This is a type of gut hook/blade meant to help skin animals

Reprofiled to about 17-18 degrees, then got it hair popping sharp, on my worksharp field sharpener alone, within about 12-13 minutes. This blade was a breeze to sharpen. Learning freehand has been productive, it truly is the fastest way to sharpen outside of heavy reprogiling, for which, the belts are the fastest.

Cleaned my strop with a couple of shaving blades as best as I could.

Applied a thin layer of 1 micron diamond paste. Now I'll see how it works.

It's industrial diamond paste. Hope it's good.

100K? That is some fine stone. How do you feel at all, that you used the stone enough to make it worth?

https://youtu.be/U-CY8Btlr1M

Original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/sharpening/comments/1hcuihj/achieved_my_first_shavingsharp_kitchen_knife_but/

I was actually testing the edge on a super waxy and tough persimmon skin, not a tomato. The persimmon I have at home is barely penetrated even with my Shiro Kamo sujihiki with a somewhat fresh factory edge (talking about very light pressure here, of course it does cut with slight effort). Cherry tomatoes are penetrated with the slightest touch and the blade shaves so I guess I can be happy for now!

I did simplify my process a little and created a micro-bevel with the finishing stone after sharpening with 17 degrees on the lower stones.

Hello falks! Somebody here test this stone ?

https://www.knivesandtools.com/en/pt/-ardennes-coticule-belgian-blue-whetstone200-x-40-mm.htm

How could you compare it to more "classic" stones like naniwa and others?

Thanks!

I found this on Walmart while just window shopping. Great price if it is what I think it is. I've never heard of the brand, it has no reviews, it's super cheap. And Google doesn't even come up with any hits for the brand other than different Walmart products. Any input would be appreciated.

Link to product.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Multifunctional-Cutter-Sharpener-Double-Sided-Sharpening-Outdoor-Camping-Kitchen/8747671608?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101176589&sourceid=dsn_ad_82a1172e-9aef-4deb-a6c1-b1278a1d5253&veh=dsn&wmlspartner=dsn_ad_82a1172e-9aef-4deb-a6c1-b1278a1d5253&cn=FY25-MP-PMAX2_cnv_dps_dsn_dis_ad_mp_s_n&gclsrc=aw.ds&wl9=pla&wl11=online&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAyJS7BhBiEiwAyS9uNU05rumcNUbUF2SCBtZs1OyaxMmhmo5BOX0Pn0KPbss7AA-NSUikyxoC-nsQAvD_BwE

I'm looking to upgrade my jig with a Kadet Pro and a big selling point for me is being able to touch up/put on convex edges. However, I know that particular piece isn't adjustable so if any of you have that adapter, I wanted to ask how convex are the edges that the adapter puts on a knife? Visibly so? Cheers.

I'm reading every bit of advice and following it as much as possible. I can't get any of the 3 knives I've tried sharp enough to cut skin, let alone paper.

I'm holding the blades at about a 20° angle, even enough pressure to hold the blade to the stone.

I've tried spending more time on the 400 grit but I don't want to keep grinding away at the blade shape.

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.

Is 1000 grit high enough to get a sharp blade?

Wondering if I can use an old belt I have...

So I bought a xarilk gen 3 guided system that should be here in a couple of weeks. I'm really only interested in using it for reprofiling and setting a known angle edge. I will do my grit progression on my big stones freehand unless I fall in love with this thing for some reason. My question is what sort of 6x1 stone should I be looking at to do this job? I was thinking of either an atoma 140 or a low grit splash and go? The kme 6" stones are on my radar because of price, but not sure they will work with this stone holder. I am also intrigued by the resin bonded stones but they seem to be more for mid and high grit. I sharpen American kitchen knives some but I'm mostly worried about harder steel pocket knives like s110v and when I can make my self spend the money on one a rex 121. I would say the majority of my knives are s30v and nitro v or 14c with a few d2 which I normally just use my shapton koromaku's on.

If you couldn't tell by what I was willing to spend on the guided system, I am budget conscious for my hobbies so cheap is always good but I don't want junk. If spending more upfront gets me longer lasting or much better performing stones I will do so.

I am newish into the sharpening hobby and currently using a Shapton pro 1k with a quality strop. I currently get nice consistent results with the process and comfortable with it now. I am looking to add a stone to refine the edge a bit more as I know the 1k isn’t truly 1k, with that said I sharpen anything from Japanese kitchen knives to pocket knives all in various kinds of steels. Looking for opinions on whether to stay with the Shapton line or move to something else? I know the “1k” can give a nice working edge but it’s more about the hobby and wanting to refine my edge some more, also I am not opposed to adding 2 stones to get more of a polished edge for certain knives. Thanks for any suggestions!

I have a little experience with a whetstone freehand in the past but I don’t own anything now. What should I buy to take it to the next level? Guides, stones, tools, etc? I’m willing to go over that budget by about 100$ if necessary. Thanking you guys in advance.

I've been trying to master freehand knife sharpening for around a year now and have made quite a lot of progress, but I'm still having trouble with outdoors55's thumb guide trick. Essentially when you get an imprint of the spine on your thumb pad, the tip of your thumb that sits on the surface of the stone can still be over or under depressed naturally, changing the effective angle of your passes from stroke to stroke. What can I do to fix this?