Knowing What Grit to Start With - [ Advanced Sharpening Tip ]

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[@davesmith5656]

Now I feel experienced. I would have gone with a 220, also. Do it carefully, paying attention, checking frequently, and save yourself an hour laboring on a 400. The idea I finally got through my head is that you use each stone to whet to the edge. You can leave a few microns, but you don't park your car three blocks from the supermarket.

[@donmichaelcorbin4417]

Beautiful work, Dude!

[@sosteve9113]

great video well explained I use Stones for my knife to atb Steve

[@jamesmiller360]

Pretty edge and a good informative video.

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Thanks James!

[@SteveRobReviews]

Looks nice, well done. 👍👍

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Thanks Steve!

[@roughroosterknifesharpenin5531]

nice vid, I agree with alot of what your saying. but this is very important.

[@111raybartlett]

I can't for knives so much, but at least for axes I often leave a chip there to preserve the life span of the tool. An axe doesn't loose too much performance from a small nick. Now obviously some damages must get fixed. But after a few more sharpenings that chip will be fixed anyway. Preserve the tools!

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Yes, with axes not a bad idea, you're right! Knives however, another story. lol Love your profile picture there in the corner!

[@yolmak1793]

I've had a chip in my Victorinox Chef's knife for a year now, since some fool who stayed at my place chopped sheep bones with it. I don't worry about grinding it all back.

[@edvardschlytererelof7294]

Always nice to see people use a stone and not a grinder/beltsander for sharpening their knives. More guys should learn to use waterstones, it really isn't that hard. Nice vid!

[@kyle_noseworthy]

haha that makes me cringe X!

[@mpikas]

There's nothing wrong with doing it on a belt grinder if it's done right, kind of like your comments about knowing where to start and how to do it. I have and am proficient with stones, I also have mounted stones/fixtures, crock sticks, paper wheels and a custom built belt grinder/fixture with changeable platens to put behind the belt for different edge profiles (as a matter of fact, almost everything I own is customized somehow). When it comes down to it I can get a better edge, with less unnecessary wear and better maintaining the original blade contours (or recontouring if for example someone put a recurve in an edge with excessive grinding and I REALLY wanted to fix it, some even come that way from the factory) with the belt grinder then any of the others. It just works the best, I can use the same fixture for stropping so I've spent the most time making it adjustable and making accessories to make it more flexible. Sure hand sharpening on whetstones is "infinitely adjustable" but NO ONE can hold the blade perfectly evenly through the whole stroke. My belt grinder fixture is accurately adjustable to maintain within .1* angle, you're lucky if you're maintaining 2 or 3* the way you're hand sharpening (I'm not saying I can do better, I may not even be able to maintain as good an angle as I did when I did it more, it's just a result of that method). I'd put money down that my 2000grit + quick strop edge on my grinder looks and performs better than your 6000grit+spending a lot of time stropping edge, and I'm still not saying that there's anything wrong with your edge...

[@MarkYoungBushcraft]

That was magic indeed... How's the leg?

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Thanks Mark! For all intensive purposes, its better! Still cant squat to my ankles, but that's an extreme

[@Mehrankhan1]

What is the grit rating on your coarsest stone, it's not mentioned in the video. What grit did you start sharpening that orange handled knife? 🔪

[@ya00007]

What is the grit level of that whetstone in the video? Also I've got an ordinary kitchen knife in a similar condition. It has a lot of chips and dents and is completely blunt. It needs repairing before sharpening. What grit level whetstone should I start with to repair the chips/smooth the bevel?

[@wallaceviviansadventures2095]

great job you sure fixed up that knife

[@kyle_noseworthy]

You'd send her through a few fish eh Wallace! ;-) aha

[@mpikas]

Honestly, a fillet knife like that doesn't have a lot of extra metal to spare and they're typically softish steel also. I would have started with a stropping motion on a steel to try to straighten some of those dents/nicks and then a normal motion on a steel to make sure that what I did managed to straighten was robust (not just like a straightened burr). Then based on how that looked I would have decided on method and grit to start with.

[@herculesrockefeller4584]

So for just a touch up start at a 1000 grit, and for real damage or reprofile start at 200 grit, and remove as little steel as possible? Also, I keep getting a bigger bevel on one side than the other, even when I make a conscious effort not to. Any advice on how to overcome that? Thanks for any response.

[@BillGoudy]

Looking good!! ;-)

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Thank you Sir!

[@kevinlin7674]

I always strop my knives since i'm a bad sharpener lol. But here are a few questions i would like to ask. Does stropping convex the edge, Is it good or is it bad? When should i sharpen my knives on a stone instead of stropping? Thanks man, love your videos as always

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Stropping does convex the edge a little, but in an edge like this with a secondary bevel, convexing doesn't matter a whole lot. I always sharpening on a stone, and finish with a fix of stropping to refine the edge! Hope this helps Kev! Thanks for watching my friend!

[@kevinlin7674]

Thank you for the reply! It really does help me a lot. I was always afraid of stropping because i'm afraid of the convex edge.

[@nanettebarling1222]

Have you done a video on sharpening chisels? I get mine really sharp, I just want to know if I'm doing is correctly. Also, what to use on my cutting strop, what compound in other words. Great videos! Thanks Kyle!

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Hey Nanette, I don't think I've done a video on sharpening chisels. I use a jig for mine to keep them perfectly square. For compound, any fine polishing paste will work! www.amazon.ca/Honing-Guide-Chisel-Sharpening-Sharpener/dp/B00XJKTLQ2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1520633942&sr=8-9&keywords=chisel+sharpening+jig

[@sharpen-up]

nice one mang

[@kyle_noseworthy]

Thanks Scott! Yessir, "I'm a Newfoundlander, born and bred, and I'll be one til' I die!" :-D

[@sharpen-up]

Weiderfan Awesome der bud! I'm an Ozzy in Toronto! Nice country you got here!

[@scottecooke]

Good video and good explanation. But it looked like one of your fingers slipped though the toilet paper.

[@boomerwithbadhip2603]

Was he filleting nails with that thing?

[@kyle_noseworthy]

I'm not sure! :-)

[@betchalife]

better not be rust on that Spyderco!

[@sharpen-up]

newfy?

[@stevekitella4781]

Whay buy anything else? 240/800 and a 1000/6000, leather strop. That's all you'll ever need! Trust me, You'll get razor edges with these items, the lower grit only needed to repair an edge.

[@herrdoktorknowitall]

1. keep your fingers out of your ass. 2. wash you freaking hands.

[@kyle_noseworthy]

1. I'm a craftsman. My hands get dirty. 2. Leather dye. good luck washing it out.