Sharpening Stone

HappyIdiotTalk

I bought a really beatiful (but embarrassingly expensive) knife from Kin at the Good Food Show last year. The salesperson told me that it would stay sharp for a very long time! Pah! No it hasn't! And I haven't used it all that much.

Anyway, I was discussing this with a collegue today and said that I needed to buy a whet stone to sharpen it. Said person has miraculously produced one that he found in an abandoned part of the site I work on. Could anyone confirm for me that its useable.

The box says ' Roebuck Sharpening Stone' on the top and bottom, and has a picture of a Stag/Dear next to the wording. On the sides it says 'Rectangular Bench; Alumininium Oxide Medium'... There are no other markings. The stone is slightly longer than the width of a pencil, and is 2 or 3cm hight and 5 or 6cm wide. The colour is reminicent of brick.

Does anyone know anything about whet stones? Does this sound like the sort of thing I need?

afterglow_2

if i havent got a knife sharpener or stone i use bottom of ceramic mug, do the old back and for 30 degree angle motion and you get perfectly sharp knife!!

MrsBartolozzi

That whetstone sound a lot like the one we have to sharpen garden tools, don't see why you couldn't use it on kitchen knives though....maybe someone else knows better.
I think it might depend on what your knife is made of.

MrsB.

OddjobKIA

HappyIdiotTalk wrote: »

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The box says ' Roebuck Sharpening Stone' on the top and bottom,

THIS IS AVERY GOOD WHET STONE...
it is sold mainly in fishing/outdoor shops and would bring a machette up to razor sharpness....You have a good freind and a good stone..

go online for how to sharpen your knife (roebuck might actually have a site)..

PS..CARVING PORK DULLS KNIFES VERY QUICK

nesssie1702

My uncle used to sharpen knives and chisels using a whetstone and he made a great job of them - razor sharp!