I'm going to go rummage through my wife's closet for a smooth leather belt in a minute....... She probably won't mindI hear ya. I jacked up a few knives by freehand, it's hard to get a good edge on a jacked up edge. So Lansky made it dummy proof for me. Saves me time too. Best of luck. If you want a really scary sharp edge, strop the knife when you get a good edge on it.
Naw, just your standard pocket knife curvatures, nothing extreme, just have to build the muscle memory
Sounds about right....the more metal you are taking off, the more oil you want. Both of them just need to be moist though, not soaking, barely puddling up. After a while the stones will start to get a good bit of metal deposited in the pores, you can clean that with sos pads and warm water. You will use the fine more than the med...or should. Soon you will come home every day and hit the stone 4-5 strokes on each side to dress it up, and the blade will always stay sharp. That's what I do.
I'm sure I'll try that first; she catches me with one of her belts and y'all will be hearing about a stabbing in McDonough on the 11 o'clock news
Won't help in my sleep
The medium absorbs almost instantly, so I've been dripping every few strokes; fine side pools well. Just finished an old Gerber, slices paper well vertically now but sideways still drags a bit (and I stropped on some cardboard) - may hit that one again
