Knife sharpening station

Whetstones, diamond plates and leather strops for sharpening knives by hand. Swedish: knivslip.

Grit guide

• Damaged or very dull edge: start at 320–600.

• Step up by roughly 300–600 grit each round.

• Kitchen knives: going finer than 3000 rarely makes a difference.

Strops

Only one of the leather strops is for use with polishing compound — check the marking on the back.

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