hello, for sharpening kitchen knives, is it a good practice to go from 1200 grit to 4000 ( DMT STONES )
1130178
I do not know about sharpening kitchen knives. I used the DMT stones for sharpening chisels and handplane blades. In those cases I would go from 1200 to 4000 grits.
1130179
Don't know where people come up with some of the things they say. Diamonds are fine for japanese knives, they are fine for any knives, including ceramic. I am a professional sharpener, and I have an extensive collection of custom and single smith japanese kitchen knives some of them costing many hundreds of dollars. I have no qualms sharpening with diamonds, even on Hitachi Aogami Super steel with rockwell hardnesses of 65HRC, or powdered metallurgy stainless steels. DMT plates are amongst the best diamond sharpening tools out there. I recommend mixing one drop of dish soap with about 8 ounces of water and using a spray bottle to keep the surface of the plate wet throughout sharpening, you will produce a superior result with this technique. Again, I own a sharpening business, and I use diamonds, natural N. American, and Japanese stones, as well as synthetic stones, they all work very well on every kind of steel out there. A 1200 grit to 4000 grit progression will be fine as long as you work the scratch pattern to as smooth as possible with the 1200 grit stone, as it will take a lot of work to get the scratch pattern of the 1200 grit stone smoothed out with the 4000 grit stone. You will get a nice edge at 4000 grit, but as has been said, you could probably stop at 1200 grit for a kitchen knife if you wanted. I enjoy a nicely refined edge though, so I say go as far with it as you feel comfortable.
1130180
yes it is ,but 1200 is ordinarly fine for most kitchen knives.Dont use diamond on Japense knives.
963255
It depends on how polished you want the tool to be. Obviously 1000 grit is not 8000 so if you want that refinement the answer is no. However, personally I used to use aluminum oxide sand paper on a 3/8" piece of glass to sharpen chisles, plane irons, gouges, etc. finishing at about 320 grit. To me it was good enough for bench chisels and carving tools. At 1000 grit, the diamond stone is way better and it cuts in a fraction of the time. I tend to want to be practical at the quality of a cutting edge and not at the expense of time. I can sharpen a bench chisel in about 5 minutes with the diamond stone. I can't come close to that with water stones. They are too slow for me. It depends on how polished you want the tool to be. Obviously 1000 grit is not 8000 so if you want that refinement the answer is no. However, personally I used to use aluminum oxide sand paper on a 3/8" piece of glass to sharpen chisles, plane irons, gouges, etc. finishing at about 320 grit. To me it was good enough for bench chisels and carving tools. At 1000 grit, the diamond stone is way better and it cuts in a fraction of the time. I tend to want to be practical at the quality of a cutting edge and not at the expense of time. I can sharpen a bench chisel in about 5 minutes with the... » Read More It depends on how polished you want the tool to be. Obviously 1000 grit is not 8000 so if you want that refinement the answer is no. However, personally I used to use aluminum oxide sand paper on a 3/8" piece of glass to sharpen chisles, plane irons, gouges, etc. finishing at about 320 grit. To me it was good enough for bench chisels and carving tools. At 1000 grit, the diamond stone is way better and it cuts in a fraction of the time. I tend to want to be practical at the quality of a cutting edge and not at the expense of time. I can sharpen a bench chisel in about 5 minutes with the diamond stone. I can't come close to that with water stones. They are too slow for me. « Show Less
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Since the primary edge is so thin, you can begin with a high grit stone and should be able to achieve a razor edge in a matter of minutes. If you are a novice at knife sharpening, I suggest a lansky or a sharpmaker to assist in grinding at the proper angle. I sharpened mine with an EP Apex at 21 degrees, using a 600 grit stone at first and finishing at 1k. Over-grinding this knife is going to widen the bevel considerably and remove the benefit of the original grind, necessitating reprofiling.
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Honestly, DMT's stones are better than Lansky's. The Lansky is made out of metal, so you have to tape the blade, and the lip is extremely small; I cut myself pretty badly locking a blade into the tiny lip. DMT is designed to hold the blade better, & looks safer while locking it in place. DMT isn't made of metal, so you don't have to tape the blade. They both look similar, as far as sharpening goes. All in all, I would probably go the DMT route if I bought another sharpening system. I haven't used the DMT, I'm just going by youtube videos of it's use.
239833
Yes, it requires a different way of sharpening you may not be used to. It's almost like a scandi grind, don't be afraid to get it low on the stone.
1277477
It won't hurt, but a sharpener won't improve an inferior product. Invest in good knives.
2178462
I think the grit is about 320. But since this is used to fix and polish your other stones, not sure it matters so much. I have this, works great on my fine grit stones!
933175
I've been having good results by using vegetable cooking oil for my kitchen knives. Additionally I rinse several times during sharpening to keep grit down. It's a cheap stone so I don't care if the oil breaks it down or anything.
1387663
This sharpener uses 3 rotating wheels ranging from coarse to fine, although the wheels are most likely man made rather than real whetstones. It works well for ordinary kitchen knives, but if you have expensive knives you would probably want to hone them with proper whetstones.
1823612
The stone is 'Fine'. 600 grit is very coarse. The description is probably a typo...I keep my stone at work as I always carry a Buck Knife with me and find it handy if I need a quick sharpening. Make sure you use honing oil.
1005568
I haven't actually used the lanssky sharpener but I have used some of the lansky sharpening stones and hones, in my opinion the dmt diamond is of much higher quality and it's much more durable.
992125
Yes and No. Yes, as a First stage for sharpening the knife - I use it on my Wustoff knives. However, I use a hard Arkansas stone to produce the Finished edge. Use the coarse side on extremely worn or dull knives that need restoration. I am satisfied with this stone for most household sharpening, although, I am shopping for a dual grit water stone in the range of 2000/6000 grits.
661370
i think the 120 has a more agressive (more coarse) 1st sharpening wheel. i don't remember whick exactly, but unless you use your knives to cut concrete or metal, the 120's not the way to go. sharpening knives (good knives, that is) isn't a ham fisted procedure and i don't think i've used the 1st wheel more than once or twice even on our 130.. but again, i take care of my knives, and TRY to get my wife to do the same..... then about every 2 weeks its a 10 min job to get them all back ready to slice and dice.
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You should have no problem using Diamond stones as they are very close to being the same thickness. On the other hand, ceramic stones are another matter. I would suggest you acquire a digital angle gauge like the "AccuRemote" which you can purchase through Amazon.com for around $30.00 which will aid in resetting your desired cutting angle for the different grits.
759430
The best thing to do in my opinion is to ship to CS if you have a spare or don't need it for a while. I've had some bad experiences sharpening. At the same time, I don't claim to be a pro. They are pretty cheap. Otherwise, I'd say wetstone is best
116311
I use light pressure - starting on the medium stone. If the blade is very dull use many repetitions and make use of the different angles. Then I switch to the fine stone. I also purchased the ultra stone to finish dressing the edge. Patience is the most important part. Once you get the technique down you will quickly sharpen knives.
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Water only. BEST knife sharpener out there. Period. I hunt & fish and tinker with the culinary arts and all of my knives are like razor blades thanks to the DMT knife sharpener.