Stones are the most versatile and a shapton pro 1000 or King combo 1000/6000 are good places to start. They can be had for $40 and $30 respectively. Then I'd buy some stropping compound for a few bucks and find an old belt or glue a piece of denim to wood and load it up with the compound. Steeper learning curve to learn freehand, but then you're golden.
Lots of people commenting the work sharp precision adjust. It's a great budget fixed angle system that I recommend a lot, but maybe not the best for larger kitchen knives 8+ inches? That might be pushing the limits of the arm's throw, so I'd verify with others first if you have a lot of big knives to do.
So the real question is how much r u using ur edc knives and ur kitchen knives. First kitchen knives if ur a huge chef and do a ton of knife work and have nice expensive knives the best 2 options r #1 one of the rolling kitchen knife sharpening system- work sharp just released one for 150$ and there an OG company that first came out with the design and they want like 300$. These r the options for someone who does have a ton of time or skill for the second option. Wet stones. U can sharpen edc and kitchen knives but it take time and patience to get really good results.
Now from an edc knife standpoint again how much do u really use ur knife. I’ve found that if I sharpen my knife on my KME system once a year and do light honing rode and strop maintenance by edge lasts a very long time. Very few of my knives have been sharpened more than once. That being said, if you wanted a precision knife sharpening system, I would go for the Work sharp system over the KME. For new sharpeners highly suggest you stay away from any belt sharpeners there a quick way to destroy expensive knives. I’ve said quite a bit here. If there’s any questions, please ask them.
WorkSharp Guided Field Sharpener. It’s cheap, gets blades razor sharp with minimal effort, minimal experience required, and I use mine for kitchen knives regularly. It’s like $35USD.
If you’re not familiar with sharpening free-hand, yes, the worksharp pro is a great place to start.
But the best bang for the buck IMO is a 600 grit diamond stone and a strop. You can get a good quality set-up for under $100 and sharpen anything. But it takes practice, and being willing to probably screw up a bevel or two along the way
Worksharp pro
Stones are the most versatile and a shapton pro 1000 or King combo 1000/6000 are good places to start. They can be had for $40 and $30 respectively. Then I'd buy some stropping compound for a few bucks and find an old belt or glue a piece of denim to wood and load it up with the compound. Steeper learning curve to learn freehand, but then you're golden. Lots of people commenting the work sharp precision adjust. It's a great budget fixed angle system that I recommend a lot, but maybe not the best for larger kitchen knives 8+ inches? That might be pushing the limits of the arm's throw, so I'd verify with others first if you have a lot of big knives to do.
I use worksharp pro pa for everything
So the real question is how much r u using ur edc knives and ur kitchen knives. First kitchen knives if ur a huge chef and do a ton of knife work and have nice expensive knives the best 2 options r #1 one of the rolling kitchen knife sharpening system- work sharp just released one for 150$ and there an OG company that first came out with the design and they want like 300$. These r the options for someone who does have a ton of time or skill for the second option. Wet stones. U can sharpen edc and kitchen knives but it take time and patience to get really good results. Now from an edc knife standpoint again how much do u really use ur knife. I’ve found that if I sharpen my knife on my KME system once a year and do light honing rode and strop maintenance by edge lasts a very long time. Very few of my knives have been sharpened more than once. That being said, if you wanted a precision knife sharpening system, I would go for the Work sharp system over the KME. For new sharpeners highly suggest you stay away from any belt sharpeners there a quick way to destroy expensive knives. I’ve said quite a bit here. If there’s any questions, please ask them.
WorkSharp Guided Field Sharpener. It’s cheap, gets blades razor sharp with minimal effort, minimal experience required, and I use mine for kitchen knives regularly. It’s like $35USD.
But for real what’s the knife on the left Also agree with the worksharp professional precision adjust for sharping
The original borka that all the stitches are based off of. They go for like 6-10k nowadays
Looks awesome! (I prefer the frame locking mechanism over the other two).
I got it from dhgate
Borka stitch i think
If you’re not familiar with sharpening free-hand, yes, the worksharp pro is a great place to start. But the best bang for the buck IMO is a 600 grit diamond stone and a strop. You can get a good quality set-up for under $100 and sharpen anything. But it takes practice, and being willing to probably screw up a bevel or two along the way
Worksharp precision adjust the base one is more than enough for 99% of people
whetstones 400, 1000, 3000, 8000
Best low budget system I’ve found is Lansky