Reddit reviews Knife Sharpening Stone Set – 400/1000 and 3000/8000-Grit Professional, Safe Knife Sharpener Set – Whetstone Set Includes Flattening Stone, Bamboo Base, and 2 Nonslip Rubber Bases by KnifePlanet
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STAY RAZOR SHARP – Dull knives are the bane of every chef’s existence, making chopping, slicing, dicing, and mincing unnecessarily difficult. Cut meat, vegetables, cheese, and bread with ease when you whet your knives with the kitchen knife sharpener set by KnifePlanet!2 STONES, 4 GRITS – Sharpen and refine even the bluntest blades with 2 double-sided knife sharpeners! The 400/1000-grit knife stone raises the burr, sharpening the edge of the blade. Then, polish and perfect the knife with the fine 3000/8000-grit stone.NO SLIPS, NO ACCIDENTS – Your safety while sharpening knives is of the utmost importance. That’s why we include 2 nonslip rubber bases and a bamboo stone holder in every knife-sharpening kit. Minimize your risk of hazardous slips with KnifePlanet!FIX A FAILING STONE – Over time, your blade sharpener stones naturally grow uneven, making the perfect chop nearly impossible. Keep your sharpening stones flawlessly flat and ready to use in just minutes with KnifePlanet’s flattening stone!BONUS GIFT – Learn proper knife-sharpening techniques with a FREE gift from KnifePlanet! Each sharpening stone set comes with a bonus link with instrumental articles and videos that help you develop this important skill.
I’d say invest in some water stones and angle templates.
For $70 or so you can keep all of your knives razor sharp.
KnifePlanet Water Stone Sharpening Kit
That’s what I use and I love it.
If sharpening isn’t your thing, ChefKnivesToGo has some great knives for the $200 range. I don’t have a gyoto, but I’d love one.
I went with this set of two-side stones. It's a good value and covers all your bases (the 400 grit would be for rescuing a knife so dull it's almost ruined), but if I ever get really good I can buy nicer stones.
Edit: Jeez link markdown on mobile always gives me shit. But really, user error.
Yes. A small set of water stones at progressively higher grits:
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Knife-Sharpening-Stone-Set/dp/B074X7VB62/
So two double sided water stones, 400 grit, 1,000 grit, 3,000 grit and 8,000 grit. The flattening stone is handy when you inevitably put gouges in the surface of the higher grit stones, as it will grind down the surface till it's flat and smooth. There's more expensive and nicer water stones out there, but these will do the job and then some.
And if you want to go as far as you can, you'll need a hard-backed leather strop and some green (chromium oxide) stropping compound - https://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Pebble-Polishing-Sharpening-Woodcarving/dp/B07MH8YGQ1/ - the stropping compound comes in at around a 30,000 grit equivalent. You can get 1 micron and 0.5 micron diamond paste stropping compounds as well, but you'll start running into diminishing returns as far as a kitchen knife goes.
The biggest thing besides having the tools to get things properly sharp is having the technique down so you're not making the edge worse, or spending far more time on getting it sharp than you need to. Going from dull to splitting a hair lengthwise sharp should take fifteen minutes or less once you've got some practice under your belt and your technique is solid.
As far as technique goes, one of the more beginner friendly and helpful youtube channels I've seen is Burrfection - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOluHMoKJ6CrS0kcybhaThg
I recently stumbled upon KnifePlanet's Sharpening School and I decided to go ahead and buy their "Waterstone Set" on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074X7VB62/
So far, I am really happy with my choice. As a beginner, this set gives me 4 different grits to work with: 400, 1000, 3000, 8000 + a stone holder. The whole set costs $49 which is great.
I followed some of their lessons and I am now able to sharpen my kitchen knives easily.
I am sure that a professional sharpener would prefer Naniwa or others over these... but for me they're a great place to start
I've sharpened with stones before but not nice stones (Smith's Tri-Hone)... Does this seem like a worthwhile buy?
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It's this set
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074X7VB62/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_--FCCbVG3TC55