathtub drain does like to clog more than sink,
its at a shallower angle (slower flow)
and its often smaller diameter pipe

Also if you wash towels or carpeting , without an extra strainer/grate,
then you have net clog that will catch all kinds of debris :)

And those sharp grits do like to cling to stuff

So, I wash in a bucket and dump water outside, or in toilet,
or rarely in kitchen sink

I've also saved some of the dust/powder for lapping/flattening
and some stropping experiments :) I've got about a tablespoon worth :D
 
DeadboxHero said:
Yea, I used to wash all my stone grit down the drain or wash out and flatten my stones in the bathtub.

once everything clogged up I put two and two together

especially since I had to clean and unclog them both and saw that the grit had settled in the pipes

YMMV
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In the homes of people who garden, have small children, and even the plumbing at the graphic arts shop I work, oxides of (presumably) silica and aluminum will settle out in the traps. A percentage of dirt just settles out. I remember pulling a sink trap for my mother in law avid gardener and wondering "where in hell all this fine sand came from....?" And the lightbulb came on.

Sharpening grit definitely does not help this, but is surprising the number of traps and elbows that silt up a bit in the normal course of things (and I'm not even a plumber). When I do send some waterstone mud down the drain I flood it with a lot of water to follow.
 
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