Hello, everybody from Germany.
My name is Stephan and I am 42 years old. I have been trying to sharpen my knives for more than 10 years now, but never had any luck. Until I bought a DMT coarse stone and watched and re-watched Cliff's videos.
I can mow get a decent edge on my kitchen knives with the DMT (shaves arm hair no problem, nearly push cutting through newsprint, cuts tomatoes really nicely), BUT the edge is rather coarse for my taste.
So here are my questions:
I can skip the grid progression (that most people think is necessary) and just go to a 3000 or 4000 grid stone to cut my final bevel, is that correct?
what stone in that grid (3k-4k) is a good investment for me? (Shapton glass, Spyderco fine?)
and one more from a friend that now wants to get into sharpening as well, but hesitates to spend the money on the DMT: what is a good coarse waterstone that doesn't break the bank?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Stephan
PS: I am really grateful for your work, Cliff, a real revelation.
My name is Stephan and I am 42 years old. I have been trying to sharpen my knives for more than 10 years now, but never had any luck. Until I bought a DMT coarse stone and watched and re-watched Cliff's videos.
I can mow get a decent edge on my kitchen knives with the DMT (shaves arm hair no problem, nearly push cutting through newsprint, cuts tomatoes really nicely), BUT the edge is rather coarse for my taste.
So here are my questions:
I can skip the grid progression (that most people think is necessary) and just go to a 3000 or 4000 grid stone to cut my final bevel, is that correct?
what stone in that grid (3k-4k) is a good investment for me? (Shapton glass, Spyderco fine?)
and one more from a friend that now wants to get into sharpening as well, but hesitates to spend the money on the DMT: what is a good coarse waterstone that doesn't break the bank?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Stephan
PS: I am really grateful for your work, Cliff, a real revelation.