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Dave Ring
18 August 2017 at 11:34 pm #314573

First of all, the bench grinder isn’t for sharpening. It’s for grinding out edge nicks and rough shaping of the bevel, not bringing it to a sharp edge. For this work you should use the coarsest wheel possible.

For actual sharpening, I can recommend what I use: an 8″ Norton combination oil stone, a hard Arkansas stone and a leather strop charged with green polishing compound. You should be able to manage that for under 100 pounds.

Dave