(Part 2) Best products from r/sharpening

Premium Sharpening Stone Set - Japanese Style 1000 4000 Whetstone For Kitchen and Outdoor Knives - Bonus Flattening Stone and Angle Guide Included with Safe Non-Slip Bamboo Base

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FCPNKX6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_HJgvCbQ6JAT5D

Best for the money that I could find. Works great.

I recently stumbled upon KnifePlanet's Sharpening School and I decided to go ahead and buy their "Waterstone Set" on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074X7VB62/

So far, I am really happy with my choice. As a beginner, this set gives me 4 different grits to work with: 400, 1000, 3000, 8000 + a stone holder. The whole set costs $49 which is great.
I followed some of their lessons and I am now able to sharpen my kitchen knives easily.

I am sure that a professional sharpener would prefer Naniwa or others over these... but for me they're a great place to start

Premium Knife Sharpening Stone 2 Side Grit 1000/6000 Waterstone | Best Whetstone Sharpener | NonSlip Bamboo Base & Angle Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FZZUL30/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_tU7NBbQPSJ1E9

Or

Kota Japan 1000-grit Coarse Side and 6000-grit Polishing Side Knife Sharpening Whetstone with Bamboo Base and Blade Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EKU46WI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_OV7NBbD1NC2N1

I have owned the second one for about 2 years and with regular flattening it’s awesome. So with your 360/600 and one of these 1000/6000 you can take a blade from super chunk to laser sharp.

Well, a strop can be almost anything from newspaper to leather to even denim.
Actually, denim might be one of the better materials for a strop.

Flattening a new stone is probably overkill and I wouldn't bother with it for the Shapton Pros.

A nagura is useful for building up a slurry on muddy stones which the Shaptons are now. However sometimes my stone loads up more than I would like and if I don't want to bother with lapping I'll use this little DMT to clean it up.

My first stone was a Kai 240/1000, which I got because it was cheap. It got me started on sharpening technique, and I restored a few mangled knife blades out of it. It does a great job, despite its smaller size

My current stone is a King 1000/6000, priced at only $40. I've spent a lot of time practicing proper technique with the King stone, and can get my Henckels Santoku sharp enough to shave (which I think is impressive for a $40 knife). My Shun Chef is sharp enough to do surgery. Shun uses VG-10, a much harder steel (HRC around 60) which requires a very consistent technique to polish properly.

If you want to move up in quality after that, you're looking at $100+ per stone.

Yes, a machine sharpener will take off more than you desire, and usually gives a pretty poor edge.

A single 1000 or 2000 grit stone will be great for your fibrox. I'd suggest shapton pro.

https://www.amazon.com/Kuromaku-Ceramic-Whetstone-Medium-Grit/dp/B001TPFT0G

https://www.amazon.com/Medium-Grade-Millstone-Mastermind-Shaputon/dp/B002LW54RO

For stones pretty much everything in the 400 - 2000 range can work with these knives and a honing rod.

As for the rod I would rather go with a known good brand like F.Dick or Wusthoff or Victorinox.

No you do not need a strop in the kitchen.


For me what works quite well is the combination of the Naniwa Pro 1k and after it sligtly dulls a fine cut steel like this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XTP7MY .

Alternatively xou can also get a steel with 2 different cuts and use this like for example https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MF2RTK.

Ar you forego the classic steels completely and use a ceramic rod which acts like a hard fine whetstone https://www.amazon.com/Idahone-Ceramic-Sharpening-Natural-Handle/dp/B01BUNEO0M

Thank you everyone for the replies, REALLY beneficial.

I am thinking that I will go with this combo (based on price and reviews), would appreciate to hear your thoughts.
[This One]
(https://www.amazon.de/BERGKVIST-Messersch%C3%A4rfer-Schleifstein-Set-Ebook-Anleitung-Wasserschleifstein/dp/B076D4HS5J/ref=pd_sbs_201_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B076D4HS5J&pd_rd_r=5c7f01af-b0fa-11e8-b7b1-1f841b9564db&pd_rd_w=s8tE5&pd_rd_wg=IG5gz&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_p=946762da-975a-438a-9e2b-a585cbe769b5&pf_rd_r=NEKH3GND4XMTB5MZDNJQ&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=NEKH3GND4XMTB5MZDNJQ)

Thanks for the answer... I like the guide idea. Is something like this what you were referring to?

Smith's CCD4 3 IN 1 Field Sharpening System https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000N35D2E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MFzCDbVFFHA9R

Smith field stones are shaped like a tear drop so you have a corner like the spider co if you don’t want to spend that much.

Also the pocket sharpeners have a cone diamond rod specifically for serrations:

Smith's PP1 Pocket Pal Multifunction Sharpener, Grey https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O8OTNC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.GzCDb632PH6Z

Or my personal preferred the pen style:

Smith's DRET Diamond Retractable Sharpener https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001910FOA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YHzCDbBX4VWRS

I'll add my voice to the chorus and say it's a very cheap stone. You likely didn't ruin the blade, but it's going to take time to fix it. I suggest you order a 400/1000 waterstone from Amazon. Something like this. I have that one and it's fine, but I'm not necessarily saying it's the only or "right" one to get.

Use the other stone for sharpening tools, (axes, etc.)

Congrats on getting a new knife! Regarding sharpening it, it depends on your budget mostly among some other factors.

At the entry level, https://www.amazon.com/KING-KW65-Combination-Whetstone-Plastic/dp/B001DT1X9O/ is a classic advisement. Very affordable at $25, and great to practice technique with (use less fancy knives the first few times!).

Moving up a little bit, a 1000/6000 stone should still work fine, and i'd consider the Cerax or Imanishi https://www.chefknivestogo.com/ce1kcost.html and https://www.chefknivestogo.com/imtwosi1kst.html. These are $55-65.

From one of those stones, i'd expand up and down a little bit, if you want to reshape or fix gouges, grab the lower grit stone first, if you want to further polish, grab the high grit. Take a look in the Shapton Kuromaku series, which for a Gyuto they recommend the 220 Moss, 1500 Blue and 12000 Yellow. they can all be bought via this Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Shapton-Sharpening-Ceramic-whetstone-wirepuller/dp/B002LW76OS The full set of the 3 would be a bit under $150 before tax/shipping.

At the high end, is Shapton Glass, Choosera or Naniwa stones but i'd advise against spending $300+ on a set of stones right now if you don't have much experience.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LB27UFI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_V4HuDbM4F90KW


This one seems to have a pretty decent combination of grits, but there's a 400/1000 stone that's even cheaper and more popular.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055B2RGO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_p9HuDb60N5X9J

Whetstone Cutlery 20-10960 Knife Sharpening Stone-Dual Sided 400/1000 Grit Water Stone-Sharpener and Polishing Tool for Kitchen, Hunting and Pocket Knives or Blades by Whetstone https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055B2RGO

Ended up ordering this combo stone. Probably not a great one if price is any indicator but I figure it's good enough until I improve my technique. Thinking I may have to mount some 180 or 240 grit sandpaper to a block of wood before getting to work with the 400 🤔

I have this one:

Smith's PP1 Pocket Pal Multifunction Sharpener, Grey https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O8OTNC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.GzCDb632PH6Z

I will try, but can it sharpen single bevel ?

You can get the kuromaku 2k for about $40 bucks here

It's this set
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074X7VB62/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_--FCCbVG3TC55

I'm using this here
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FZZUL30/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And as far as stopping, I usually just go over the blade a few times on each side.

Whetstone Cutlery 20-10960 Knife Sharpening Stone-Dual Sided 400/1000 Grit Water Stone-Sharpener and Polishing Tool for Kitchen, Hunting and Pocket Knives or Blades by Whetstone https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055B2RGO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_0XOlDb6EP4BM6

This is a good cheap combo stone to sharpen knives but I wouldn’t waste time on that kukri shaped object. Get a proper knife made out of carbon steel and get after it.