{"id":9206,"date":"2025-12-29T08:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/?post_type=product&p=9206"},"modified":"2025-12-29T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:50:48","slug":"diamond-stropping-compound","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/produkt\/diamond-stropping-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Stropping Compound"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Jacob\u2019s Journey<\/strong><\/summary>

I have sharpened my knives on whetstones for around 20 years.<\/p>

(30+ minutes per knife)
In the beginning, I sharpened on inexpensive aluminum oxide stones that needed to be soaked in water. I did not achieve the results I was hoping for, and my skills did not improve, even though I put a lot of effort into it.<\/p>

Later, I realized that sharpening well on soft aluminum oxide stones requires a great deal of experience.
Partly because the stones are soft and remove less material from the knife. This means you need to maintain a perfectly stable angle by hand in order to sharpen at all on cheaper stones.
A classic bootstrapping paradox.<\/p>

(15 minutes or less per knife)
In my late twenties, I invested in Japanese splash and go whetstones, and that changed everything for me.
Naniwa and Shapton are good examples of manufacturers producing excellent Japanese splash and go stones.<\/p>

Over the past years, I have tested and examined hundreds of sharpening stones to find something I genuinely want to use myself and sell.<\/p>

(5 minutes or less per knife)
In 2024, I began testing coated and bonded diamond stones, and once again the game changed.<\/p>

Because diamond is harder than steel, it can sharpen any type of steel and it does so quickly.
From carbon steel without chromium carbides to HAP40 with a high vanadium carbide content, diamond can handle it all.<\/p>

And good luck sharpening most super steels like ZDP189, HAP40, and similar steels on ceramic whetstones.
It is going to take a very long time.<\/p><\/details>

Sharpening Guide<\/strong><\/summary>

Beginners:<\/p>

Use the free angle guide to learn how to maintain a consistent angle by hand.<\/p>

  1. #250 coated diamond<\/p><\/li><\/ol>

    Shape the edge. Hold a stable angle. Use light to moderate pressure. Work until a small burr forms along the entire edge.<\/p>

    1. #1150 coated diamond<\/p><\/li><\/ol>

      Refine the scratch pattern and reduce the burr. Use lighter pressure and flip the knife frequently.<\/p>

      1. Leather strop<\/p><\/li><\/ol>

        Use only strokes away from the edge. Plain leather or a very small amount of diamond paste is sufficient.<\/p>

        Professionals:<\/p>

        1. #250 coated diamond (edge profiling)<\/p><\/li>

        2. #1000 bonded diamond stone (splash-and-go whetstone)<\/p><\/li>

        3. #3000 bonded diamond stone (splash-and-go whetstone)<\/p><\/li>

        4. #6000 bonded diamond stone (splash-and-go whetstone)<\/p><\/li>

        5. #12000 bonded diamond stone (splash-and-go whetstone)<\/p><\/li>

        6. Leather strop with 1.5W diamond paste (1 micron)<\/p><\/li><\/ol><\/details>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Jacob\u2019s Journey I have sharpened my knives on whetstones for around 20 years. (30+ minutes per knife)In the beginning, I sharpened on inexpensive aluminum oxide stones that needed to be soaked in water. I did not achieve the results I was hoping for, and my skills did not improve, even though I put a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[501],"product_cat":[15],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9206","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-riceknife","7":"product_cat-uncategorized","8":"desktop-align-left","9":"tablet-align-left","10":"mobile-align-left","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9206"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9206"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}