>>65079832
Besides the fact that this is an ad, plenty of stones are porous it's not magic.
Granite, limestone and sandstone are common rocks that all absorb water unless coated.

>>65079832
i suck at holding an angle on a stone so i just sharpen it until a burr forms on both sides and then strop the fuck out of it with a polishing compound to break it off, works well enough for kitchen knives to get them adequately sharp, would probably also make them razor sharp if i had an electric buffing wheel instead of an old leather belt for a strop.

>>65079840
Its still cool tho…

>>65079850
I got this thing recently and the stropping wheel opposite the wetstone wheel is great for stropping the shit out of my blades in 30 seconds. My current procedure is to use the 3000 grit bucktool water stone wheel i bought to replace the oem 220 grit wheel on the Wen, then 10k on my yoshihiro flat waterstone, then strop on the leather stropping wheel on the wen, then stropping using a traditional leather strop to finish.

I might adjust my procedure in the future but either way its fun to learn what works and what doesnt work as i go along.

Its pretty crazy how much quality shit you can buy from china for hardly any money.

File: 32FD45E2-6758-41CE-B27F-711CEFC4F4F8.jpg (801.9 KB)

801.9 KB JPG

>>65079895

File: ss-rse-sharpenkit_600px.jpg (102.7 KB)

102.7 KB JPG

>>65079895
I got a set of these about 10 years ago on a cheap little bench grinder after I sharpen them to a burr on my belt grinder with some 120-180grit. I think I've re-gritted the abrasive disc once and its due for another resurface at some point soon. But its really easy with machines that have angle guides, you'd have to be trying pretty hard to fuck it up

>>65079832
You're basically describing the porosity and how hard the bond is of the stone. Softer stones with a weaker bond soak up the water like you describe. They build up "mud" much faster and they cut more quickly. The downside is that they also wear out and dish more quickly, which means you need to flatten them more often. It's a trade-off.

>>65079895
Have you dressed your wheel yet or is it still wobbling?

>>65079832
Splash n go are best for the average dude since you don't have to dedicate a tub to soak them in.
Don't go oil, pain in the cock to clean the stone and clean up after.
Diamonds are good, stop buying AliExpress shit.

>>65079905
Those are great, it's what the sharpeners at MT used to finish the knives.

>>65079832
I prefer the feel of soaky mud stones and the finish is subjectively nicer but I am never going back after switching to shapton GS, it just isn't worth the annoyance

>>65079840
Yeah I'm sure naniwa is running ads on 4chan lol

File: Jan_Verbruggen_Foudary_Drawing_47_Horizontal_Boring_Machine_(cropped).jpg (2.6 MB)

2.6 MB JPG

>>65079832
I use coarse porous stones for removing metal, I think king brand 220. I bought two of those and rub them together occasionally when they're out of flat.

For honing I use natural oil stones. With fine water stones I always end up with very fine dust on the tools and woodworking tools should be kept lightly oiled anyway.

>>65079895
that's way too many steps
>3000 grit bucktool water stone
>then 10k on my yoshihiro flat waterstone
and going past 2000 prior to stropping is pointless if you're using a polishing compound

you can get a knife decently sharp with just 1000 grit, anything beyond is for very fine polishing.

What are you guys sharpening with these high grit stones? Even on my kitchen knives I only go over 1k when I'm feeling autismo. And I assume you guys are mostly sharpening your tactical ninja box cutter EDC blades which are going to want a kind of toothy edge anyway? And they're all made of super steel with xbox hueg carbides so why bother?

>>65080324
even "big" carbides are really fucking tiny, there's value to be had in sharpening them at higher grits. But personally I like a toothy edge (400 grit tops)