SolidSnake03
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Alright so mildly sensationalist title aside I'm interested in picking up 1 medium grit stone for a friend as a present. I want to ideally try and find something that is just a great all around 1 stone sharpening solution type of thing where he can use just that stone and maybe strop on some leather after for a good all purpose kitchen edge (all knives are double bevel). Want to keep this fairly simple (1-stone) and keep him away from anything too coarse like a 400 grit or something. In the past I've been helping keep his knives up to snuff for him. The guy has a variety of knives some in Stainless, some Carbon and some PM (R2 and SG2) so the stone needs to be able to work well for them all.
I already have a few in mind but am having trouble trying to decide on what to go with. Price isn't a huge issue but don't really want to go over $100. That said, I don't need to spend a ton of cash if something cheaper works well because honestly, part of me wants to just get him a King 1000 and say "have at it!" and let him work with that for a while.
Anyhow, these are the stones I'm looking at:
King 1000
JNS 800
JNS 1000
JKI 1200
JKI 1500
JKI 2000
Naniwa 2k (Green Brick)
Chosera 1000
Bester 1200
*anything else I'm missing?*
I know this is a lot of stones to think about but I figured you guys probably have owned or used a good many of these and may have some useful comparative insight. Also, totally open to buying one off anyone looking to unload a great medium grit stone, doesn't have to be new, just wanted to throw that out there as well.
Thanks!
I already have a few in mind but am having trouble trying to decide on what to go with. Price isn't a huge issue but don't really want to go over $100. That said, I don't need to spend a ton of cash if something cheaper works well because honestly, part of me wants to just get him a King 1000 and say "have at it!" and let him work with that for a while.
Anyhow, these are the stones I'm looking at:
King 1000
JNS 800
JNS 1000
JKI 1200
JKI 1500
JKI 2000
Naniwa 2k (Green Brick)
Chosera 1000
Bester 1200
*anything else I'm missing?*
I know this is a lot of stones to think about but I figured you guys probably have owned or used a good many of these and may have some useful comparative insight. Also, totally open to buying one off anyone looking to unload a great medium grit stone, doesn't have to be new, just wanted to throw that out there as well.
Thanks!