It’s a good idea to have a two-sided whetstone for sharpeing your knives. Learn how to sharpen knives using a whetstone in this free tools video.
Duration : 0:1:50
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One of the …
One of the sharpening instruction books recommends avoiding oil or water. He seems to have read a part of that book. Whether they are needed depends on the stone. Water stones must have water. I used a Norton oil stone for years w/o oil. It did glaze, but a trip through the dishwasher cleared it out. The stone he’s using isnt a cheap Walmart special. Norton makes some of the best abrasives around for sharpening knives.
Lol, yeah, but …
Lol, yeah, but imagine how good he would be if he made a whole instructional video while talking about it plus doing it at the same time, and doing it perfectly. Everyone makes mistakes.
A good quality …
A good quality file will work initially but use with extreme caution and if you lack experience in sharpening, DON`T. When I say initially, I mean that if you have a medium t larger sized blade you can use the file in the place of a coarse stone but again, with EXTREME CAUTION.
I use close to the …
I use close to the same exact steps. I sharpen in the opposite direction as you but much of the remaining things that I o are close to you. I only stroke once on either side as I sharpen. I do this to retain as close to exact wear as humanly possible.
good vid…keep it …
good vid…keep it up
lol i found one …
lol i found one mistake he said what you DO TO ONE SIDE OF THE BLADE you want to do to the other. at 0:45 he sharpens it three times one side , flips it over at 0:52 he only does 2 one the other side.
Yes honing oil/ …
Yes honing oil/water is definitely necessary depending on the type of stone. Without it the stone will glaze and fail to cut properly, or it could damage your edge because of the resulting uneven grit wear. I suspect he thinks its not necessary because knives aren’t very hard on stones like other tools can be, but if you do enough of them you’ll see the need for a lubricant to keep the stone clean and fast cutting.
who the are …
who the are you?
wats a poorous side
wats a poorous side
is a coarse file a …
is a coarse file a substitute for the stone
honing oil not …
honing oil not necessary!!!!!!!!!!! i would like to see how long a hard arkansas stone lasts with no oil its ok with that cheap walmart special aluminum oxide stone but come on
correct.
correct.
Looks like if you …
Looks like if you keep that motion up you’re going to get a pretty uneven knife. The angle of the blade to the stone on the 2nd side is different from the one on the first.
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