Sharpening a blade

[Northumbriman]

I make knives. The sharpening process is multi layered. Dependent on how dull the blade is I would start out with a standard sharpening stone. This will get a rough edge back onto a dull knife. Next move onto an oil stone. This is another much finer stone and needs to be oiled before use. This will hone the rough edge to something approximating sharp. I generally move then to a fine grained wet and dry emmery paper to really polish the edge in. Final stage is a leather strop. Make one from an old leather belt. The edge should be pretty much razor by then and if not chuck the knife and buy a better one lol!

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