Valid point MarcH. I was not looking with a loop or digital scope. Eyeballing in poor light. I have ordered both and will likely hold off on sharpening any others till it arrives. I am concerned about the Miyabi comment. I had also read the diamond stones might chip them. Does this go for the higher grits as well? The main driving force behind buying the WE system was to have something to hold consistent angles vs by hand with Whetstones. I see that there are ceramic and whetstone options for the WE the latter of which might be by another mfg. Would these be sufficient to stick with WE for sharpening those? or should I say for touch up. I dont ever plan on letting them get too dull but with regular use they will need touch up. High grit stones and stropping is what i was thinking but there is very little out here on those. I certainly wont tackle those for sometime. Will even the higher grit diamond stones chip those? When i was deciding the WE customer service wrote me back with some guidance on what stones for those and the only one that didnt come in the set was the 1500/2200 diamond.
Thanks tcmeyer. appreciate the insight. i see both you guys in a lot of threads. I will target 20 for the CC knives. It is likely i simply reprofiled that one steak knife. It did seem to take a while. Certainly am glad I am starting with these. Hope i made the right choice in sharpening systems. I dont ever see sharpening those Miyabis enough to get good enough to be comfortable with free handing them. I would need to go back to practicing on the crappy knifes on the whetstones. Maybe just different media is what I need for those on the WE.
Thanks again. Really appreciate the guidance. Excited to get back to practicing.
