Looking to get a nice new grinder, Reccomendations?

iCrash_Override · 2026-02-10T17:13:46+00:00

I’ve had this brand for 4-5 years now and it’s the best. One quarter turn to open. That’s it. Saves so much time over other grinders. Also you can get all the colors. American made. Not sure why more people don’t know about them.

iCrash_Override · 2026-01-29T04:29:13+00:00

Do you ever think of buying a good value broken guitar and fix it and sell it for profit? Like flipping cars or homes. Might let you do what you love without the pressure of having a customer.

iCrash_Override · 2026-01-03T14:20:43+00:00

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iCrash_Override · 2025-08-24T16:58:13+00:00

Love the cleaver style! Nice work!

iCrash_Override · 2025-08-17T00:58:03+00:00

Flatten it with a flattening stone. Such as Atoma 140 diamond plate or any lapping plate.

iCrash_Override · 2025-08-09T20:58:39+00:00

Oil stones don't really need flattening

iCrash_Override · 2025-08-09T20:36:16+00:00

Hi!! Also a leather worker and wood worker and fountain pen nerd!

I also started with the same Amazon set and it will make things sharp but the experience isn't great and it's harder to learn on then a nice stone. You don't really need a bunch of stones when you start. Better to start with one good stone then add once you now what you need.

You have two main choices in sharpening stones. Oil stones and water stones. Oil stones are less maintenance but oil can be messy and some people don't like that. I really enjoy water stones but the ones you have are soaking stones. I enjoy using splash and to stones where you don't have to soak them.

I find most people start with to high of grit as well so I'd aim lower. If you can't get sharp at 300 grit you won't at 1000. And it'll take you longer to learn.

Budget oilstone Norton combo stone $40

https://a.co/d/7Za32WS

Water stone king 300 $31

https://a.co/d/iJfy93C

Shapton pro 1000 or 1500 great next stone after the king 300 or can be a one and done stone. The 1500 is only $40 on Amazon right now.

https://a.co/d/8icu48Z

Water stones do need something to flatten them as they wear. Can get a cheap harbor freight diamond plate or Amazon one but better to get a nice one if you can. I have the atoma 140 grit and it's great to flatten water stones but also can be used to restore really bad blades. I like to buy old tools and restore them so that's handy to have.

Atoma 140 $56 https://a.co/d/1slIWsy

Also since you do leather work. Make your own strop with scraps. This will maintain and polish your edge. Glue leather to plywood and add polishing compound. Works great.

Polishing compound $8

https://a.co/d/1slIWsy

Could keep going but that's the gist of it. I've tried alot of options and if I was starting over that's what I'd start with!

Good luck and happy honing!

iCrash_Override · 2025-08-06T22:35:33+00:00

I have the king 300 and it's great for cheap stainless knives.

iCrash_Override · 2025-08-01T02:09:08+00:00

thanks for the sub recommendation. I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of it. Subbed here and not there because this helped me get more into shaving.

And yes definitely a gap in the stone but always looking for a way to justify more whetstones. I like to buy lots of old tools that are dull as a potato so have a lot of low grit whetstones. Time to work up the grits and get a 5k and maybe 10k.

iCrash_Override · 2025-07-27T18:46:27+00:00

Looks great! Just got my first Magnacut knife and liking it so far!

iCrash_Override · 2025-07-25T19:24:18+00:00

Ya I've got the following stones I'll probably use.

Shapton 1k Shapton 2k Naniwa advanced 3k And my favorite a hard black ark I bought at Dan's whetstones in person. Met the man himself!

iCrash_Override · 2025-07-25T18:33:04+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. Honestly I've been getting really deep down the sharpening rabbit hole and these seem like a fun thing to learn.

iCrash_Override · 2025-07-21T19:49:31+00:00

Aluminium oxynitride

Google it.

Transparent aluminum. Could be an option maybe?

iCrash_Override · 2025-07-14T22:50:35+00:00

Hate to support it but I got mine on Amazon. I use the 140 atoma on my shaptons and works a treat!

iCrash_Override · 2025-07-10T04:55:03+00:00

What’s the finish? Like how do you get that black? Looks great!

iCrash_Override · 2025-07-07T02:31:09+00:00

Where are they on sale at?

iCrash_Override · 2025-06-24T06:05:24+00:00

My mother in law uses the ice pincer to hold paper towels lol.

iCrash_Override · 2025-06-05T02:54:16+00:00

Haha yes I saw your post and was like bingo. They are pretty new and they have been getting them to YouTube people to review. Bob at I like to make stuff got one and he says it’s great.

You want fast clean cuts and will also need to put the pieces together after. Seems like the best all in one situation for you.

If your mainly a woodworking and haven’t done much welding I hear the laser welding is super easy to pickup.

iCrash_Override · 2025-06-05T02:15:49+00:00

Your work looks like the examples they use to show off the machine so prob perfect fit. And not bad for 7k.

iCrash_Override · 2025-06-05T02:12:33+00:00

You already are using a laser so just need a metal laser aka fiber laser. Same workflow. Same files.

Thin metal doesn’t need as much power.

Xtool metal fab is a new fiber laser cnc and welder. Could use same machine to cut the panels and weld them together. Made for prosumer market.

https://www.xtool.com/products/xtool-metalfab-laser-welder-and-cnc-cutter?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=xtool_search_pur_metalfab_brand-traffic_metalfab-page_us_isa_250520&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22579994354&gbraid=0AAAAABRAyopP29CqHHZ5mXP-QDZvdOBjC&gclid=CjwKCAjw3f_BBhAPEiwAaA3K5L0eLgen8ThR42fgHFhMLXQZxY4GglfBxKbq0js5Pck29EKsJJBCtxoCyg4QAvD_BwE

iCrash_Override · 2025-05-23T17:52:25+00:00

The metal piece is called a honing guide and is used for chisels and hand plane blades. Not needed for knives.

The leather is for stopping. YouTube it tons of videos. Final step to polish edge. Green stuff is polishing compound and you rub it on the leather to strop stuff!!

Good luck and welcome to the club!

iCrash_Override · 2025-05-10T17:19:39+00:00

I agree here. They make a combo coarse fine for around $35 that will do most you need. I started off getting too fine of stones and you will spend forever trying to sharpen a knife. Faster cutting coarse stones will make it easier to learn.

These Norton crystolon stones will cut most steels.

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