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I have never made a knife and right now don't intend to. I have never been able to sharpen a knife. My dad was fairly good at. He tried to teach me. I never figured it out. About 10 years ago my kids gave me a set of sharpen stones for Christmas. I tried and tried again with no success. Recently I have learned how to grind really sharp tool bits for my lathe using a delta 1x42 belt sander with a light touch up with one of the stones from my kids. I had never thought about using a belt sander to sharpen a knife until now. Watched a few videos online and today had at it with two of my always dull kitchen knives and an equally dull folding knife that I use all the time for everything imaginable. My results while still not very good were better than I had ever achieved in the past.
What I have to work with is 80 and 320 grit belts and a stone with a rough side and a smooth side. Don't know the grits on the stone.
Suggestions please.
What I have to work with is 80 and 320 grit belts and a stone with a rough side and a smooth side. Don't know the grits on the stone.
Suggestions please.