Recent content by Mika

I know right? I'm always on the lookout for vintage henckels and the like. But their new stuff. Meh

I haven't posted a lot in this forum. So I thought it was about time I started. I'm a chef who like a lot of other chefs enjoy knives and sharpening. I've picked up a couple of vintage knives this summer so I thought I would show off a little. Here is a 26 cm herder

You are not setting the bevel properly. I can cut arm hair straight off my most coarse stone. and if the bevel isn't set then you're just polishing a dull edge. Edit. I only read the first couple of post. Apologies if my answers all ready has been written. didn't realise how long the post was.

Nice answer Asteger. Very informative post. The problem with getting oil on some stones isn't that it affects the slurry fases. but it is that water tends to bead on the stone if oil has been used. So it affects the feedback and how the stone behaves during water only sharpening.

And about the oil. Oil is fine on some stones not on others. I only use oil on non porous stones. It would be super annoying to get it on a stone that soaks up water. Synthetic or natural. I once accidentally spilled oil on a thuringian. It has bothered me ever since. But then again it's totally...

A comment on the synthetic powder advice. I think what he means is that you should clean it well. If there's any small cracks or holes in your stone a bit of slurry from the lapping proces could get embedded in them. And that would ruin your day if you during the finishing stages accidentally...

Thanks guys. It's a pleasure to be here. As I said I'm Mikael. Currently living in Denmark. Born and raised in Greenland. I'm a chef. I have an ever growing collection of kitchen knives, stones and straight razors. Again thanks for the welcome

Sounds like a killer strop.

Nice looking stone. I might just have to order one.

For knives I use a homemade leather strop glued to a ceramic tile. It's around 3×10. But I never really used anything else. I made it years ago and it just worked. Haven't had a good reason to change it yet.

Hi I'm mikael. I think I used to have an account here. But couldn't find any trace of it in my emails. So I made a new one. I'm a chef. And I always liked sharp stuff. So I have a collection of knives and hones. See you on the forums