@timsandtoms Sure, but then I wouldn't know how to use a whetstone

I mean do buy stuff just to own it? I also bought the bm series for shit and giggles, but I also tried them all in different setups..

which is the point

@Sdeck37 Not really, but I definitely don't only buy things I 100% NEED, I buy things I'd have fun using, or have a good use for. I don't do Funcopop or any of that shit that just sits on a shelf.

Yes, but shopping as a hobby would imply the women movie cliché of buying a dress and never wearing it.

>being so afraid of being perceived as feminine that you won't embrace your hobby

@Matthew Honestly, free-handing a whetstone is one of those skills where it's not BAD to know, but there are so much better and more cost effective ways in today's world. Get a jig to sharpen with, just a guide for the stone.

At least in my opinion.

real brainlet hours

@Matthew the secret is a lot of old timers couldn't sharpen for shit. Dont bother picking up a lot of old knives because of the absolutly pig disgusting changes to edge geometry

Just use a jig

Just something easy like this.

What is that?

You still need to do it right, you just don't need to get the muscle memory so down that you can free hand it.

One sec I'll get a pic

Also Matthew, what has any of that to do with being perceived as female?

And where do you put the knife there?

How are AliExpress waterstones?

It's a chisel sharpener.

Or at least a chisel jig.

Well for a knife, you'd need something else, they have ones that clamp on the back

But that idea

Simple little guide jig

Good.
Though I ordered two and only one made it

My big thing is I need the flattening stone

What for?

To flatten my stones

I feel a plate of glass and sandpaper would do the same job better

They're concave.

Ouh

Glass and sandpaper(the "scary sharp" method) is great, but not cost effective.

I mean for flattening stones

Depends

Oh. Well, same argument. Longer timeline.

If you got a business nearby which works with glass, they might give you some cut pieces for free.

I think he means for sandpaper.

Then it's a question of sandpaper

I work at Lowe's, I can just get a granite tile scrap

Memorials?

Machined/polished stone or float glass are both about as flat a reference surface as most folks will ever need or encounter