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In your opinion how do they compare to a Arkansas stone? Do they leave a better edge?

Do you think the King g-45 is the same as the rough stone in the 250/1000 King combination stone? They seem to be of the same colour.

Would like to see a review of the Snapton rockstar stones. Maybe compare them to the glass version?

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Another enjoyable video, thank you. I really like your sharpening bench. Do you have a preference for soaking or splash & go stones. Looking forward to more videos.

That is interesting to see. I have only King 300 grit that is very good especially for the low price (but a bit small). 1k Deluxe is pretty good too, as is the 6k. None of those is the best in my collection but I could live with them easily and they are pretty affordable. I have mostly normal sized stones but with over sized MD-21 the King 300 seems so tiny, seems about similar to the 220 in your video.

Nice video ! I am interested to restore my whetstones i have 3 of them (400 , 1000 , 3000 grit) can u suggest in general what sandpaper grit is appropriate for every stone . Thank you !

Are all these different types of Tanakatoishi? I have a hard Aoto Tanakatoishi, but I don't understand jnats fully yet.

Nice work !

I have every Chosera, and like you all mine except the 10k are on the base(since 10k never came on a base) since i prefer they are a little thicker than the Pro chosera without a base. I must say the 800grit is the least favorite and least used for me. I have found the $1k to just be better everywhere from tactical feel, and feedback but i do not know how consistent they can vary in their production. Stones that really stand out in that set for me are the 400, 1k, 2k, 3k and it took awhile to break in but once it did that 5k really started to become a great stone and though its may seem like a high jump, it sets u up for the 10k perfectly. Ive used the 400 and 2k so much im on my third 400, and second 2k

Great video. Looking forward to a possible one on coarse stones. Do you use compound or diamond emulsions on your strops?

Hello, I’m a huge fan of your videos. I learn a lot from you, thank you man! Now I wanna ask you a question: Do you know how to remove the plastic base from a stone? My Suehiro Rika has a glued base. In some of your videos, you said that removed the base of your new Cerax. Could you please explain how, or make a video about it? Please?

Hello, love your videos. They gave me lots of information and you present the topics in a very nice way, thanks. Question : I generally use some out of these : Naniwa pro 400, 800, 2000, 3000 and kitayama 8k. Wondering if buyong the Naniwa pro 5k (or Suehiro 5k) would be worthwhile adding to the collection. I used to stop often at the 3k, but since I have the 2 k it seems quite ok as a last stone. Regards, Hubrecht

Hi there! thanks for the really comprehensive video! I'm surely gonna get the King 6000 now as it is in my budget. I want to know what you think about differential grit sharpening where one side is sharpened to a higher grit than the other 1000 one side and the other side is taken to 6000, I heard it does really well especially on tomato and peppers and still cuts meat smoothly

Personal preference is one thing, but steel type another. For example Morihei can feel very nice for carbon steel but for harder tempered steels quite ineffective or even like nothing happens with something like VG10, S30V and similar. It also depends on what you are doing, you don't always want the fastest speed there is. For polishing, making kasumi and what not I sometimes like to use different stones of same grit in order like a harder stone followed by a slurrier softer stone. To me 6k is a bit of odd ball. I tend to have 1k, 3-5k, 8k as most common series. I think the difference of 4k to 6k or 6k to 8k is not that big, which is why I don't have 6k for many of the stone series I have. Oh, no mention of the diamond in description. Looks like Atoma 400 that I think you've also used before. Both 140 and 400 are great for slurry and/or flattening stones.

How about naniwa traditional/basic 6000?

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King 6000 is great so I bought a second. I've been using the first one since May 2021 so I should have a lifetime supply

Hi there I love your thorough and honest review! Could you do a video on the king 6k? I wanted to get the king 8k but I don't really like working with all that slurry, my choice right now is between a king 6k or 4k and I'm really leaning into the 6k but I would love to see it perform first.

Ouga and Rika are teh same line?i just looking for new3000stone.

Thanks for the video. I just started using the King Deluxe 1000 and it's working good for me. I'm a rank beginner and your videos are quite helpful.

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Glad to see you again, nice workingspace and stone pond.

Can you compare the feel of the Naniwa pro 5000 to the Shapton pro 5000 ? I work mostly on the Naniwa Pro 400/800/2000/3000 and I would like to decide on on of these 5000 stones. Love your videos, they gave me plenty of infotainment. Kindest regards Hubrecht

I have a very large collection of stones and I really like Shapton 220 and especially 320, sometimes even 1k. The coarse stones are very fast when you need coarse stone, one of the best ones in grit range that I've tried. 120 is not that efficient but still feels very gritty. At least my versions of 5k and up are not that good. Sure, they do the job but feedback and even power is much better on many other stones. For thinning or large flat surfaces my 5k seems to have grab/skip/grab/skip style effect. No way to get large surface running smooth on it. I've not seen many others complain about that though and my stones are well flattened several times. I'm surprised to see you like feedback on 5k. I've always found it at most average, but I prefer a stronger feedback like on Suehiros. Atomas are so great (140 or 400). I got about 20 years of use as flattening stone as a hobbyist from my first atoma. Replaced it with another Atoma.

Thats 5000 sounds smoother then Barry White!

Good to see a new video. 👌🏻 what knife roll is that in the beginning of the video? It’s so beautiful I love it.😍

Welcome back!

Nice knife and nice to see you back with a new video

Great video. Thanks. That's a great knife and a great stone. I'm jealous.

Very good content and a dream setup/collection my friend, I hope i like the 180 as a material hog I just ordered one after looking at so many positive reviews yours included

Hi, thanks for your review ! I am new to this and i want to have Luxuary knives in future ! (now i only have one) my main use is for home kitchen and i want to have one stone for now ! is it okay if i go with rika 5000 ? (is it okay for 6000 or 8000?) because my use is for home and knives wont get dull !

Just bought 1000 and 4000 Shapton glass stones. Moving up from a cheaper king stone they are leagues ahead. I probably need to buy a lower one though as I found it best to use the 1000 side of my cheap stone to get bur/ bite first as it made sharpening a lot easier( this was on an already fairly blunt knife)

I guess you could call that diamond emulsion “Jenda fluid”

Hi, your reviews have been excellent! They've really helped me in figuring out how a stone would feel like, hearing the sound they make and seeing the slurry and the feedbacks, your microphone is excellent! After getting my 1st japanese knife, a cheap one, but carbon steel, a teruhide shimomura, 4 years ago I had been using local natural stones (very hard stones, 400-6K) to sharpen it, and some other knives. I them got my 1st japanese whetstone 2.5 months ago, a King KDS 1K/6K, that I reallly like. Then a Shapton Pro 120, to thin the teruhide, that has a zero bevel, I believe. What I think of the Shapton Pro, is that while it's a fast cutting stone, but it needs to be constantly refresh. That 120, if not refresh, would polish so well as if I was using a 3-5K stone. Then a month ago, I started getting the "chosera" line, a Miyabi Toishi Pro 400, and the Aratas, 1K, 5K, and 10K. These are excellent polishers, I think that those 4 cover everything I might need. With loaded balsa strops with 20K, 30K, and 100K powder/paste,as well as a couple of blank leather strops to finish. Anyway, may ask about your spring-loaded holder? How deep is the "lips" on that one? The ones holding down the bottom edgese of the whetstone. I want to get one, it looks pretty thin. I missed out on the Naniwa holder, that looks like it's only 3mm deep, but able to hold down whetstones firmly. The case that comes with the Aratas isn't as tightly fit as the Shapton's. Thanks again for the reviews! Surely made me feel like what I've spent have been worth every penny. Keep 'em coming...

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What I wanted to do was learn to sharpen. Thank you

Ben watching for probably 3 years . Learned a lot. U are a teacher right . just got back .much luv

I have cheap chinese stones and they´re just not very good. They´re very soft and the grit is all over the place. Don´t expect a 6000 grit even if it says 6000. It´s not much finer than the 1000 side. For the rough work they still can be used. You can get a sharp knife using such a stone but you can get a sharp knife with almost anything.

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10mm is really thin. I always felt like it could break at any moment. That´s why I glued it to a 8mm glass plate the exact size of the stone with 2k epoxy. Now can use it untill nothing is left without the fear of breaking the stone in half.

I’m watching this to fall asleep… 😴 In a good way! 😅 This is so relaxing!

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apart from the excelent technical considerations , "there is never an easy answer without having a context" is by far my takeaway from this, thanks a lot!

hi i have 2 questions 1 do you have to make a bur each of grit progression? or its only for coarse stone? 2. if the knife already not sharp do you start again from the coarse or you can start again from fine stone ?