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#91

Knife Sharpening / Re: Toremk stone

Last post by John Hancock Sr - January 05, 2026, 04:41:43 AM

Tormek do offer a 5,000 grit wheel, The SJ series. You can also get higher grit wheels from third parties to fit the Tormek.

I will hand hone on a ceramic bench stone if I want a finer edge. Usually on my quality bench chisels, Japanese knives, or Plane blades for finishing work such as my smoothing planes.

#92

Knife Sharpening / Re: Any experience with the Bu...

Last post by John Hancock Sr - January 05, 2026, 04:36:20 AM

From the appearance it looks like Aluminium Oxide. This should be excellent for carbon steel but will not perform well on harder steels such as HSS, hard Japanese knives, or specialty steels. So it really depends on your application.

#93

Knife Sharpening / Any experience with the BuckTo...

Last post by truthrider - January 04, 2026, 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

#94

Knife Sharpening / Re: Consistenty of sharpening

Last post by Rossy - January 04, 2026, 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.

#95

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

Last post by Rossy - January 04, 2026, 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.

#96

Knife Sharpening / Toremk stone

Last post by Trappeur88 - January 04, 2026, 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

#97

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

Last post by WimSpi - January 04, 2026, 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.

#98

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

Last post by Drilon - January 04, 2026, 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!

#99

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

Last post by Rossy - January 04, 2026, 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.

#100

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.