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Quail-a-lot t1_j1rd3lt wrote

For that budget, I would invest in a set of waterstones instead. I have a 1000 and 6000 grit set of King Waterstones and learned to sharpen Japanese style and now much prefer that method. (Lotsa nice tutorials on YouTube for this).

I also have a much rougher one for badly blunted things I might find which is clearly just a freebie handmedown a few decades old and a file which is mainly used for garden tools. The nice thing about getting waterstones or whetstones is you can use them for more than just your kitchen knives! (I have a few waterstones for my scythe as well which I use more for those other tasks, but I used to just use the household ones for everything and mine are easily going on a decade now.)

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Girhinomofe t1_j1rqi72 wrote

Whetstone sharpening is one of the most cathartic activities to me… so repetitive but I’ll put on some good music and just completely chill out during the process. Helps me slow down and relax, and leaves me with wicked sharp edges.

Will never sharpen any other way.

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Quail-a-lot t1_j1rs07k wrote

Yeah, I just put on some Welcome to Nightvale and zen out.

Onlt time I have ever wished for a different set up is when we do butchering and then I have to sharpen multiple times in a row at speed to keep up but that is not normal city use.

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BlackEyedAngel01 OP t1_j1rfh0k wrote

Thanks, I’ll look into those options and check out some YouTube tutorials!

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