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Knife Sharpening / Any experience with the BuckTo...

Last post by truthrider - Yesterday at 08:18:46 PM

I have a T8 and came across this stone.  It looks like a good height polish option and a reasonable cost.  Has anyone had experience with it that they could share?  Thanks

#2

Knife Sharpening / Re: Consistenty of sharpening

Last post by Rossy - Yesterday at 05:12:44 PM

I am also new to the Tormek system and everyone here have been super helpful, I bought the DE 250 diamond wheel and find very little pressure is needed, the main thing is a nice even speed across the whole knife and checking for a burr across the whole length of the knife. Many a time I would feel a burr at the first 1/3 of the knife but not at the back but as soon as I continued to sharpen a few more strokes and felt the burr along the whole knife, then I noticed it was ready to turn over. Also, I have watched tons of videos and the general consensus is, deburring on the honing wheel is where you seem to get your sharpness so watch lots of videos on that, I tried free hand deburring but I don't seem to have the skill to do it well so I bought the MB 102 and deburr using the jig method, now my knives are screaming sharp.

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Knife Sharpening / Re: Struggling to keep knife f...

Last post by Rossy - Yesterday at 05:02:55 PM

Did you watch on YouTube the video "Tormek Knife Sharpening class Part 1" ? At 6:30 min. starts a good description about knife clamping.

https://www.youtube.com/live/R2ifZQOJA7k?si=B-2ye4Ahh0_Gu_yv

Hope this helps!

It did, thanks. I also found anouther video, Sharpen knives and hatchets for hunting & outdoor, and it is explained a little bit better as 12:05 on the video.

Thanks again.

#4

Knife Sharpening / Toremk stone

Last post by Trappeur88 - Yesterday at 03:57:52 PM

Hello everyone
I wonder about the granulometry of the Tormek stone (SP200) is it possible to use another stone than the prepares (Sp650 Tormek grinding wheel) which gives a granulometry of 1000 to have a grain size finer than 1000?
If I take a 3,000 Japanese stone and rub it as the grinding wheel prepares, the fusing will be thinner.
Thanks for your answers

#5

Knife Sharpening / Re: Struggling to keep knife f...

Last post by WimSpi - Yesterday at 03:43:52 PM

I would like to add one more thing. If you use a coarse grinding wheel, you need to be even more careful. Unfortunately, I have seen that applying slightly too much pressure too suddenly (which happened accidentally) can cause deeper damage.
This damage is clearly visible, even to your customers. This means that you have to grind away all of the damage.

So your concern and question are entirely justified.

#6

Knife Sharpening / Re: Struggling to keep knife f...

Last post by Drilon - Yesterday at 02:11:30 PM

Did you watch on YouTube the video "Tormek Knife Sharpening class Part 1" ? At 6:30 min. starts a good description about knife clamping.

https://www.youtube.com/live/R2ifZQOJA7k?si=B-2ye4Ahh0_Gu_yv

Hope this helps!

#7

Knife Sharpening / Re: Struggling to keep knife f...

Last post by Rossy - Yesterday at 07:52:28 AM

Im not good with technology so won't attempt to give a link. If you go through Knife Grinders videos on YT there are a few in which Vadim shows how to do this correctly.

Thanks, I looked at their YouTube page and couldn't find anything on clamping a knife but I did find a ton of other info. Thanks again.

#8

Knife Sharpening / Re: Struggling to keep knife f...

Last post by Sir Amwell - January 03, 2026, 01:39:32 PM

Im not good with technology so won't attempt to give a link. If you go through Knife Grinders videos on YT there are a few in which Vadim shows how to do this correctly.

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Knife Sharpening / Re: Struggling to keep knife f...

Last post by Rossy - January 03, 2026, 12:22:53 PM

Also check that you have the knife correctly aligned in the jig so that you are not fighting' against the jig stop on the USB. The tracking on the stop can throw off your even pressure along the length of the knife if not correctly aligned.

Thanks', I have watched many videos on clamping knives and still a little confused on the correct angle to clamp. Any guidelines I can use to guarantee an accurate clamp for various knives?

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Knife Sharpening / Re: Struggling to keep knife f...

Last post by Sir Amwell - January 03, 2026, 02:42:45 AM

Also check that you have the knife correctly aligned in the jig so that you are not fighting' against the jig stop on the USB. The tracking on the stop can throw off your even pressure along the length of the knife if not correctly aligned.