Very useful video. Thank you. I just found your channel. It’s great. One thing though. I’m an old man. I’ve been using email since 1993 and the Web since 1994. People have been being rude little jackasses on here since then. Just ignore these fools. Because they will not stop.
You know I've been thinking about this video, and concluded I don't think this comparison is quite right after all because we're comparing a heavy duty degreaser to a regular one. To make this fair, I think we need to compare heavy duty with heavy duty. Try with Simple Green Pro HD (HD standing for Heavy Duty) against Dawn Heavy Duty and see which one comes on top from that. Simple green has a different makeup and composition than Pro HD and they're both purple as well by the way.
@@cellsheet no I will not do a video like that and I will tell you why because everybody on this fucking channel was harping and harping and harping about old simple greens better and this and that so here's what you got their method versus mine.
Bubba I need some advice? I've got a Dan's hard. Absolutely love the thing. But literally after about 3 or 4 knives I can feel the thing getting smoother. It's getting glazed already. In your opinion what is the easiest and best way to touch that thing up. Should I get me a pocket diamond hone or go with the wet / dry sandpaper?
Wait so you're telling me if I want a real Dan's Arkansas Stone translucent or black I have to order it and wait 2 years????? Dude what takes it so long? Like that alone is stopping me from getting a good stone because I'm way too impatient to wait too freaking years. Like kind of disappointed but it seems like this is a marketing strategy by Dan to only release so many a year to keep the price and the rarity and prestige around his brand of stones because if it's hard to get and you got to get on a waiting list it makes it seem like you got to be part of the inside club to get it. That might be why people use cheap stones that you hate on them for because people don't want to just sit around and wait for 2 years for a sharpening stone. I guess I'm going with diamond plates 😭. Damn Dan
Well shoot I was about to purchase some atoma diamond plates but you just sold me on buying a translucent and a black dans. I'm looking at it as more of a precious mineral than I am a tool
I just got a Dan's translucent. This thing cuts so good. I like it better than my black arkansas. Great investment. BTW I really enjoy your videos. Dam good stuff
I hope this hiatus is good for the ol noggin, instead of bad. Sometimes I stop using social media and realize that’s my only connection to the world anymore.
I've never owned a washita. Hopefully one day I'll run into a good buy on eBay or find one at a flea market or something like that. Great collection you got.
I don't mean to be a broken record. But u-tube can really suck. Channels that you can learn something good and that is fun to watch. But on the other hand they pay these idiots to do all this dumb crap and they're getting filthy rich off of it. What is wrong with this picture
I've got a much younger friend that I'm trying to learn how to free hand. He had one of those things. It has almost ruined his blade it is removed so much steel. Well anyway he don't have it anymore. LOL
You better be glad that I've got strikes on my community guidelines or I'd let your ass have it. I support Donald Trump 155% whether he got convicted or not he is a good man and he was leading this country in the right direction I'm sorry that you're missing formed and that you support child molesters.
Rooster, Haven't seen ya stream in a number of months. You inspired me to pick up and try good arks ( after having tried shit cheap ones many years ago ), after years of being happy with diamond plates and Japanese water stones, both natural and synthetic. After my learning journey with my set of Dan's arks( Soft, Hard, Translucent, Black all 10x3x1 or larger ) picked up over the course of a few years I've gotten an edge too sharp to even whittle my wife's pixie thin hair. Just pops in two as soon as it touches it. Just want to say thanks for making me give arks a second chance. Hope you hop on again for a sharpening or discussion stream, and hope all is well. Cheers, Chef Kev
I don't know what they want man they never give me a clear explanation of why they demonetized me other than I wasn't getting enough views and according to my RU-vid stats on average I'm getting between 30 and 100 new subscribers per month and about 30,000 viewing hours so I don't know what else they want
@@johnholmes6897 dude think about what you said. "Hot water is bad for your knife. That is a ignorant comment, anyone will agree. I think you need to look up the correct definition for ignorance.
@roughroosterknifesharpenin5531 on let me explain, maybe that will help. I've been a chef for 30 years. I only know to keep hot water from my good knives. So when you said the stone wants you to use warm but not hot water that's all I came up with. Which is something I've always been taught. Do with it what you want. Calling me ignorant for having knowledge, even limited, well that's on you. That says more about you than me. I'm only sharing what I have you are commenting on it.
@@rickwhitson2804 Well man, I get very little recognition. RU-vid discontinued me getting paid. I get more bs comments than anything etc. it's just not worth my time anymore. I always respond here and emails. So I figured I can continue to help people that way. I do appreciate the good convos. And the ones that are here to learn something new.
@@roughroosterknifesharpenin5531 Man I gotta be honest. That pisses me off to no end. I know one thing RU-vid can be absolutely weird about s***. I hate it. Look at some of them on here doing absolutely dumb s***and they are getting rich off of it
These kinds of instructive videos are too rare. No flexing, just a good instructional video that describes the somewhat neglected part of sharpening that's kind of a mystery to new sharpeners. Off to mess up a junker for science. Thank you sir, valuable info.
I just got my first 154cm knife it was tearing paper out of the box terrible I tried to sharpen made it worse unfortunately now it has scratches on the blade grrrr do u think I should send it back and would off grid knifes send me another? Thanks
A couple of thoughts: does anyone else find natural stones too slow on certain powder metallurgy? And, I’ll never abandon Arkansas stones, but Belgian blue stones are pretty incredible too. Enjoyed your channel!
Appreciate the video. I straight razor shave,and I always look for the hard arks from pike or Norton from the old days.I heard nothing but good things from dans. I use a translucent to finish my razors and the feel of it is buttery smooth/sharp.It’s the best razor finisher I’ve came across.
That is pretty impressive stuff ! Unfortunately we can't get that product this side of the pond [UK]. I get great results with 'Elbow Grease all purpose degreaser' and just found out they do a heavy duty degreaser too, so have ordered a few bottles of that to give it a try. I have a really gummed up stone with a great chip out of one end and am tempted to hot dip with that, then cut the end off and see how deep the cleaning goes after a few days, not that it matters that much, provided it's cleaned deep enough to work well. Thanks for the videos, you've got me fired up to get some work done.
I remember watching my grandfather about 60 years ago, reconditioning his stones. Soak in petrol for a few days then set fire to them to burn off petrol and dissolved oil, before lapping on an old mirror glass with some sort of sand. His stones were very old and large, and probably worth a small fortune today. He came from a long line of cabinet makers and his tools were always very sharp. I don't recommend this method to anyone ....... there are easier and no doubt safer ways, for both man and stone ;<)
@@roughroosterknifesharpenin5531 Sorry,I thought it was clear ..... don't soak in petrol then burn them off ;<) Your method is similar to mine and works great without a trip to the burns unit ;<) keep on grinding fella !
@@roughroosterknifesharpenin5531 I saw another video a while back on utoob where the guy alternates soak/washes in a de-greaser with heating up slowly to dry it out and then holding at 200F for a couple of hours in a small cooker over a bit of aluminum foil or a tray. The wash clears the pore only so far down, and the heating 'melts' or makes the oil deeper in the stone, go thin and run [or ooze] out of the newly cleaned pores it by gravity, and drips into the tray .... Rinse and repeat a few times as they say, till no more oil comes out. I recall he used it where the stone was badly discolored by years of oil/iron /dirt getting in deep and it seemed to work well and [I think he was working on big old expensive natural stones] and they turned from really dark, down to light colors. I'd like to watch that video again to check I've got it right, but can't seem to find it. I guess what ever method you use, if it gets the results you want it's good enough.
