Sharpening a Nakiri

Here is my full process. I use a 2k nsk oboro stone to set the bevel here but I often use the naniwa pro 3k for that too.
I then use a coticule, a natural sharpening stone from Belgium, and I boost it with a little piece of coticule to make slurry.
I finish on leather with nothing.
I cut a piece of tissue paper to test the edge.
Ready to go!
Don't over sharpen your knives. Coarse stones can give a toothy edge but it can also wear the knife more quickly. 2k grit is a nice balance for edges with teeth without grinding your knife too much, mean thickening the blade too fast. When the blade is thin you need a really quick job to sharpen the edge. Even on the coticule I could have spent a little less time.

[@frederikfremminganderssens8319]

Nice. Very nice

[@milangravier]

Thank you for writing such nice feedback. 🙏

[@swapnilmule3922]

Which nakiri you are sharpening...it seems a nice workhorse nakiri

[@milangraviercoutelier]

@@swapnilmule3922 it is indeed. It's a Nakiri I made : instagram.com/p/C6rGDs0MBGd/?igsh=cGg5c3pqeDVqdWox

[@jjshane72]

how fast cutting is that NSK 2k? Seeing how you got a burr with only 1 pass, it must be extremely fast

[@milangraviercoutelier]

The Nsk 2k is not a crazy fast stone as it is quite hard. Still it is diamond stone so it got everything to be efficient. To give more info, my work is about stone polishing bevels, those are shaped to zero grind so when I sharpen a knife like here, there just no material to grind, burr will come straight away. So it makes a burr in just one pass because the stone is fast but also because the bevel is so thin

[@sharpfactory3705]

Beautifule, was the second stone a cotucule ?

[@milangraviercoutelier]

Yes ! first is Nsk oboro 2000 grit and second is Coticule from belgium. All my knives are finished on coticules, love them for edges

[@sharpfactory3705]

@@milangraviercoutelier ive heard many people say that the edges from coticules are to polished but your edge has to have a good bite to cut the paper towel

[@milangraviercoutelier]

@@sharpfactory3705 Coticule are often use by razor guys. I don't know that subject at all. Maybe they get a very refined ege if they work with running water. But in my opinion coticules are...about 4k not much more. This one is my coarsest, maybe 3k. here is a link where I was polishing a knife with coticule, you can zoom in the image. The scratch pattern is 3k / 4k not more in my opinion : drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c5DVICYJQZQho1fUpXVD8bzFkSMPhs0Z?usp=drive_link

[@sharpfactory3705]

@@milangraviercoutelier nice polish, did you have experience with the la Lune stone ?

[@milangraviercoutelier]

@@sharpfactory3705 no I don't!

[@johnduffy6546]

Not bad...Try Tormek honing compound on your strop and you'll be slicing paper like a pro in no time

[@milangraviercoutelier]

Thank you for tip. I am already a pro slicing paper so I may save few bucks and just work with my plain leather