Knife Sharpening - Dan's Whetstones Aluminum Oxide Sharpening Stone

Knives used
Microtech Socom Elite Custom
Y-Start JIN02
Steel type
M390
D2


Knives tested:
Kershaw Crown 8cr13mov
Imanishi 400/1k/6k white compound - 164 flat
Imanishi 400/1k/6k white compound - 152 belly

Kershaw Crown 8cr13mov
Beston 500 white compound - 220 flat
Beston 500 white compound - 190 belly

Protech/Boker Kwaiken Factory Edge - (spool) 187.7 flat

Benchmade Mini Crooked River s30v
Factory Edge -
(clips) 208.4 flat, 198 belly
(spool) 175.3 flat, 160.3 belly

Spyderco Farid K-2
Used edge from BBB - 131 flat

Spyderco Paramilitary 2 in s110v
Used edge from BBB - 158 flat

Bestech Knives Warwolf D2 - Test 1
Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop CBN 2 micron - 155

Bestech Knives Warwolf D2 - Test 2
test 1 - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 195
test 2 - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 184
test 3 - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 144

Bestech Knives Warwolf D2 - Test 3
test 1 Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop CBN 2 micron - 156
test 2 Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop CBN 2 micron - 146

Buck Bantam 420HC
(test 1) Shapton Glass 500/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 218
(test 2) Shapton Glass 500/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 100

Rat 2 - D2 - CBN
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN strop white compound - 77
(test 2) 400/1500 CBN strop white compound - 87

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - S110V
(test 1) Sic 240/1k/2.5k/naniwa 3k/Shapton Pro 5k/Cbn strop 2/1/0.5 micron - 81 flat
(test 2) Sic 240/1k/2.5k/naniwa 3k/Shapton Pro 5k/Cbn strop 2/1/0.5 micron - 114 belly

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - CTS-XHP
(test 1) - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k Cbn strop 1/0.5 micron - 84 flat
(test 2) - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k Cbn strop 1/0.5 micron - 82 belly

Benchmade Griptilian Cabela's Exclusive - D2
(test 1) 240/1K/2.5K/5K/Cbn 2 micron strop, diamond 1 micron, 0.5, 0.25 - 111 flat
(test 2)240/1K/2.5K/5K/Cbn 2 micron strop, diamond 1 micron, 0.5, 0.25 - 84 belly

Protech Newport - 154cm
(test 1) - Hapstone 320/1k/2k/5k/metal polish strop - 55 flat
(test 2) - Hapstone 320/1k/2k/5k/metal polish strop - 55 belly

Benchmade Mini Crooked River - S30V
(test 1) Imanishi 400/1k/6k white compound - 62 flat
(test 2) Imanishi 400/1k/6k white compound - 88 belly

Chris Reeve Small Inkosi - s35vn
(test 1) 240/1k/2.5k/5k strop white compound - 105 flat
(test 2) 240/1k/2.5k/5k strop white compound - 71 belly

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 1 CBN
Used factory edge - 274
400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 168

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 2 CBN
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 177
(test 2) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 142

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 3 CBN
(test 1) 400 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 311
(test 2) 400 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 135
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 130
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 207

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 1 SIC
240/1000 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 123
240/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 105

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 2 SIC
(test 1 clips) 240/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 154
(test 2 spool) 240/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 132

Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 3 SIC
(test 1) 240/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 104 flat
(test 2) 240/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 98 belly

Ganzo Auto - 440c Convex
(test 1) 400/1k/6k/strop metal polish - 80 flat
(test 2) 400/1k/6k/strop metal polish - 103 belly

Prometheus Design Werx Invictus - 154cm
(test 1) 120/500/1k/2k/4k/6k/8k - 75 flat
(test 1) 120/500/1k/2k/4k/6k/8k - 99 belly

Nagao Higonokami - White Steel
(test 1) 320/1k/2k/5k/strop white compound - 53 flat
(test 2) 320/1k/2k/5k/strop white compound - 54 belly

Socom Elite Marfione Custom - M390
Dan's Aluminum Oxide - 123 flat

Y-Start JIN02 - D2
Dan's Aluminum Oxide - 123 flat