$10 VS $400 Water Stone Sharpening! 

I use diamond stones to sharpen my tools (chisels and planes) because they’re incredibly hard and flat and don’t wear quickly 👌🏼 Each tool has it’s purpose

DBK: 6 minutes 37 seconds to sharp. Me: 6 Hours 37 minutes still dull.

Got myself the cheapest wet stones (Bear Moo 3000-8000 grit). Been using them for 3 years now for both my kitchen and utility knives. There's a huge curve in them since I don't really bother flattening them but I just follow the curve. For me 50$ stones do the job, no need to spend upward of 200$ to get em' nice and sharp

Every time there is a DBK sharpening video i click as fast I can

Thanks for the creativity, novelty and finally a so usefull video. You guys are tracking back to the core of your channel sucess

Just wanted to say thank you for your videos. Your reviews, advice and explanations on sharpening have been extremely helpful. I purchased the Benchmade Puukko knife and love it, now I'm looking at some higher quality knives you have recommended. You have been helping this old dog out a lot. Thanks.

Hahaha, the “ik ben Mikkie” out of nowhere really caught me off guard😆😆 great video as usual!

I would love to see a comparison between your waterstones and diamond sharping stones from DMT! Great video!

Another great video review guys. Much appreciated. I just started to learn to sharpen in the past year . Hope to be as good as you both someday..lol. right now I've been using the worksharp field self guided sharpening system. Which does ok for my needs though now after seeing this video will definitely have to get the diamond sharpening set off your website. Have a wonderful weekend guys.

I had one of these cheap stones. It was great for three uses and then I binned it. I now use a set of cheap diamond plates, a fallkniven dc521and a good strop. Perfect and cost less than £100 in total.

cmon the stones did a wonderful job they sharpened the knife after all didn't they? And if you have knives in the 50 euro range it makes no sense to get stones that are more expensive than your knives. It is like spending more money to clean the car than the cost of the car..

"Otherwise we wouldn't have a good clickbait video" 😆

I have a cheap stone and all my blades are shaving sharp, I have just ordered a CC4 but that is mainly for taking camping. Cheap stone and a strop (I use autosol metal polish on it) works great together

You should do a review on KING STONES!!

YOU guys are VERY ENTERTAINING....as an ex-patriot of the Netherlands..it's refreshing to see you guys

Great vids guys, You guys should make a knife with mora, maybe the kansbol in carbon and without a profile grind ?

So basically if you're wondering what to buy, don't buy either... thanks boys, you cleared that up a treat! :)

Thanks for the over share

Hi, knife people ! :) I like your channel. I have watched the videos with the whetstones (Naniwa and Shapton). I recently (one month ago) buyed Chosera 3000 (with plastic base) and after only 10 sharpening sessions with only splashing (without soaking), it developed a little crack on a side, in the middle. Could you please give me some advices about how to take care of this stone ! Thank you!

Hey would you guys look into doing a review on the back river puukko?

Classic DBK is comfort food.

Bushkrafting with cleaver please!

The intro guy makes me wonder if that's how I look like when sharpening. Like a happy goofball

Hi, if was to buy a set of 3 Naniwa Professional stones, which grits would make a good 3-stone set? Thanks

For the average person the cheap stones ROCK. Even if you have to flatten them ever couple uses thats fine. Most folks will sharpen 1-3x a year and if the 3000 isnt really 3000 just buy the 6000 for $10 and youre good. I can do this buy-ise-flatten and replace like 5x for the money

Pissed myself when Maarten went for his arm at 3:26 Got my Mora Garberg yesterday, cheers from Scotland.

I'm really pleased with this! It works like a charm ru-vid.comUgkxDcr-y2Pf6xdnrFHrSP7dl9kpKaCozcSQ Takes less time than my old electric sharpener because it can take more off the knife faster, and then it smooths out nicely with the finer grit polisher. I don't know how long it will last before the grit wears away, but I wouldn't mind having to replace it every once in a while.

Hey guys, I was wondering if y’all could review the Gerber strongarm. I use mine all the time and I love it. Thanks and great video as always, with regards from the USA 🇺🇸

I have a set of 2 stones 4 grits that say they r bearmoo but look identical to the cheap stones yes they r soft but they work great

It’s not the same speed but just for a few more minutes u can save lots of money

Best hard core good edge retention knife for under 150??? So far i have the mora gerberg carbon black and the crowbar with an edge

Yeees a video i am sooo happy

I got my set for 29 dollars on Amazon n I got say I'm very happy with them. Its not the stone that makes the blade sharp but the person doing the technique

This was the most damn epic legendary video ever! For real though. This was a great vid. Thank you for wasting your money and time so we don’t have to. Have you ever considered doing a pattern giveaway for a Chosera stone?

I was just trying to buy a sharpening stone and came across your video, this was fucking fantastic to watch. Ill sub just cause.

Dang and I have been using wet dry sandpaper on a piece of granite like a sucker, it does have the benefit letting you know when it's sharp, because it will start cutting the paper.

If I didn't remember it's Friday here, I'd have missed your update. What happened? It's not shown in my subscription.

I have Naniwa diamond series and I have Naniwa Professional series. Are professionals same as choseras? Non of mine has plastic base. I have to put them on separate bases.

Maarten one word for you; Imodium. Could you guys do a sharpening video on the Ken Onion sharpener with attachment? Thanks.

1095 was good enough for generations before us. Now its considered "soft tool steel"

When will Mikkies album come out?

Hello DBK! Your Choseras, how long have you used them for? I am wondering how long they will last before they wear out. I know it depends, but how long have yours lasted?

Thursday just got better!

What was the company whetstones that you bought? Looking for a 3000/8000 stone for the cheap.

Can you review the bark river v44 Bowie please

I personally like the dmt diamond sharpeners. All my knives are regular steels (no powdered steel, or how dbk likes to say: super steel). I'd like to see them sharpen cpm 3v and similar steels on dmt duo sharp sharpeners.

Odd question, but I have a knife that I believe is a vintage mora but I'm not sure and was wondering if you could help me out with it?

Cheap stone buyer here... why spend the money on something I will sharpen once every two years... even when they are sharp the only things I’m cutting is onions, cabbage, tomatoes, zucchini’s, chicken or steaks for stir frying... Great video and comparison

Usually you can buy cheap but good sharpening stones in tool-shops than in knife shops, where a lot of hype is included in price :)

When i started getting serious with my sharpening and my 2 sided stone (i don’t know the grit i guess 400/1000or1500#) just wasn’t enough anymore i bought a similar set of amazon ,but i was really disappointed to find out that the 400# and the 8000# felt exactly the same and that even my old stone felt much smoother . After that i went a bit overboard and bought sharpening equipment for a 1000€ or so xD but my knifes do be sharp dough .

What about suehiro stones?

I just got a ckf t15 made from m398 and I've been trying to sharpen it for a week. I use a 1000 grit ceramic stone... it's barely doing anything. To be fair I'm used to tool steels, and I tried to reprofile the m398 on it. So now I'm about a week into a month's work lol. With something like d2 a steel I am a fan of for my edc work knives this would be about 12 hours of work. Then when I touch them up it takes me about half hour. I didn't know there could be that much of a difference between any of the premium steels vs d2 even at 62hrc

Please do a video on the kme sharpener with a convex rod (You may need to borrow one there not cheap)

I do love my Fallkniven DC4, I've had it for years and it's still my go to for quickly putting an edge on something... For other sharpening I have a relatively cheap King combination water stone that works well enough for the crappy knives I own. However this video is definitely making me covet a set of Naniwa stones...

Hey DBK, great Video Where can i listen to that fantastic song from Wodanboys? Greatings from Germany ; )

Ever use shapton glass?

Make a video of you guys reviewing survival Lilly's new knife the Apo-1H

befor watching, like becouse u made an videoo!! great guys- go on :D :D greetings from Austria :D

you should try out spyderco ceramic benchstone

I own both Ha No Kuromaku & Chosera stones, BUT I still go back to my favorite Shapton Glass stones.

Hey you guys should check out the king hyper stones. The 1k cuts about as fast as the naniwa pro 1k but its about twice as thick as the naniwa pro.

what should i get if i dont want to spend a couple hundred dollars on stones but I don't want the cheap ones either. anyone know of good stones that fall somewhere in between these 2

Hi DBK I loved the video you guys are awesome!! Also you should do a review on the Kabar Becker bk16. It is the bk2 little brother. It is very budget friendly. I think you guys would like. It.❤❤❤DBK

I use a 20E diamond 2 sided @stone@ and a strop, I get shaving results with some work. this video is awesome if if it`s the 10`th time I see it.

I mean, I get my f1 pro scary sharp on a 25$ stone, with a strop after ofc

6 minutes to sharpen CPM3V ? I had to buy a Shapton glass seven to sharpen my D2 Ontario and I am still not able to get a sharp edge on that knife.

Have you guys had a chance to try the Shapton Glass series? Definitely not a cheap option, but I’ve been very happy with their performance. The 8000 didn’t leave quite the finish I had hoped for, and the 16000 was still a little shy of what I would expect. The cheaper ones I’ve tried off Amazon have worked (Mikarto, was actually a pretty decent cheap option, and I’ve actually purchased their chef and Santoku knives, and those are actually quite nice). Though you do end up resurfacing a lot. Personally, I don’t mind. It’s more a hobby than a necessity to me most of the time. I will say the sharp pebble though, whichever was the white/green, the green side just deteriorated and I think dulled my knives. The King Waterbear 4000 left one of the nicer mirror polished though, and was fairly cheap. $35-45 I think... Anyways, just curious if you guys had any experience with the Shapton Glass, before I went on a tangent. Haha. Good stuff though guys!

Sweet...

You guys must get your hands on the new bark river puukko. Also, DBK using an ESEE that's not the junglas???

Which set of stones(most universal I guess) would be better for steels like 1095, Viking, CPM 3V, Vanadis 4E, PGK, Nitrobe 77: Naniwa Professional 400, 1000, 3000 or Shapton Pro 320, 1500, 2000? + a stone to eventually reprofile/ get rid of chips like Shapton Pro 120

I know that it’s a bushcraft channel, but could you maybe make a video in which you say English words in Duch? Enjoying your videos, keep up the great work. Ga zo door jongens.

I have been thinking on water stones lately but I thought those F'ing Dutchman have given me nothing on water stones then I look at youtube and here is my hero's and the water stones I have been looking at.

The real question is how sharp do you really need a knife? I will not believe that many people need a knife sharper than the cheap stones will make a knife. I have cheap water stones like in the video in 1000, 2000, and 5,000, plus one that I think is made by somebody else labeled 10,000. It doesn't "feel" like 10,000 when compared to the other stones, but then reviews of the one I bought people swear it really is 10,000. It's not like there is an industry standard on grit, and different brands or lines of stones, different materials etc, can all effect how a stone feels. You still need to strop the edge with any stones. If you have to do some serious edge repair, get a cheap low grit diamond stone like the four sided one from Harbor Freight that's like $12. Then all you need is a couple of those $10 stones, some wet/dry sand paper of 1000, 2000, 3000, grit, then a leather belt with polishing compound. I use the green Harbor Freight polishing compound. 90% of my sharpening is simply stropping on the wet/dry paper and then the leather strop. Only occasionally will I start on my 1000 grit cheap stone, rarely do I go any higher as I can't tell a difference skipping the higher grit stones and stropping vs. working through the higher grit stones then stropping. and very rarely, only when reprofiling an edge will I ever even use the cheap diamonds. I have the thin set of diamond plates from Harbor Freight as well that I occasionally resurface my stones with or grind the spine of a knife flat. Watch some Kyle Noseworthy for my favorite sharpener I've found on youtube. You can watch 10 different sharpening videos and see 10 different ways of doing things. The only things are to hit the right angle you need, and minding your burrs. This is the longest comment I've ever left on youtube, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk!

Have you guys ever used the Victorinox sharpening stone? Not the pen, I mean an orange small semi-cilinder. I'm new to Bushcraft and freehand sharpening and it seems that, here in Brazil, that stone the best price for benefit choice (costs 27 Brazilian bucks), but I'd like to hear from you guys, who are way more experienced. Big fan of you guys. God bless you, DBK boys

For 400 bucks I'll just keep sending my knives to you guys to sharpen. I only have to sharpen my knife once a year. LOL

I almost bought the US$2/6 whetstone that's 15cm but I wisely bought the King Deluxe 1200 coz' it had a cool price for a new old stock w/ a small damage (a nick). God bless.

For someone who's just starting to learn how to sharpen... What is a low priced "knife" you'd recommend using to practice on? (For those of us that don't want to experiment and make mistakes on a Fallkniven).

Paper is a relatively inaccurate sharpness test, it's better for checking burs along the edge of your knife, a better way is to see if it will shave, or take a piece of paper fold it in half, stand it up and try to cut in the fold all the way down.

I need to sharpen tungsten carbide

Like from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

How are these guys only at 250k they are hilarious

Damn how worn out thin is the stone at the beginning of the video. A couple of considerations. 3V is not a supersteel suited to test stones, it's pretty easy to sharpen. Try some steels rich in vanadium carbides like m4, s90v, 110v or even m390 and the story will change. Also Naniwa diamond stones are crazy overpriced, Venev build some excellent resin bonded stones for less than 1/3rd of the price, and even boutique stuff like the vitrified CBM stones from PracticalSharpening are half the Naniwa diamonds. The guy is also dutch like you, you should try those out.

The naniwa diamond stones are slower because they’re resin bonded. Try a vitrified diamond stone ;)

Guys. I really need one of those jackets!

I mean what if you have enough time to sit there and sharpen it? Is speed the only competition here?

why on cheap stones you started from 8000 and finished on 3000 ?

Or use a flat piece of glass with wet sand paper

Yay!

Ya fine. But what would you guys recommend for good budget stones, ie. not expensive but still good enough stones if you are on a budget? Thanks.

You guys should try the smiths tri-hone it's the bees knees

Leuke video!

Make a video about helle nying

I was literally jus looking for a stone

Hey DBK! Are you guys still or are designing a knife? I remember you saying that you were working with Dulo, I'm not sure. If you are, any updates?

I bought those cheap "brandless" stones thinking I'd be a smart ass and not pay a fortune for Naniwas that would do the same job, but just wear much less faster. Well, not only do the cheap stones wear off like they're made of compacted sand, but they're not consistent at all, they have rough spots caused by what seems to be little rocks in them, they soak up water like sponges and I just cannot sharpen some of my knives on them (it's like they hate VG-10 or something) and because of that I lower the lifespan of my knives by removing material from the blade without even sharpening the damn thing. I have knives, but I can't sharpen them properly! They are a total waste of time and money and I'd much rather pay for ONE Naniwa and a strop than a full set of those stones. Once I get better equipment and I can finally give my knives the proper edge they deserve so that I can use them without crying tears of pain every time you can bet your ass I'm gonna smash the crap out of those cheap stones.

i would just buy a worksharp and a DBK strop to finish it off

Been waiting for a vid like this

I tried those cheap stones and immediately threw them away, bought some real Arkansas stones. Razor sharp🤘

I have cheap stones 🤫 the grit numbers are bs. You can hear the coarseness on them had to re-number and sharpen by ear.

I just got my knife crazy sharp on some sharpening stone in my barn probably from 1940