Hi guys.
I have the following diamond grit stones, all brand new:
100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2200.
i am manually breaking them in. I have a cheap practice knife i purchased to do it.
so i figure 20 sharpening sessions to break them in, 50 strokes per grit per session = 1000 strokes with each grit.
Question: is this the same for all grits? or will the lower grits require fewer strokes to break in and the higher grits more strokes?
Thanks.
Try to look at the break-in differently. You are figuring or using a counting method that will mechanically get the stones broken in with time and effort. What I suggest is you pay attention to the stone’s feel, of each grit, grit by grit, as you use them. Use the break-in time to familiarize yourself with how the stones feel new as compared to how feel as you use them towards, they’re full break-in. Learn from the experience, as you use each grit during the break-in.
The finer grits require less time and effort to break them in whereas the coarser grits may require more time and effort before you feel them cleaning up and become more consistent. Take advantage of the break-in period besides familiarizing yourself with the grits usefulness and the associated size of the scratch pattern. But you also can familiarize yourself with and practice the practical sharpening strokes and directions we use with the W.E. on a regular basis. Don’t waste the break-in learning opportunity.
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I break my coarser stones in profiling/sharpening my chisels. Then I go to knives.