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I’ve watched enough videos that I’m going to give knife sharpening a shot. I’m going with the 1x30 belt sander method, and am going to use this thread to ask all my questions as I go.
At this point I’ve bought nothing, but have the sander, belts, leather strop and compound in various carts online. I’m going to try and find a couple thrift store knives in the next couple weeks to start on...but the end goal will be to use it on my EDC knives and my wife’s good Wusthof kitchen blades. So, not a whole lot to ask at the moment.
The one question I do have right now, as I would’ve thought there was one right way to do it...but videos show otherwise. When you are doing the sharping, is it better to go down to the edge or up from the edge? I’ve seen both:
In both cases they go towards the edge (top pic) when it comes time to strop...which makes a lot of sense.
I see brackets/jigs available like the one in the bottom pic, and they’re all for sharpening away from the edge.
At this point I’ve bought nothing, but have the sander, belts, leather strop and compound in various carts online. I’m going to try and find a couple thrift store knives in the next couple weeks to start on...but the end goal will be to use it on my EDC knives and my wife’s good Wusthof kitchen blades. So, not a whole lot to ask at the moment.
The one question I do have right now, as I would’ve thought there was one right way to do it...but videos show otherwise. When you are doing the sharping, is it better to go down to the edge or up from the edge? I’ve seen both:
In both cases they go towards the edge (top pic) when it comes time to strop...which makes a lot of sense.
I see brackets/jigs available like the one in the bottom pic, and they’re all for sharpening away from the edge.