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| Thread ID: 51179 | 2004-11-14 00:38:00 | Off Topic - sharpening stones | Greg S (201) | Press F1 |
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| 291513 | 2004-11-14 00:38:00 | Sorry to burden PF1'ers with this, but I can't find an NZ specific hardware forum to go to for help... I've tried to find a decent sharpening stone to sharpen my kitchen knives, and although I've bought three in the last year, none of them does the job properly. They're only of use for sharpening crude tools like axes and hatchets. The ones I've bought ranged in price from about $3 to $25, they're all aluminium oxide, and they all soak up the oil like a sponge. This is the problem! The one I had overseas used to hold the oil in a nice film on the surface of the stone, allowing me to achieve a level of sharpness for my chisels that I could cleanly shave the hair from my arm! But the damn local ones I've tried just soak up the oil, which means my delicate knives get virtually rasped, and wears them down excessively. Of course I've tried a range of oils, form typical 3-in-one to high viscosity engine oils. Even cooking oil! GRR Any recommendation/advice on a brand and where to purchase will be appreciated! Thx. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 291514 | 2004-11-14 00:43:00 | Apparently the "diamond" type ones are quite good. I had a friend who would swear by his, and said that he could sharpen any knife with it, no matter how blunt it was. | somebody (208) | ||
| 291515 | 2004-11-14 00:44:00 | You want the best? Have a look at an engineers suppliers for a diamond sharpener. Looks like a bit of steel with perforations. (like a colander, but flat). George Henry's in Christchurch have a couple on the counter for people to try out. ;-) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 291516 | 2004-11-14 00:49:00 | Go to House of Knives in Mt Eden Road. They stock everything. There are also a couple of websites with pages of stuff on How to Sharpen. Cheers Tony |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 291517 | 2004-11-14 00:53:00 | Thanks all - yeah I suppose I better go to a kitchen supplier specialist. (I see $'s going out the window) :( Somebody - as for the Diamond brand - that was the cheapest one I got, and it's lousy. Sure... it DOES sharpen my knives, as they all do, but not to the fine razor-blade extent I want, and they all damage the edges |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 291518 | 2004-11-14 00:54:00 | I use an old carpenters oil stone, probably cost $20- 2o years ago, good stones cost real money . I alternate between fine machine oil or CRC type and turps or kero for sharpening anything with a stone . Wouldn't let a knife or garden implement anywhere near my good, un-worn un-chipped, stone . How course are these stones? For finishing, most sharpening for that matter your tools should not get that bad that you need to use the course side, use the fine face which will provide little resistance on a finger run across it . Test by how efficiently it shaves, if it leaves some hair, crops them too high or takes some skin, it's blunt . Look for the Bear logo, other than that I can't remember a brand or the material other than some stones have the brown abrasive on the fine side (current good stone), some a darker grey on the fine side (current knife stone) . Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 291519 | 2004-11-14 00:59:00 | > Thanks all - yeah I suppose I better go to a kitchen > supplier specialist. who may well sell you something, but the Mt Eden Rd folk will talk all about sharpening. Anyway, see www.worldknives.com Cheers T |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 291520 | 2004-11-14 01:01:00 | We weren't referring to a "Diamond" brand (sounds like pasta ;-)) ... but to a diamond sharpener. The girl's best friend type. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 291521 | 2004-11-14 01:02:00 | > I use an old carpenters oil stone, probably cost $20- > 2o years ago, good stones cost real money. That sounds exactly the kinda thing I'm after - but the point is, the stone needs to hold the oil and not absorb it. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 291522 | 2004-11-14 01:04:00 | > We weren't referring to a "Diamond" brand (sounds > like pasta ;-)) ... but to a diamond > sharpener. The girl's best friend type. Oops! :8} Yeah my Diamond is a brand... el-cheapo from Taiwan or somewhere! LOL |
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