Stop Ruining Your Knife Edge—Pick the Right Sharpening Stone With This Guide

Having a sharp knife will help to improve your culinary expertise and keep your fingers safe while you cut, slice, and pare, but the type of whetstone you use to sharpen your knives can have an impact on the blade sharpness and quality of the edge.

Having a basic understanding of the type of knife and the type of steel it's made of will help you to better understand what type of whetstone you should be using, but if you don’t know the differences between the various types of whetstones, then your information will still be lacking.