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SharpEdge "Home Basic" Sharpening Set (New Stones)
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Edge performance is closely tied to sharpness. To keep your kitchen knives and fixed blades in great working condition, you need a good set of tools Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downtolyan
18
Dec 14, 2019
There are this water stones made? Knife clip and rubber base looks like from Chinatown. Leather strap is also not from Solingen ;)
sharpedge
220
SharpEdge
Dec 19, 2019
tolyanStones, rubber base and knife clip are made in China. For beginners or intermediate users they are good and affordable stones to learn on/use for occasional sharpening. We make leather strops by ourselves, we buy local wood and leather and glue them together :)
Sabinno
65
Dec 14, 2019
So is there also a Home Premium, Starter, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate..?
Triaed
93
Sep 4, 2019
CarbotaniumNot really. A typical folding pocket knife will have a blade that is too short vertically (leading edge to spine) and will sink into the guide
You could finagle with it, but the guide is simply better for kitchen knives
phoenixsong
1055
Mar 23, 2019
As mentioned below, the video is really informative. I couldn't watch the fingernail tests! XD Also, will there be a drop for the stone holder and water basin?
fin170
129
Mar 21, 2019
Recommend people take the time to watch the accompanying video, the quality of which is a fantastic assurance in itself, as well as being educational & entertaining.
Dermott
267
Sep 4, 2019
That... that can't be right. It's only 1.46 *inches*, the long way, and only 1/5 inch wide? Something's off in your units; there's no way that strop is smaller than a pen-knife blade. The stone would have to be for ants, just based on the pictures.
Looks like your mm-->inches conversion isn't wrong... but the sizing you've got listed on sharpedgeshop.com can't be right. I'm guessing those are actually supposed to be in cm? 14x1.78x0.6 inches?
sharpedge
220
SharpEdge
Sep 5, 2019
DermottYeah, you're totally right, we made a mistake in our own units.. It was supposed to be in cm. I fixed the comment above and also on our website. Thanks for pointing it out, I appreciate it! Best, Grega
Chahu
12
Mar 20, 2019
Sounds like a pretty good starter set. As someone who owns many stones (mostly shapton glass stones) and strops and with plenty of experience with them I can say that the newbies who buy this will be quite satisfied. That’s assuming they’re pretty true to grit stones. I always recommend people new to sharpening to buy a good sharpening stone and a polishing stone. 1000 grit would be perfect as it’s not to coarse so that if one makes a mistake it’s less obvious. It’s very nice to see sharpening becoming a bit more mainstream.
Chahu
12
Jul 17, 2019
I’d go for this starter kit here but if you’re looking for a personal recommendation I’d say the King 1000/6000 whetstone. It’s a fantastic starter stone. Don’t rush into sharpening though. It’s a skill that takes time to perfect. Your tools will only take you so far. Technique, practice and patience is what matters most. I’d say sharpening is 90% skill and 10% tools. Watch plenty of videos tutorials on YouTube. Practice with cheap knives at first and work your way up to better ones. Truth is when you first start out it’s very likely you’ll ruin some knives lol. I did when I first started out.
bookworm13
677
Dec 4, 2018
1000 grit as the coarsest stone? I don't use whetstones, but I'd want at least a 600 grit stone to deal with a messed up edge. 1000 will get the job done I guess, but it's going to take a lot more elbow grease and unnecessary wear on your stone. For a basic set I would sell a 600/1000 combo with the strop. Also some compound for the strop.
SaskAudioGuy
438
Jul 12, 2019
What about getting the 400 grit stone alone? I noticed it was an option on the drop. You can get the set with the 400 grit as the only stone or as a second stone to the 1000/3000 combo grit.
ThomasAasen
15
Jul 13, 2019
SaskAudioGuyIt sounds like a good idea. I would like them all for sure, the 400, 1000/3000 and 4000/8000 grits. Would love to learn this art, using wet stones. That means making an edge too, and ending with a high mirror polished blade, sharp as can be.:). Maybe one day buy some really nice Japanese or Arkansas stones.
Do.4life
45
Dec 4, 2018
What’s funny is the stone in the video doesn’t look like the one for sale here.
ThomasAasen
15
Jul 13, 2019
Could you tell us more about the quality on your stones. Maybe vs Arkansas or Japanese wet stones? I would love to buy the hole set, learning this art.
sharpedge
220
SharpEdge
Jul 14, 2019
ThomasAasenI assume you are a beginner at sharpening? If so, I'd recommend buying our stones (these are also whetstones - with the "h", thats not a typo :)) because they are not expensive, and the quality is good for beginner/intermediate sharpeners. You will use them faster than some more expensive and better quality stones, but ours are great to learn, and then when you use them, the next purchase can be of higher quality stones. Arkansas are very good (and expensive), but these are natural stones, a bit different than synthetic ones like ours, or the majority of sharpening whetstones on the market. For experienced sharpeners we recommend Japanese whetstones from Naniwa. Have you seen our Beginners Knife Sharpening Guide? You can find it here: sharpedgeshop.com/sharpening. Have fun with learning, it's a great skill to have, and not that difficult to learn!
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