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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1378691" data-attributes="member: 229">The Lansky or Spyderco are great ways to start, but lately I've been looking into some of the higher end Arkansas or Japanese stones to hand-sharpen some of mine - its a lost art that my dad some how has down to a science, yet it's always escaped me (free-hand sharpening).  I'm pretty good with my Lansky, but its pretty much idiot proof (other than a few of the odd-ball shaped knives I've got).I know it takes a ton of patience and a light hand to let the stone and just the weight of the knife do the work - don't force it.  I've got a couple of cheaper stones that I've practiced with to get the technique down, but I really want a nicer double-profile stone and a ceramic stone to polish.</blockquote>