Sharpening the Graf Reed knife: from rough to fine hone.

Demonstration and explanations of how to sharpen a hollow-wedge knife to the point of being able to shave.

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Howto & Style

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[RobinHautbois]

You are completely right about this!

I usually hold the fine hone in my hand because it is very small, so positioning it on a table is not easy - plus it tends to slide. But the other stones are always flat on the table. Thankfully, the ceramic stone at 4000 and 8000 grit don't round off the bevel too much: easily re-flattened by the coarser water stone and/or india stone.

[sotto2]

Dude, when you hold that ceramic stone in your hand and sharpen/polish, you're messing up the flatness of your blade/bevel again, because both your hand and the stone itself are moving. If you set that ceramic stone on a very stable surface and fix it in place (a wet paper towel works pretty well in my experience) then your stone isn't going to be tipping around slightly screwing up the nice flat surface u got on your waterstone. Thx 4 ur vid.