Question About A New Stone I Bought For My EdgePro

[scubadoo97]

Could be gfron1 your friend does not know the definition of honing

[Porthos]

Could be gfron1 your friend does not know the definition of honing

 

I have more than one friend that refers to using their steel as using their knife sharpener.

[gfron1]

Could be gfron1 your friend does not know the definition of honing

That is a for sure, not just a possibility, but I wanted to make sure that I wasn't confused by technical definitions and marketing claims.

[dcarch]

-.---------------------------- for me, a chef or butcher's 'steel' straightens the tiny bit of curl on the end of the blade.------------- 

 

With hardened steel, wouldn't that tiny bit of curl crack off, and end up in your food?

 

 

dcarch

[Mandrake3]

I'm no expert, but I've been led to believe that any stone in the low hundreds is for pretty damaged blades.  Many sharpeners go through a progression that ends in maybe 1k, 3k, 6K, then stropping.  If you have a fine knife, I'd be careful about the low hundreds, and see if you can get results w/o going so low.

Edited August 25, 2015 by Mandrake3 (log)

[Porthos]

I'm no expert, but I've been led to believe that any stone in the low hundreds is for pretty damaged blades.  Many sharpeners go through a progression that ends in maybe 1k, 3k, 6K, then stropping.  If you have a fine knife, I'd be careful about the low hundreds, and see if you can get results w/o going so low.

Not just for damaged blades. If you want a different bevel angle you have to remove a bit of metal.

 

If you have read through this thread you will note that I am absolutely sold on my EdgePro. I've had it for 6 1/2 years and love it.

[scubadoo97]

Edgepro uses a different grit number system than Japanese water stones. There is a conversion chart on the net somewhere if someone wants to search it.

[rotuts]

the higher the number on the stone, the longer it takes to get your initial angle when changing from a factory angle to the one you plan to use.

 

after that, I start re-sharpening 400 - 600.  which works fine.

[scubadoo97]

Here is a site with the grit conversion for the EdgePro

An excellent knife site by the way

http://zknives.com/knives/sharpening/edgeproapex.shtml

[Porthos]

scubadoo97, I really appreciate that link. Thanks.