I'm glad that worked for you, Joe. One thing about the good old 120 stone is that you don't have to wonder what a burr feels like...that 120 burr will peel potatoes.

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Originally posted by fastjan:
I'm glad that worked for you, Joe. One thing about the good old 120 stone is that you don't have to wonder what a burr feels like...that 120 burr will peel potatoes.

Funny ..... if you cant feel the 120 burr , you have no feelin at all in your fingers

No kidding. Nick that burr with my thumbnail and you know it's there! But using the 120 was what was needed, 220 wasn't moving much of that D2 around.

I always used oil or water on my wet stones. Recently I read that you should use wet stones dry with no oil. The consensus was that the liquid catches the metal while sharpening. I tried a fine wet stone dry tonight while sharpening the 930 I picked up today. It worked rather well. I will do some more experimenting to see if I am really sold on the concept........

Experiment carefully - some stones must be used with water / oil or they'll disintegrate.

The EdgePro stones, in particular, require water.

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Originally posted by KCSteve:
Experiment carefully - some stones must be used with water / oil or they'll disintegrate.

The EdgePro stones, in particular, require water.

I don't use edgepro....I am old fashioned and just use a good old arkansas wet stone. I have several different sharpeners and I always go back to the tried and true stone. From what I read it isn't supposed to damage the stone. I still think a little spit is in order to get some lubrication. As I said some more experimentation is in order. I have enough old dull cheap knives that need sharpening to give it a good test.