Sharpening a fillet knife

[Cricketcage]

I use Kwik Sharp crock sticks to get a decent edge, the package doesn't tell me the grit size. While filleting, I keep an EZE-Lap diamond hone stick with me to touch up the edge. It is a model M, which is medium - and I think is 600 grit. Not the sharpest edge you can get, but it does a good job with filleting. I have stones and can get a very fine edge when I want, but I've grown lazy over the years and the crock sticks do a good job quickly.

[Eagle 1]

I use a Ark. stone , both Soft and hard . We have a rule in our house that no knife gets put in a sink . Good way to get a serious cut .

[Central Minn]

I use the worksharp (ken onion edition), too. It gets blades scary sharp real quick. The instructions say to use a medium speed, which is great until the final polish. Run it at the slowest possible speed for final polishing. You'll be impressed.

^^^^The worksharp is easy to use....I even have sharp knives now...

[Bendalu]

Do you know if elec fillet knives can be drug across a graywhetstone with a any success?

[Hanr3]

I sharped my blades with stones and oil. I sharpen until I can cut the hair off my arm with little effort.

[Luvfatslabs]

worksharp for me

[Brimfisher]

For the most part I use a steel. If I feel I need to, I will use a diamond sharpener then hone with the steel.

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[stormcloud]

Do you know if elec fillet knives can be drug across a graywhetstone with a any success?

Yes, I engage my knife and drag it across the stone a couple of times each side. Don't worry about the valleys. Been doing it for years. Don't have to do
it often.

[Don Fischer]

I just use one of two sharpener's I have. A Smith and a Lansky. Both simply pull along the edge. No clue how many scrapes it actually takes but when I'm done I drag them over a steel. My only concern is that my knives cut!

[Jamesdean]

I watched dad with his two sided oil stone growing up. In the service we had an oil bath three stone set up with a hard plastic base that had a holder for the part that held the stones. In the base was a trough the stones sat in. One could take a very dull knife and have it surgical sharp in just a very little bit, then hit it a lick or two on a steel...I can attest to one extremely sharp knife. I still have a very prominent scare on my little finger where it was cut to the bone...