just a little story and a few questions here if anyone cares to share experience/advice
ive been using j-knives and sharpening freehand on waterstones for about 6 months now, and it seems like ive kind of hit a wall.
by my standards i can get a knife pretty sharp - but with the talk on here about edge retention and wire edges etc, i feel like im definitely not up to a good standard on a broader scope.
i work in a small, busy kitchen(on poly boards) and my knife rarely makes it more than one shift before i need to go to at least 2000grit to get a decent edge back.
is it just practice practice practice until my technique reaches my needs? honestly i would rather spend money on stones or accessories than get an edgepro or other device. and at this point im definitely not going back to forschner/henckels/etc
ah, frustration
how did you all learn how to do it right?
bonus info on my setup if that helps:
tojiro dp 210mm gyuto(have a few others but this is getting the most use the past few months)
dmt xc(stone flattener, used it once to set a new bevel)
beston 500
bester 2k
arashiyama 6k
felt pad(for deburring)
thanks for reading
ive been using j-knives and sharpening freehand on waterstones for about 6 months now, and it seems like ive kind of hit a wall.
by my standards i can get a knife pretty sharp - but with the talk on here about edge retention and wire edges etc, i feel like im definitely not up to a good standard on a broader scope.
i work in a small, busy kitchen(on poly boards) and my knife rarely makes it more than one shift before i need to go to at least 2000grit to get a decent edge back.
is it just practice practice practice until my technique reaches my needs? honestly i would rather spend money on stones or accessories than get an edgepro or other device. and at this point im definitely not going back to forschner/henckels/etc
ah, frustration
how did you all learn how to do it right?
bonus info on my setup if that helps:
tojiro dp 210mm gyuto(have a few others but this is getting the most use the past few months)
dmt xc(stone flattener, used it once to set a new bevel)
beston 500
bester 2k
arashiyama 6k
felt pad(for deburring)
thanks for reading