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14 February 2013 at 7:27 pm
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Initially, the least expensive system I know of is sandpaper and a flat substrate. However, the cost of paper adds up over time. A bit more expensive but less than water stones and diamond plates is oil stones.
A medium India is pretty cheap and followed with either a hard Arkansas or hard black Arkansas and then followed with a strop does a good job after a bevel has been ground. You’d need a grinder or something to do the heavy work with. Also, the oil stones, especially the med India, will need to be flattened periodically, but not nearly as often as water stones.