How to clean your whetstones 

thanks for the input. i'm glad i wasn't lying!

who are the manufacturers of these erasers and where can I get them?

They're in the description right at the top.

Thank you for the review!!!

Isn't the rust eraser with the white writing the medium and the one with black/dark blue a course?

Did you use the coarse or fine rust eraser?

Your previous Nagura you were using was literally wearing down the Venev? I’m really surprised by that wow

oh.... that's in the works

right on. glad i'm not lying!

just doing my best and keeping it real.

I find that 2000 grit sandpaper does the job even better; it cleans the surface nicely, and flattens waterstones slowly so that you can use the sandpaper with every use without any problems.

ı use 180 grit sandpaper and my stone now not working what should ı do

Sure you figured it out by now, but hit it with a diamond plate if you have one. Some stones don't respond well to sandpaper, especially if grit is too high or low ​@ibrahimakpnar3008

right on. let me know how it works. what whetstones do you have?

Whetstone flattening and maintenance, a video by him about flattening. The rust erasers shouldn’t change the grit. The very top surface may get a little changed, especially if you use one that is really coarse. But, after a few passes it should be back to normal for the most part. If not, fine sandpaper, a nagura, or something similar will bring it back.

no, I just used the rust erasers. It takes off as little of the stone as possible. It also does not alter the grit of your whetstone.

I tried cleaning the 6000 grit polishing side of my King 1K/6K combo stone, which needs cleaning pretty regularly in use, and the medium grit sabitoru rust eraser seemed to be leaving finer particles embedded in the polishing stone surface. I didn't like the feel of that - wasn't sure if was a good idea to continue. Anyone found that in the higher grit stones? Maybe I didn't soak it in water long enough - Sabitoru recommend soaking for a while

@@dan1931 I tried the rust eraser and it did the same to my king 4000! Maybe it’s cause we are both Dans

The Rust Eraser is not a stone. It is a polymer with grit in it.

If you're cleaning the stone then yes i would be careful to use the same water. Not a big deal but I'd watch out for it.

Yup. Good approach. Eventually you Will have gained most of the academic knowledge. At that point you need serious sharpening experience. I started becoming quite confident and very effective after 200 - 300. Don’t worry you won’t wreck your knives. But eventually you’ll be able to get them razor sharp without thinking about it. Eventually you’ll learn your own tricks that even RU-vid won’t tell you about. Even after 400 sharpenings, I recently had my wire- burr edge after sharpening on a fine 3000 grit come off the blade just like a fine long hair. Lol. I’ve yet to see that on RU-vid, by anyone. So give yourself some time and after a couple years he will be very good. I’m thoroughly convinced anyone can be as good as Japanese if you apply yourself and our OCD enough.

what did you get to clean your King 1000/6000 stone?? would you mind adding a link please

Patback22 KRAMER by ZWILLING Cleaning Stone for Sharpening Stones off of Amazon.

sure. will do a followup

Any time!

store.burrfection.com/collections/accessories/products/sabitoru-rust-eraser?variant=3203735080150

how Howard! its' going to be a great 2018! Happy New Year, and catch you in 2018!

haha. many people will strop on leather even after polishing on a 20K stone. it's all good.

go cerax 1k, and get polishing stone later one. always invest in good 1000 stone first.

Yes, use a nagura before sharpening and the stone won't load up to begin with

hmmm. i never measure my stones, but from now on, when i feature stones, i'll try to remember to mention their lengths

Just keeping it real!

use up what you have, then pick up something new when its' time. don't purchase anything unless you really need to

if you want mirror polish. i don't like mirror polishes for my knives.

I'm assuming you mean mirror polishes when using 5000 or 8000 grit? So when do you use 1000 or 3000?

What’s a good one for the chosera 800

@@bri3449 king is a good brand to start from

@@Ace-cv1xd :( I don’t think they make an 800g one

if you already have a plate you are using, you don't need to pick up anything else. plates do tend to be a bit aggressive, but if you are happy with the results, just keep at it. just use what you have

coolness, thanks for sharing your experience.

Falcon take them out of the water at them dry before putting them away too much water may activate the materials used🕶"

nice!

@@Burrfection weird how your replying 2 years after you made the video

cleaning is simply removing load up on the stone. you can flatten, but that takes off a bit more materials, and costs a lot more money to get a flattening stone, than just a stone cleaner. i use the atoma 140 for flattening, but it's pricey burrfectionstore.com/collections/accessories/products/atoma-diamond-sharpener

Yup!

Hey Friend, thanks for sharing the great story. Please stay in touch and Happy New Year!

Yup

Glad you liked it

Never used it above 5k but most likely

Richard Beaudoin he has a amazon store the link is in the description

i have no idea.... bought bits and pieces when i could. i only use 2 stones for 90% of my sharpening needs burrfectionstore.com/collections/whetstones-sharpening-kits/products/naniwa-by-ryky-800-3000-professional-combo-stone-set i rarely ever use anything else unless my knives need repair

kit.com/Burrfection/best-of-2017, that's my list of top picks for 2017, and you can watch my video of best knives 2017 that was uploaded a couple of weeks ago.

Burrfection so will any of those work on chicken bones as well? Don’t want to spend good money and breaking it because of my lack of knowledge lol sorry if these are stupid questions 😁

yeah they will all work. chicken is pretty straight forward, but if you want something VERY specific, go for a boning knife amzn.to/2EH1qsI. a great budget one is Mercer

Burrfection cool thanks so much for answering, I think I will look at the Enso HD hammered 8 inch, for all around use. It will be a gift for someone so I wanted to make sure it was a good all around quality. I like the look and is only $129 on Amazon right now. Thanks again

your shapton plate should be used for flattening, not cleaning. so, yes, you CAN use it for cleaning, but it simply takes off too much material for daily use for cleaning.

he sharpened a freakin butter knife man, this guy does not know what he is talking about. Multiple engeneers developed those 300$ lapping plates you have and I'm soon going to have one myself. i just got the dmt 95 and have a granite slab thats Flat to 2.5 microns. He claims you do not have to have that accuracy because of some reason he half explained. he knows more about making videos than flattening stones. he has to have a reason for use to watch. There are so many videos about diamond lapping and using sand paper that he has to say they don't work so watch my videos. Yes the nagera stones work and smooth your stone out the erasers do good as well. You always get what you pay for especially when it comes to tools. men don't play around when it comes to tools. these are not cell phones or ikea furniture. we are talking about something you shave with on the skin of your face. you can sharpen your razor with an 4000 norton water thats been used to sharpen 3 different blades and not even strop it and still it will cut beard hair. It just won't cut like a a razor should if you don't use a flat surface. those lapping plates are awesome and you will tell a difference between a 20$ tool and a n almost 400. going with the very expensive shapton glass stones are much better than any stone around and its not preference its performance. if this dude prefers to have to struggle through a shave then thats his preference.

Erich Taylor he is good if somebody got offended is their problem F haters

Erich Taylor I don’t think he’s into razors Or shaving. Seems more like a kitchen knife guy.