Originally Posted by
upthywazzoo
Primarily kitchen knives. Some foldable pocket knives. They're not all the same hardness of steel...not sure if that makes a difference? Longest blade about 8", shortest 3.125"
Edit: I also have a Fiskars splitting axe. That probably requires its own whetstone?
My instinct would be to keep axes away from kitchen knife stuff, but I have no evidence for that (nor any experience with an axe in the last three decades).
Knife-wise, the default budget option would be a King 1000/3000 combo. The bang-for-the-buck would be the Bester 1200/ Suehiro Rika 5000 (and Beston 500 if you need a coarse starter).
For nicer options, I like this one (out of stock now):
https://www.japanesenaturalstones.co...-matukusuyama/ and pair it with this:
https://www.japanesenaturalstones.co...-matukusuyama/ (
WhyFi - it's in stock!). Then there's the JapaneseKnifeImports diamond stone set, which is awesome but expensive. The 1k is OOS, but the 6k is in stock:
https://www.japaneseknifeimports.com...6000-stone-kit. His in-house Gesshin three-stone combo kit is well-regarded but I haven't used it. I haven't seen him stock anything bad, though.
Don't be shy if you have any follow-up questions!