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Thanbk you all for the info. I'm soaking the stones and using them with water. Don't know if I'm hurting them but so far , with my limited knowledge - they seem ok?

I'm sticking to hand "stoning" . If I don't try, and keep trying, I will never master it. I'm committed to it.

Wow..so cool thanks to all..I think I want to get good at the stones and avoid a system. For now. Frustration will lead me to new choices I bet. I did not get the groove on the old stone thing.. I have a stone that is NOT flat and has a worn down center, like a ski slope. That night be want you mean...

Hi Brucelieb, Welcome. This is a good place to get an Edge-U-Cation on sharpening. First of all, a good professional steel has no texture. When you make a cut, the edge is slightly deformed with microscopic burrs that form on the edge and will eventually break off which dulls the edge molecule by m...

Well if your new to sharpening it could take more time than I have to write and be thorough, but I'll try to give you the basics that I have learned in short. Your first objective will be to form an apex, which basically means making the two bevels meet where your edge forms. Most people do this by...

I have enjoyed reading the posts and please tolerate a beginner hoping not to embarrass myself. I want to get better at sharpening using and caring for my grandfathers knifes. My grandfather was a butcher in slaughterhouses in NYC. We were very close and he passed away when I was a young man in my 2...

My grandfather was a butcher in slaughterhouses in NYC.. He left me a huge assortment of knifes- Dexters. I was too young to ask him to teach me even basic knife sharpening techniques. He used the steels I now own and, if I recall correctly, he used a rather large leather strop. We grew up eating st...