chinese sharpening stone

[Anonymous No.12397743]

sharpening stone, anyone know if i need a higher grit or the one from chinese supermarket will do?

[Anonymous No.12397759]

we could tell you if we knew what grit the stone(s) from the supermarket is/are
something like 1000/4000 is fine unless you got some real damaged cutlery

[Anonymous No.12397768]

>>12397759

That looks like a 400/1000

[Anonymous No.12397773]

would they sharpen do the job of european kitchen knifes?

[Anonymous No.12397780]

Never trust a chinaman

[Anonymous No.12397782]

>>12397780

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rGU2xwSsFs

[None !2Code3TV3M No.12397927]

you'll only really use the fine side of that one, you might as well just order one online unless it's really cheap

[Anonymous No.12399716]

if it's from china it's probably toxic

[Anonymous No.12400343]

>>12397743
The best way I can put this is: Any sharpening is better than no sharpening. But not all sharpening is created equally. Generally a typical santoku/chef's knife will sharpen pretty easily with just about any sharpener.

Also learn the difference between "honing" and "sharpening". Generally most knives are already sharpened plenty and what people refer to as "sharpening" is really honing. Only blacksmiths really need to "sharpen" stuff. As long as you have a basic edge a quick simple honing will do wonders for your edge.

[Anonymous No.12400352]

>>12400343
>with just about any sharpener.
I have a chinatown stone, it's shit and it takes forever to get an extremely mediocre edge. "Stones" like that are why many people think freehanding is for expert autists with too much time on their hands. There's a reason the knife hobby community basically forgot about anything other than synthetic Japanese stones once they became widely available in the West.

>Also learn the difference between "honing" and "sharpening".
>Only blacksmiths really need to "sharpen" stuff.

Lol, STFU

[Anonymous No.12400379]

>>12400343
You're one dumb fucker, aren't you?

[Anonymous No.12400399]

>>12400352
>knife hobbyist

knives are tools for making food not a fetish faget.

[Anonymous No.12400415]

If you buy synthetic chink waterstones, you'll probably want something like a 400 stone for fixing chips or reprofiling edges and a 1000 for sharpening. If you want to get the edge to a mirror polish fir whatever reason, you can also get the 3000/8000 stone.
They work great, but they wear quite fast. I got mine about two years ago and with just the upkeep of the knives I use at home more than half the thickness of the stones is gone.

>>12400352
>bought chinkshit stones on ali
>can get any kitchen knife of reasonable hardness to a shaving edge within minutes
git gut, nerd

[Anonymous No.12400425]

>>12400415
Exactly this
>my sandpaper is better than your sandpaper it makes my anus extra smooth

fagets gonna faget

[Anonymous No.12400431]

>>12397743
I'm not sure you want anything chinese made coming into contact with the tools you use to make your food. Get a jnat or a coticule

[Anonymous No.12400433]

>>12400415
>muh cheap shit is just as good as your nice shit
>nice things are a scam, I bet they are bought by people who have more money than me, the wise and poor
Never change, /ck/

[Anonymous No.12400444]

>>12400433
Of course they're not as "nice", you fucking imbecile. They sharpen just as well, but they wear much faster. You implying it's somehow more difficult to sharpen with them is just stupid.

[Anonymous No.12400458]

>>12400433
>my $100 toilet brush is better than your $2 one
>I only use the finest to scrub away shit

Please die

[Anonymous No.12400463]

>>12400444
The particle size is completely random, the wear and hardness is all over the map, they warp violently when they've been in water for 10 minutes, one end ends up 5mm thicker than the other end because of fuck knows why, you need 17 layers of wet towels underneath just so they don't wobble everywhere when you're using them, they're just shit products as you should expect when you pay shit product prices on ali express. But sure, they're just as good as even an entry level King stone. Obviously it's just the emperor's new clothes here.
>oh but I spend 47 hours working around all the defects, that makes me smarter than just paying another $20 and getting something that doesn't suck
Yes. You're such a genius.

[Anonymous No.12400471]

>>12400463
Literally never had a single problem you listed. Git gud son.
>47 hours
Which part of
>can get any kitchen knife of reasonable hardness to a shaving edge within minutes
did you find difficult to read, tinkerbell?

[Anonymous No.12400479]

>>12400471
>I'm too incompetent to notice glaring quality control issues
Yes, I know. Now off to your fast food thread. "But it tastes good to me! Ur just a snob!"

[Anonymous No.12400491]

>>12400479
>glaring quality control issues
>shaving
>edge
>in
>minutes
lmao

[Anonymous No.12400499]

>>12400491
>shaving edge
For future reference if you want to LARP as someone who knows about knives, bragging about being able to rip hairs off your arm with your ragged mess of a burr is a red flag that you're a neophyte with a severe case of dunning-kruger.

[Anonymous No.12400501]

>>12400499
>implying
git gud

[Anonymous No.12400512]

>>12400499
Dude why are you wasting your time on the internet

[Anonymous No.12400521]

>>12397743
Just buy this and stop worrying:
They sell it with between 4 and 14 stones of varying grits.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ruixin-Pro-II-Professional-Knife-Sharpener-chef-Knife-Sharpening-System-Pencil-Apex-edge-Sharpener-4-whetstone/32916246628.html

[Anonymous No.12400539]

>>12400521
At those prices might as well get a Lansky set.

[Anonymous No.12400566]

>>12400539
Sure, whatever. Where I live I can't get a sharpening kit for less than double that price.

[Anonymous No.12400630]

>>12397773
oi m8 u got loicence for that knowife?

[Anonymous No.12400687]

>>12400630
Fuck off, britbongistan isn't europe.

[Anonymous No.12400704]

>>12400687
>>12397773

[Anonymous No.12400708]

>>12399716
That or radioactive.

[Anonymous No.12400815]

>>12400704
Switchblades are illegal in a lot of US jurisdictions as well.

[Anonymous No.12400894]

>>12400815
Who the heck is running around with switchblades in the USA in 2019? This isn't The Warriors ya know.

[Anonymous No.12400910]

>>12400815

[Anonymous No.12401002]

>>12400910
So? I bought a Lansky knife sharpening kit (just stones, honing oil and clamp) a few weeks ago and the cashier laughed and said, "you're obviously over 18 so I don't need to see an id." I said, "you really have to be over 18 to by a sharpener?" "Yep." Fwiw, this is a southern shithole red state.

[Anonymous No.12401009]

Dont buy a shitty stone. You'd be much better off, buying wet and dry sandpaper, and a small sheet of glass. Place the paper on the glass, and you have essentially a stone. Get a bunch of 800, 1500, 3000, 5000 and 7500 grit paper, and you're set.

[Anonymous No.12401013]

>>12400894

[Anonymous No.12401034]

>>12401009
This is exactly what I do, I set the pane of glass on a wet cloth so it doesn't slip around

[None !2Code3TV3M No.12401196]

>>12400521
you actually own one of these rigs?
I'm tempted at that price with all those stones included
hows the build quality on the jig?

[Anonymous No.12401307]

>>12400512
No U

[Anonymous No.12401334]

>>12401009
I did this for a while when I was a student
In the long run it’s more expensive
A good japanese combo stone is $35, less if you wait for a sale
Smoke less dope and you too can afford exclusive high end luxury sharpening instead of working around all the problems with cutting corners and trying to save a penny here and there like a MGTOW

[Anonymous No.12401366]

>>12401196
I plan on getting one. As far as I can see there are 4 main variants being sold on Aliexpress, and each variant may be sold with different sets of stones.
This one (Ruixin pro II) offers a large array of stones.
The most basic variant (Ruixin pro) is designed to be screwed into a base that you'll have to make yourself.
The third variant (nameless, it seems) has small suction caps on the base.
The forth variant (KME) is the most expensive I think and can be clamped to a table.
There's also another variant that looks like a counterfeit Lansky.

[Anonymous No.12401856]

2000 is the sweet spot
https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Naniwa-Aotoishi-Sharpening-Stone-P1624.aspx