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Hi everyone
I been working on my skills with waterstones and I think I am making some progress and my knives are pretty sharp but I have an issue.
It seems after the edge, other parts of the knife develop this muddy looks. Please don't mind the scratches, they were there ways before; just not the muddy look.
The best look near the tip
Here is my progression: 240grit (or 120 if needed) to grind away the bad and set the edge and then use 500 grit and 1000 grit to refine it and smooth it down
Then I use green brick to sharpen/prepolish and finish with 6000 for mirror like edge.
I am thinking that my angle maybe too low but if I raise it, in past, the blade would catch on the stone (even in slurry/water).
I would really like to learn how to do it myself on waterstones
Thanks for the advice
I been working on my skills with waterstones and I think I am making some progress and my knives are pretty sharp but I have an issue.
It seems after the edge, other parts of the knife develop this muddy looks. Please don't mind the scratches, they were there ways before; just not the muddy look.
The best look near the tip
Here is my progression: 240grit (or 120 if needed) to grind away the bad and set the edge and then use 500 grit and 1000 grit to refine it and smooth it down
Then I use green brick to sharpen/prepolish and finish with 6000 for mirror like edge.
I am thinking that my angle maybe too low but if I raise it, in past, the blade would catch on the stone (even in slurry/water).
I would really like to learn how to do it myself on waterstones
Thanks for the advice