Sharpening with a whetstone | How to get started

Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video! Go to for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, go to ​​​​ and add code “RAGUSEA“ at checkout to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Thanks to Chef Davis Wells, @wellsharpened on Instagram: To get started sharpening chef’s knives with stones using the methods demonstrated by Davis here, you will need a medium-grit whetstone (about 1000) for making a new edge, a fine-grit stone (4000-6000) for finishing the edge, and a coarse leveling stone/plate for keeping your other stones flat. The harder the steel of your knife, the finer the grit you want to use for finishing. Davis recommends soaking stones, not splash-n-go stones. He also recommends buying a sink bridge to hold your stones, so you can work over your sink. Here are example products Davis picked. They’re just examples, not