Good video! Im actually impressed at the results because in the sharpening community that stone is known for actually being pretty bad. Its a stone that is being made somewhere in mass with low quality materials. Everyone under the sun who wants to make a quick buck just slaps their brand name on there and sells it as their own lol. The real star of the show here was that sharpening guide, it really goes to show how a complete novice can get a serviceable edge at home with a tool like that. If you paired that with a good budget starting stone, like say a KING 1k or KING 1k/6k combo stone (similar to the style shown in the video), youd come out with a wicked sharp edge most likely. You should try that guide with something like mentioned above, I'd love to see the results since (in your own words) you didnt know what you were doing. Should make an interesting comparison, and go well with the algorithm push from this vid 😉
@@wereviewitall Actually you can sharpen in both directions, back and fourth, for faster results. Newer sharpeners could find this difficult, but the guide helps a lot with that. Something new sharpeners should keep in mind is that it's important to "raise a burr" before moving on to the other side. You will feel this by running your finger/thumb downwards away from the edge, it will feel like a little bump/scratchy lip (this should be felt along the entire edge before proceeding and will appear on the opposite side you're working on). The burr indicates that you have "apexed" the side you're working on. Once the second side feels like you have the same burr, and you've done the same amount of work/passes (to ensure the bevel is even, because you will develop a burr faster on the other side) you can begin "deburring." The deburring strokes can be done forwards or backwards, forwards will achieve the results slightly faster (and is sometimes necessary for really stubborn burrs), but I've found that backwards will give you a slightly more refined edge. These deburring strokes look similar to what was performed in the video, single strokes flipping the knife each stroke designed to flip the burr back and fourth until the burr falls off and you don't feel the scratchy lip any more on either side. Then the leather cleans up any remaining burr/wire edge and completes the process, with a compound like shown in the video it also further refines the edge. The angle when using leather should be the same as sharpening or slightly lower, not higher. Aside from paper, you know you have achieved a sharp knife when the knife bites into your nail rather than skating off (place the knife with the edge facing downwards off your fingernail, it should catch and not slip off). It should do this from heel to tip, this can also be done over time to check and see if you need to touch up the edge. My motto is "if it don't bite, it ain't right." Knives will still "cut" stuff even when not biting the nail, but maximum performance is attained when in that range. Touching up a knife can be done on a ceramic honing rod, done properly you can extend your edge for many months before needing to go back to the stone. Hope all that helps.
@@wereviewitall Glad to help! That was roughly 5+ years condensed into 1 comment lol. Joking aside I do hope it helps, sharpening is a really rewarding and useful skill. I know that your channel doesn't surround this topic but even if you don't make more content on it hopefully it helps you recreationally. As well as anyone else who stumbles across this thread.
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Good video! Im actually impressed at the results because in the sharpening community that stone is known for actually being pretty bad. Its a stone that is being made somewhere in mass with low quality materials. Everyone under the sun who wants to make a quick buck just slaps their brand name on there and sells it as their own lol.
The real star of the show here was that sharpening guide, it really goes to show how a complete novice can get a serviceable edge at home with a tool like that. If you paired that with a good budget starting stone, like say a KING 1k or KING 1k/6k combo stone (similar to the style shown in the video), youd come out with a wicked sharp edge most likely.
You should try that guide with something like mentioned above, I'd love to see the results since (in your own words) you didnt know what you were doing. Should make an interesting comparison, and go well with the algorithm push from this vid 😉
Great input! I appreciate that! I will have to look into it!
I could be wrong, but I believe you're sharpening in the wrong direction.
I was doing it in the direction stated in the instructions...but again...I am not a knife sharpener lol.
@@wereviewitall Actually you can sharpen in both directions, back and fourth, for faster results. Newer sharpeners could find this difficult, but the guide helps a lot with that.
Something new sharpeners should keep in mind is that it's important to "raise a burr" before moving on to the other side. You will feel this by running your finger/thumb downwards away from the edge, it will feel like a little bump/scratchy lip (this should be felt along the entire edge before proceeding and will appear on the opposite side you're working on). The burr indicates that you have "apexed" the side you're working on. Once the second side feels like you have the same burr, and you've done the same amount of work/passes (to ensure the bevel is even, because you will develop a burr faster on the other side) you can begin "deburring."
The deburring strokes can be done forwards or backwards, forwards will achieve the results slightly faster (and is sometimes necessary for really stubborn burrs), but I've found that backwards will give you a slightly more refined edge. These deburring strokes look similar to what was performed in the video, single strokes flipping the knife each stroke designed to flip the burr back and fourth until the burr falls off and you don't feel the scratchy lip any more on either side. Then the leather cleans up any remaining burr/wire edge and completes the process, with a compound like shown in the video it also further refines the edge. The angle when using leather should be the same as sharpening or slightly lower, not higher.
Aside from paper, you know you have achieved a sharp knife when the knife bites into your nail rather than skating off (place the knife with the edge facing downwards off your fingernail, it should catch and not slip off). It should do this from heel to tip, this can also be done over time to check and see if you need to touch up the edge. My motto is "if it don't bite, it ain't right." Knives will still "cut" stuff even when not biting the nail, but maximum performance is attained when in that range.
Touching up a knife can be done on a ceramic honing rod, done properly you can extend your edge for many months before needing to go back to the stone.
Hope all that helps.
@@MrBayeasy Wow! Great info! Thanks!
@@wereviewitall Glad to help! That was roughly 5+ years condensed into 1 comment lol. Joking aside I do hope it helps, sharpening is a really rewarding and useful skill. I know that your channel doesn't surround this topic but even if you don't make more content on it hopefully it helps you recreationally. As well as anyone else who stumbles across this thread.
@wereviewitall I'm not either. Good video. Thanks for the post.