Hi KKFers,
I've come to a 'bottleneck' in my sharpening skills, I am currently equipped with Suehiro 1k/6k Combi stone & JCK 6k/10k Combi stone (splash & go) and a fine leather strop from KnS.
I am able to get my Sukenari SG2 & my JCK Shiki VG10 sharp enough slice news paper pretty clean, but I am aiming to get it to hair popping sharp.
My current method of sharpening is to start with the Suehiro 1k and raise a burr one side then flip to the other side and raise a burr again then moving to the suehiro 6k side.
I then finish on the JCK 10k side with light stroke (no burr as I often gouge into the stone) by doing edge trailing stroke alternating between the left side and right side of the blade (light stroke).
last but not least i strop them on fine leather without any compound.
I have no issues with cutting tomato skin or capsicum but I really want to get my knives to hair popping sharp, while i can get my knives sharp enough to slice newspaper almost cleanly I feel that I am stuck at this skill level and would like to see if I can get any tips or pointers to improve my sharpening game.
I guess my question today is :
Am I doing anything wrong ?
Do I need to get some green compound to get my knives hair popping sharp?
Do you guys raise a burr on high grit stone ?
Thanks guys!
I've come to a 'bottleneck' in my sharpening skills, I am currently equipped with Suehiro 1k/6k Combi stone & JCK 6k/10k Combi stone (splash & go) and a fine leather strop from KnS.
I am able to get my Sukenari SG2 & my JCK Shiki VG10 sharp enough slice news paper pretty clean, but I am aiming to get it to hair popping sharp.
My current method of sharpening is to start with the Suehiro 1k and raise a burr one side then flip to the other side and raise a burr again then moving to the suehiro 6k side.
I then finish on the JCK 10k side with light stroke (no burr as I often gouge into the stone) by doing edge trailing stroke alternating between the left side and right side of the blade (light stroke).
last but not least i strop them on fine leather without any compound.
I have no issues with cutting tomato skin or capsicum but I really want to get my knives to hair popping sharp, while i can get my knives sharp enough to slice newspaper almost cleanly I feel that I am stuck at this skill level and would like to see if I can get any tips or pointers to improve my sharpening game.
I guess my question today is :
Am I doing anything wrong ?
Do I need to get some green compound to get my knives hair popping sharp?
Do you guys raise a burr on high grit stone ?
Thanks guys!