Whetstones

[October]

Hi all, have any of you folks bought a whetstone kit off amazon, they look good value but are they?
Mainly for knife sharpening in the kitchen.
Cheers Paul

 

[Tantalus]

Generally, you get what you pay for.

Of course it depends on what you want, if you are OK with a rough and ready toothy edge for your slicing then a cheap stone will do it for you in a jiffy.

If you are aiming for hair shaving sharp or reshaping profiles on seriously hard modern steel then you are probably going to need to spend more.

Kitchen knives are often softer steel and designed to take an edge easily and quickly, the downside is that they are used cutting on unsuitable surfaces and tumbled with the rest of the cutlery at the bottom of the sink and take minor damage easily (which again is easily fixed).

 

[October]

Generally, you get what you pay for.

Of course it depends on what you want, if you are OK with a rough and ready toothy edge for your slicing then a cheap stone will do it for you in a jiffy.

If you are aiming for hair shaving sharp or reshaping profiles on seriously hard modern steel then you are probably going to need to spend more.

Kitchen knives are often softer steel and designed to take an edge easily and quickly, the downside is that they are used cutting on unsuitable surfaces and tumbled with the rest of the cutlery at the bottom of the sink and take minor damage easily (which again is easily fixed).

Yeah I'm after a decent edge on the blades.
Ive spent good money on decent kitchen knives so I suppose I shouldn't go cheap on keeping them sharp plus it will benefit my other projects.
King,skerper and shapton seem to be well recommended but not cheap.
So I'll wait for payday and watch a lot more tutorials

 

[SoldierPalmer]

Do not buy the Amazon ones. The grits are labeled wrong and they dish out extremely quickly. I bought one to try so I’m speaking from experience.

Start with this and get the 1000 grit after it. With a good compound on a strop this will give you a good result. If your edge obsessed go for the 2k 5k and 8k too.

https://amzn.eu/d/3qGfx7E

https://amzn.eu/d/3qGfx7E

 

[October]

Do not buy the Amazon ones. The grits are labeled wrong and they dish out extremely quickly. I bought one to try so I’m speaking from experience.

Start with this and get the 1000 grit after it. With a good compound on a strop this will give you a good result. If your edge obsessed go for the 2k 5k and 8k too.

https://amzn.eu/d/3qGfx7E

https://amzn.eu/d/3qGfx7E

Thanks for the advice