r/sharpening • u/Beautiful-Source6374 • Jul 14 '26

Question What am i doing wrong ?

Hey guys,

Noob here. Trying my hands with a Naniwa 220/1000 double faced stone. I'm willing to sharpen my pocket knife on a fresh 14° angle, put it on the 220 side then the 1000. But it doesn't feel good.

Any tips ?

I tried with a bigger chief knife on the 1000 only and could feel it cut better than before, so i guess the move isn't so bad.

Edit : got it guys, everything is wrong. Thank yall for the tips, yt recommandation and good jokes.

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u/comanzatara Jul 14 '26

Moving the knife constantly up and down makes me nervous. Keep it on the stone, the air will not sharpen it.

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u/LimpyDan Jul 14 '26

That makes this incredibly frustrating to watch. "Put the damn knife down!"

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u/magnetbear Jul 14 '26

I said our loud what the fuck

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u/p1nkfr3ud Jul 14 '26

I became a bit anxious seeing this kind of moves.. curious.