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I bought a whestone and I am looking to sharpen some knives. It says on the net that you need some sort of oil. Will gun oil do or is there another oil I have to buy?
 
Use Honing oil....you should be able to get it at most decent cutlery shops
 
Ugh, I gotta buy more oil? Cant I use gun oil?

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Im not a petrochemical engineer, but my understanding is that Honing oil has a slightly different formulation than gun oil.

Its pretty cheap,and I think you can even find it in Walmart.....I use "Case" brand oil, but there are dozens of other brands....and it does make a difference on your edge.

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Sorry.....just saw your location , so ignore the Walmart comment....you can get it easily enough on Amazon as well.
 
I bought a whestone and I am looking to sharpen some knives. It says on the net that you need some sort of oil. Will gun oil do or is there another oil I have to buy?

I just use a honing steel for everyday use or, if I want a really sharp blade, I use a hand-held ceramic sharpener. The sharper they are, the quicker they dull. IMHO

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From my understanding any light oil will work, the oil carries away the sloughed off bits of steel.
A lot of old timers mixed mineral oil with kerosene 1:1.
 
I use air tool oil but suspect that any light oil (3-in-1?) or even water will do. Since oil and water do not mix stick with one or the other so as not to gum up your stone. Some insist on using only food safe mineral oils. The idea is not to lubricate the stone but to keep the swarf (gunk) from clogging up the stone's grit which gives it the ability to cut (scratch?) so, what ever you use, keep the stone's surface clean.
 
I use air tool oil but suspect that any light oil (3-in-1?) or even water will do. Since oil and water do not mix stick with one or the other so as not to gum up your stone. Some insist on using only food safe mineral oils. The idea is not to lubricate the stone but to keep the swarf (gunk) from clogging up the stone's grit which gives it the ability to cut (scratch?) so, what ever you use, keep the stone's surface clean.

Thanks, I tried it with water and my knives are sharper now!
 
I bought a whestone and I am looking to sharpen some knives. It says on the net that you need some sort of oil. Will gun oil do or is there another oil I have to buy?

Yes. Gun oil is fine. Or you can use mineral oil. This assumes the stone is not a water stone. In that case you lubricate with water. Ceramic stones work fine with water as well. The trick is to maintain a consisten angle throughout the sharpening process. Good luck.
 
Chef's Choice 300 sharpener here. Good and quick.
 
Thanks, I tried it with water and my knives are sharper now!


The ancestral farm had an antique grindstone with a bicycle-like frame - one sat on it and pedaled to turn the stone. There was a small metal hopper mounted above the stone that dribbled water on it - worked great!
 
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