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there are many ways to go
you could get yourself a king waterstone from Lee Valley... only 30 bucks... say bout 1200 grit...... work the primary bevel at a nice low angle.... and be patient !! ... maintain that angle till you can no longer see a shiney edge...... the edge should almost be invisible... (do both sides the same)...... if you touch the edge to the back of your hand you maybe feel the burr...... now load up a piece of pine or a piece of paper with green buff compound...(cr oxide)....... now pull the blade backwards on it ..... do both sides and maintain the bevel angle..... be patient and make sure your not rolling your wrists and rounding the edge...
you should come out with a blade that'll cut standing paper tubes... and shave hair off your hand with one pass..
I believe that the hard arkansas stones will be more available to you......these are wonderful too...... check out what you can get locally and it should be no prob...
once you use a truely sharp knife.... you'll never go back to a dull one
GReg
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