Then there is natural stone - e.g. Arkansas and such. A very fine grit.
I was making some while in college - small pocket ones for the Ag guys.
They always had a nice knife in their pocket - and so did I. My room
Mate during frosh year was AG - and got me introduced.

Martin

On 10/31/2011 7:51 PM, CW wrote:


"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message ...

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:35:30 -0700, jtpr wrote:

Anyway it seems I probably need 2, a course and a fine. I was hoping to
find somebody who made a dual sided block, but I guess not. Who would
you all recommend that is the best bang for the buck?

Hoo boy, did you open a can of worms. There's oil stones, water stones ,
ceramic stones, diamond stones, ad infinitum. At least the oil stones
and water stones come in man made and natural. And then there's
ScarySharp, narrow belt sanders, ...
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Did you see the part where he said he was sharpening carbide?