Gravy Power
Senior Member
- Joined
- May 21, 2012
- Messages
- 312
- Reaction score
- 1
I got into knives and sharpening via KKF before I had even started a lab classn at Culinary School, so the only stones I knew where whetstones. Currently have a 500, 1200 and 5000 (Dave's core kit).
So at school the other day, my pairing knife was a little rough and I had some extra time, so I thought I would take a look at what we had.
What I find is a little triangle contraption, centered on a rod that sits in oil. The three sides were "fine", "medium" and "rough" or something to that affect. Anyway I started at ten per side and went down by two each time. Knife got some bite, nothing great. Felt kind of wierd.
Then I remember reading about knife sharpening in my Professional Chef textbook and it clearly stating to run you knife in one direction over a stone. I then go ask the protien instructor about strokes on the stone and she says it should be in only one direction. Really didn't argue with her, just told her I had some knife knowledge and on my own stones I go back and forth.
So I guess my questions are:
Do these oil stones hold any candle to whetstones?
Is the one direction thing specific to oil stones, or more so people just don't jack up their knife?
So at school the other day, my pairing knife was a little rough and I had some extra time, so I thought I would take a look at what we had.
What I find is a little triangle contraption, centered on a rod that sits in oil. The three sides were "fine", "medium" and "rough" or something to that affect. Anyway I started at ten per side and went down by two each time. Knife got some bite, nothing great. Felt kind of wierd.
Then I remember reading about knife sharpening in my Professional Chef textbook and it clearly stating to run you knife in one direction over a stone. I then go ask the protien instructor about strokes on the stone and she says it should be in only one direction. Really didn't argue with her, just told her I had some knife knowledge and on my own stones I go back and forth.
So I guess my questions are:
Do these oil stones hold any candle to whetstones?
Is the one direction thing specific to oil stones, or more so people just don't jack up their knife?