Mandolin Slicer and Wet Stone Sharpening kit recommendations

500

I'm looking at THIS and THIS.  
I'll use the mandolin primarily for onions on smash burgers, and potatoes.
I'll use the wet stone primarily for kitchen knives, but also an axe and yard tools.
Thoughts?  Thanks.  

SciAggie

I'm no expert but I think those choices are fine. You will probably get many opinions on shapening stones. As you know, your skill at sharpening matters more than the stone you are using.
I do question those stones for an axe or garden tools. I use a puck for this type of sharpening. Here's an example. There are many choices.

fishlessman

good starter kit for carbon steel and the german knives. the harder japanese knives will eat those stones and you will be adding more stones which is not a bad thing. good price though for usable stones. for the garden tools get a bench grinder

sumoconnell

This is the way

500

When it comes to my knowledge of tool sharpening,

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

500

Just thought of something else I want to sharpen; the lawn mower blade.

Kayak

You'll be all day sharpening a mower blade like that. Use a grinder and a big file.

nolaegghead

I have that exact same sharpening kit.  I like it.  Instructions say soak the stones in water before using (warning, that water will keep seeping out, so be prepared with a towel).

That will work fine if you want a fine edge on a garden tool, but I would get a bench grinder to reshape the blades....they have a tendency to get nicks and folds. Plus the bench grinder will be a tool you wonder how you lived without (ignore if you already have one).

The mandolin, I have a couple, don't use them very often.  Make sure you wear a cut-proof glove or good health insurance.

500

I could use my deli slicer to cut paper thin onions, but that seems like alot of clean up for one onion.  That's why I think I need a mandolin

mEGG_My_Day

If you have a food processor, check if you have or can purchase a slicing attachment.  I gave away my mandolin after getting the food processor with attachment (granted, the food processor is a bigger clean up effort) 

Gulfcoastguy

I have an Oxo v blade mandolin but I always use the guard. My nephew’s soon to be exwife didn’t and she planed the heel of her hand.

fishlessman

theres maybe 5 generations of blood on my slicer. for one onion i would use a knife. i use the slicer for scalloped potatoes and coleslaw

1voyager

While using my mandolin for the first time, I said to myself "why did I buy this?".

No injuries, but Boss Lady and I have used the mandolin 4 - 5 times in 8 years.

lkapigian

Knife Skills for the win

500

When I saw THIS burger technique, I knew I had to make it.  To do it right, I had to have super thin sliced onions.  That's why I bought a mandolin.  My knife skills will also improve once I get the knives sharpened.

Also, do y'all know the Amazon hack?  When you decide what you want to purchase, put in in your cart, but don't check out.  Let it ride there for a few days.  More than likely, the price will drop in a few days, sometimes it will drop two times.  I saved on the slicer and the sharpening kit that way, and have saved on other things like a pepper mill as well that way, as long as you have the patience to wait.  

nolaegghead

500 said:

When I saw THIS burger technique, I knew I had to make it.  To do it right, I had to have super thin sliced onions.  That's why I bought a mandolin.  My knife skills will also improve once I get the knives sharpened.

Also, do y'all know the Amazon hack?  When you decide what you want to purchase, put in in your cart, but don't check out.  Let it ride there for a few days.  More than likely, the price will drop in a few days, sometimes it will drop two times.  I saved on the slicer and the sharpening kit that way, and have saved on other things like a pepper mill as well that way, as long as you have the patience to wait.  

Did not know that.

You know of camelcamelcamel.com ?  Tracks the price history of anything on Amazon with a graph.  You can set notifications for items once they dip below a certain price you set.

onedbguru

I have never had to sharpen my mandolin and I know it is more than 10yrs old.

HeavyG

onedbguru said:

I have never had to sharpen my mandolin and I know it is more than 10yrs old.

The one I use the most is 30+ years old and it's just now at a point where I think I should probably go ahead and take the blade off and give it a bit of a refresh.

nolaegghead

If you keep knicking bones in your hand you'll probably have to sharpen your mandolin.