I have a few Global Knives and using the MinoSharp Water Knife Sharpener along with a diamond hone just wasn’t cutting it. So I recently ordered a few items to make my knives a tiny bit sharper – A 1000/6000 Grit Japanaese Waterstone, a Waterstone holder, and a set of Sharpening Guides. So far it has been quite a bit of a learning curve. First off, I thought getting a 1000 grit as the smallest grit was going to work okay, but in reality that is where I have spent the most time trying to get the starting edge on the knives. It would have made a lot more sense to get a smaller grit stone than spending almost an hour per knife getting the edge ground down. This is mostly an issue because of the edge on the Global knives. They are known for being a different angle than other knives.
After lots of hard work getting the edge ground down with the guides I was able to flip the stone to the fine grit side and polish the edges. The polishing went very smooth and the edge is super sharp on my knives now.
Ready To Sharpen
Knife Sharpened