Sharpening a blade

[Luci_ferson]

ive no idea what its called, but I prefer to sharpen them on black stone that is mounted in a wooden block. and you add a little oil (washing up liquid)
I think its meant to be used for sharpening chisels and things like that.
but I mainly use a simple steel. I only use the stone block for a knife that has totally lost its edge.

[bigpaul]

i think your referring to a wetstone, my grandfather had one for his chisels, he was a cabinet maker, i've got one but its too much faff for me so i use a scythe carborundum stone.

[Luci_ferson]

wetstone, that's the one, I knew someone here would know what they called.
I assume a carborundum stone is similar but better suited to long blades ?

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I like the whetstone cos it makes just about any blade as sharp as a razor.

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sadly it can take some elbow greese if the blade has lost its edge.

[bigpaul]

(30 March 2013, 15:08)Luci_ferson Wrote: wetstone, that's the one, I knew someone here would know what they called.
I assume a carborundum stone is similar but better suited to long blades ?

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I like the whetstone cos it makes just about any blade as sharp as a razor.

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sadly it can take some elbow greese if the blade has lost its edge.

a carborundum is just the material they are made out of, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, i like them cos it dosent take a long time to get an edge on my knife unlike some others.

[Luci_ferson]

il have to look into one of those. cos it might get them like a razor, but it don't half take some work with a wetstone.

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especially on anything above 6inch

[bigpaul]

Look on Ebay, thats where i got my last one, not too expensive either.

[Wildman]

t cup and a mushroom..........

[Highlander]

Of course you don't always need an extremely sharp blade,..it depends what you are trying to sharpen,.... a belt knife needs a sharp edge, a Machete or axe doesn't need to be that sharp.

A blade that hits hard will blunt quicker if it has a very fine sharp edge to it, than it would if the blade was just sharp, when in the Malaysian Jungle, we were always told to sharpen but not to over sharpen

[Scythe13]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBXRkMZfIXk

[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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