what wet stone grit????

[lannyman8]

Im going to upgrade from my £1.99 tiny dimond sharpener to a jap wet stone.

what i would like to know is what grits you would get and use for your bushcrafter and folder.

help please.....

chris

 

[JonathanD]

800, 1200 and 6000, or alternatively get the combi 1200 and 6000 stone. That'll do you nicely.

 

[lannyman8]

i was thinking of 1200 and 4000 combo and with the fine grit will i need to strop i have never bothered before????????

 

[JonathanD]

i was thinking of 1200 and 4000 combo and with the fine grit will i need to strop i have never bothered before????????

Not if you sharpen correctly. 1200 will do you well. A true scandi will be better after stropping or running down a ceramic rod though.

 

[ged]

i was thinking of 1200 and 4000 combo and with the fine grit will i need to strop i have never bothered before????????

If the grade of the stone I used had four digits I probably wouldn't bother with a strop. I don't usually bother anyway but I'm not ever so fussy.

 

[lannyman8]

cool sounds like im set for a 1200 and 4000 or 6000 combo...

thanks lads........

chris...................................

 

[British Red]

Go to B&Q and buy one of those combination diamond stones (four sided in a block) for about £9 as well. They are 200 to 600 grit. Saves a lot of work when grinding out a major dink

Red

 

[JonathanD]

Go to B&Q and buy one of those combination diamond stones (four sided in a block) for about £9 as well. They are 200 to 600 grit. Saves a lot of work when grinding out a major dink

Red

Yeah, nothing worse than getting a major dink and not being able to sort it right away. Ruins a good nights sleep does that.

 

[telwebb]

apart from B&Q for the aggressive stone any tips on suppliers for the combi stone (1000/6000), or are they all pretty much the same cost wise?

 

[MartiniDave]

I got mine from Axminster Power Tools. No connection just a satisfied customer.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/

Dave

 

[Retired Member southey]

Ill second Axminster tool, v quick delivery too and great customer service in my experience,

 

[sxmolloy]

3rd vote for Axminster

 

[JonathanD]

4th .

 

[lannyman8]

thanks gents will be having a good look through the site..............

chris....

 

[Shinken]

I dont like the 800/1000/1200 jap whetstones, they dont seem to do alot. I find my oilstone is better before going onto 4000. But they will be fine for you if you don't sharpen much