Quote from: Ken S on October 12, 2020, 03:26:30 PM
I think the use of the word "tip" was unfortunate for native English speakers. An earlier forum reply stated that using water was only a tip. For me that meant a suggestion, as opposed to a technical recommendation. I believe this is only a difference in languages.
The Swedish copy uses the same word, so I don't necessarily think that it's an unfortunate translation in this case. I don't want to claim authority on this, but given that I'm half American, half Swedish, I'm familiar with both cultures and I'd guess that it's probably more a question of Swedes not wishing to tell other people how to do what they intend to do directly. (For example, our Corona guidelines "recommend" various behavior and such, which is implicitly understood to be "mandated" behavior, but we would never say so, which makes it hard for foreigners and immigrants to understand how to act.). I would, however, say that the bold text and the exclamation mark certainly strongly suggests that it's a rather firm recommendation :-).
What I would like to know is what kind of abrasive is being used.
By the way, Knife Grinders has two videos discussing the wheel:
Apparently, the grit used is rather large, I'd say.