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You could try op shops for old belts or other leather goods, ebay maybe and some leather supply shops for offcuts. Sorry being in NZ I don't know directly who you could approach. And hey, they're pretty cheap right here < https://www.chefknivestogo.com/8inlest.html > as well.

Coming from an EdgePro background I'm really comfortable with edge leading strokes, so I apply pressure in both directions. On thinking about it I probably apply slightly more pressure edge leading. As you can see from the variety of responses, it comes down to peoples' preference & comfort levels. ...

Hi There MM. Any chance you can upload photo(s) please - a picture tells a thousand words!!

Yeah you can use a lot of things including denim. The benefit of newspaper & denim is that they're both free. Also check your wardrobe as you might have an old leather belt that you no longer use and this can be put to work by laying it out on the bench and stropping. Another freebee!! :mrgreen:

Yeah Joe, I hear you & I used to call it "paralysis by analysis" :lol: You talk about jigs and if you remember I have a long history with the EdgePro and I found that with tall knives with a lot of belly, that the bevels washed out as you got towards the tip & this is what put me onto to the change ...

Hi ryan & welcome to the rabbit hole. As per another recent post, I use the Cerax 1k / 3k combo in my travelling kit and like it. It's a very good toe in the water starting point. I'm a bit OCD and I generally lapp prior to any sharpening for a number of reasons. The Cerax is sort of a mid stone in ...

Joe, yes I understood where you were heading with the angle vs the blade height as you progress down the blade and it had registered in my engineering brain some time back. I haven't given any of the following much thought, but my rationalising of the above wonders if it's somewhat self correcting, ...

Arrrrrrrrrr....... Just noticed the typo in my earlier post. The last bit should have read "and if you're looking for something around 12º, raise the spine about one FIFTH of the blade height at the heel".

Should have proof read it - sorry

Just picking up on Joe's comments regarding the angles. Firstly like he says I think that a very large percentage of sharpeners set up their angle at the heel of the knife and let the process take care of any differences in blade height from heel to tip. I've also done the sine, cosine thing and her...

I agree with Kit & others & for me I use the Cerax 1k / 3k in my travel kit and also at home on occasions. Nice feel, soft but not too soft, doesn't wear too badly. HTH

Hi there mlb. I'm a bit out of step here with the mainstream, so take this as an alternative view for what it's worth. I strop bare & don't use compounds, but that's just me. I prefer to abrade the burr off using the stones as much as I can, finding that this just gives me a better edge. I do always...

gladius - my apologies. When I was asking a couple of years back, what the people on the forum thought about perma soaking, prior to taking the plunge myself, I thought that you were one of the people that responded in the affirmative.

Clearly my mistake and once again my apologies.

@Cutuu. Sort of brings me back to wondering if this is an issue for a particular batch?? Also the cracking seems to be independent of whether the stone is perma soaked or not. There's three of us on this thread who perma soak without issue and I know gladius also does this and I'm not aware from any...

@old onion & jmcnelly85 ~ yeah, I think you guys are definitely right that it's not a splash & go. Either splash & go or perma soak work well for me, but it's the 15 to 30 to 60 minute soak that drives me to drink!!!

Yeah, I wondered about how lacquering would work with a perma soaked stone. I don't know much about lacquering , but had thought that it was to stop water soaking into the cracks. Maybe it's to prevent the dry, wet, dry, wet cycles, especially if there is any expansion involved that could maybe incr...

@ old onion. Your post caused me a couple of heart palpitations :? Your's is the first reference I have seen for this problem from someone who perma soaks these stones. I purchased my Kohetsu stones mid October 2016 and I perma soak them. So a very quick trip out to the garage to inspect mine. Pheee...

+1 to Old Onion regarding the Atoma 140 / 400 combo. I have this set-up and find it really good. I try to use the 140 grit on stones under 1k, and the 400 grit on stones 1k & over. Having said that if after the first few strokes using the 400 grit Atoma, there is still a lot of pencil grid on the st...

I sharpen on a fairly regular basis and usually do a quick flattening after every session. I have yet to use up a stone. I would not sweat it too much unless I was dropping serious coin on a natural. Also, I am a sectional sharpener. If you sharpen in sweeping motions it is more relevant to keep it...

Keeping it wet is pretty easy. My Nub150 is a thirsty stone, but it's also quite small & what I do is put it in a small tray of water (stone side up & covered) while I set up the rest of my gear. Generally by the time I'm set up, the small bubbles have ceased and it's good to go. I dry the stone off...

Scull half a dozen stiff vodkas and hope that the wobbles & bobbles end up in sync