Originally Posted by
joec
It depends on what I'm sharpening. I use a Smith's two sided (course/fine) diamond stones on my hunting and pocket knives. Now my kitchen knives are rather expensive Japanese steel blades and for them I use Shapton Glass Stones in 200 grit up to 8000 grit followed by a 10K grit Japanese water stone with various strops some coated some not.
I never could get into the guide type or wire type sharpeners but then I've been sharping cutting tools for decades with no problems.