Hi
I've got a 250, 1k and 4k set of king waterstones.
I tried freehand sharpening with the 250 and 1k. I sharpened a real cheep supermarket knife that was warn down past almost all of the bevel. This took some serious time as it was a 8in chef knife. After I was done I tried it out and was pretty pleased with the result. It would cut cleanly through paper and card, though was a little difficult to start the cut from the edge of the paper.
I had another go with the 3in utility knife, again, just as warn. This time I finished it off with the 4k stone, and the edge was about the same, apart from it would cut from the edges silightly easier.
Running the same test with my newish 8.5in victorinox chef knife, with a factory edge, the edge on the victorinox is better than the edge I was able to put on my cheep knifes.
Should I keep practicing on my cheap knives, trying the match the edge on the victorinox, or do you think I've reached the limit of what can be achived with the crap steel, and its time I tried seeing if I can improve the edge on the victorinox? (or atleast not make it worse lol)
Thanks
I've got a 250, 1k and 4k set of king waterstones.
I tried freehand sharpening with the 250 and 1k. I sharpened a real cheep supermarket knife that was warn down past almost all of the bevel. This took some serious time as it was a 8in chef knife. After I was done I tried it out and was pretty pleased with the result. It would cut cleanly through paper and card, though was a little difficult to start the cut from the edge of the paper.
I had another go with the 3in utility knife, again, just as warn. This time I finished it off with the 4k stone, and the edge was about the same, apart from it would cut from the edges silightly easier.
Running the same test with my newish 8.5in victorinox chef knife, with a factory edge, the edge on the victorinox is better than the edge I was able to put on my cheep knifes.
Should I keep practicing on my cheap knives, trying the match the edge on the victorinox, or do you think I've reached the limit of what can be achived with the crap steel, and its time I tried seeing if I can improve the edge on the victorinox? (or atleast not make it worse lol)
Thanks