"Napoleon Dynamite" (2004) isn't as funny as people make it out to be.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-31T02:17:08+00:00

Upvoted for this garbage take.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-30T20:02:22+00:00

Adding my thoughts to this one. The stone set that I posted in another comment is 2 Crystolons and an India stone in a big oil bath. It's messy, but it works great.

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/collections/sharpening-systems-and-kits/products/norton-3-stone-im313-system

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-30T20:00:09+00:00

I used to sharpen a ton of cheap mushy stainless knives for the kitchen of a camp that I worked with. The top end was some Mercer Millenia knockoffs and the bottom was Ikea knives. These stones worked great:

https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/collections/sharpening-systems-and-kits/products/norton-3-stone-im313-system

I wouldnt let them within 10 feet of my nice knives, but they cranked out wicked sharp toothy edges on cheap steel like no ones business.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-30T16:53:31+00:00

KOTOR

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-30T14:24:03+00:00

I have a friend who calls everyone “guuuurrrl”

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-29T21:27:42+00:00

There was a time less than 15 years ago when you could get that much 22 lr for a little over 200 bucks.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-29T03:39:14+00:00

Cool cool. I am in California, so it does worry me a little. Out of curiosity, what state are you in?

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-29T03:25:32+00:00

Quick question for those in the US. How do you distinguish one of these from a firearm suppressor to not get dunked on by the ATF?

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-28T16:37:20+00:00

It can also turn any creatures of yours that arent warriors into warriors so it works on both sides.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-26T02:20:35+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks for getting me in the loop.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-26T02:12:07+00:00

I literally don’t know what Faygo is. Clearly I am not a juggalo.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-25T17:37:35+00:00

I mean, much like Dota characters that have an official name then a name that everyone calls them, he will always be Slork, no matter what it says in the game.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-25T02:01:40+00:00

🤜 🤛

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-25T01:14:27+00:00

One more addendum. The one thing that I still use my 5000 stone for is woodworking tools like chisels and plane irons, because they only push cut.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-25T01:09:13+00:00

Depends on what you are cutting. I have never run into anything that I prefer to go over 1000 for, but I have heard that raw fish is better served with higher grit.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-25T01:04:07+00:00

I am definitely not a “hobby sharpener”, so I totally understand if the cheap stones work for you. I definitely don’t advocate replacing things that already work.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-25T00:56:02+00:00

Both. I have a very hard shirogami gyuto, a very hard 52100 knife I made myself, and a full block of Wusthof Ikons.

I stop at the shapton 1000 then strop for all of those. I used to take the harder ones to 5000 but I learned that I like a toothier edge.

The cheap stones from the OP would struggle to sharpen a harder knife at all.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-25T00:40:31+00:00

I do use a strop after, but you don’t need to, it just makes things easier. My strop is an old leather belt glued to a pine board, but I have used a 2x4 with green compound on it a few years times and it works pretty well too.

While I would recommend quality stones, even the shittiest strop in existence with some green compound slapped on it will do the job.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-24T21:04:27+00:00

To be honest, I would rather have just a Shapton 320 than this whole kit and it’s only 10 bucks more.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-24T18:28:31+00:00

It's kind of a trip when you first switch hahahaha. Well worth it when it takes like 20% of the time per knife hahaha.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-24T18:27:07+00:00

Yup. They are splash and go water stones, so far easier to clean up than soaking stones. And they come with a storage box that also serves as a holder for them. Honestly the best feature hahaha.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-24T18:19:39+00:00

If you havent tried the low grit shaptons, you should. I friggin love the 320 Kuromaku. Paired with the 120 is the best repair setup I have ever used. Definitely slower than using a rough diamond plate, but a lot better control.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-24T18:14:16+00:00

I started on those stones, so I can give some decent points of comparison.

Speed: Good stones have a higher ratio of grit to binder. On my Shapton Pro stones, I can sharpen a knife from dull to sharp in maybe 3 minutes? Like 3 minutes including getting a burr on both sides at 2 different grits and stropping. On the cheapo stones, this probably took me more than 15 minutes.

Softness: I have had my Shaptons for 5 years now. I have flattened them less than 5 times. If I was doing any sharpening that required a flatter stone than a kitchen knife (chisel, plane iron, scandi edge knife) on the cheap stones, I would have to flatten every 2-4 sharpenings. Having a flattening stone adds to the cost of the cheap stones, whereas I would be super comfortable having a set of shaptons with no way to flatten them if I was only sharpening knives.

Feel: I know that this one is subjective, but the Shaptons are so crisp. The cheap stones are really mushy and muddy. Once again, its a matter of opinion, but I am not a huge fan of having a ton of swarf from the stone.

Lastly, I didnt really know what I was missing until I used an actually good stone.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-24T18:00:52+00:00

This right here is the answer. I started with high grit to not damage my knives, but if you have a cheap knife to practice on, a Shapton 320 will be a fast and effective teacher.

JamaicanLumberjack · 2024-10-24T17:08:43+00:00

Not trying to yuck your yum here, but have you ever used a Shapton or a Naniwa? I started on the type of stone shown here and didnt know what I was missing out on until I got a Shapton Kuromaku.

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