phasedweasel
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Good morning. I am having a really hard time with the deburring step in sharpening. My main kitchen knife is a Yoshikane, and while I'm still learning how to freehand sharpen I've tried to stick to just using the King 1k / 6k combo stone. I just can't seem to reliably deburr the blade after raising it on the 1k. I've tried pulling through natural cork (lightly through very firmly for a lot of passes), reverse pyramid stroke schemes, stropping strokes, trying to work harden it and snap it off, moving to the 6k to reduce it, moving to the 6k to reduce and then lightly working on 1k to remove, etc. I've got nothing. Does anyone have a good technique without purchasing a felt block? I'm willing to do so but I'd rather stick with just stones and cork if it's feasible. Thanks!!