most delicious stones?

[Keithpaints]

I have a soft spot for the older wood base 5K Rika. Would use it to sharpen My fish knives at work. Yanagiba & Deba.

 

[Koop]

Ouka for me. But I'm finding the Indonesian batu interesting and feels great when doing a leading edge stropping motion.

 

[Benuser]

They have been mentioned before: the NP800 and 3k. Both tactile and auditory. To a smaller extend SP2k. JNS synthetic red Aoto — if soaked.

 

[daveb]

Gesshin 2K might be the best syn ever made.

 

[DanielC]

Kiita. All kiita.

 

[Benuser]

Gesshin 2K might be the best syn ever made.

Have yet to see it in Europe...

 

[Keithpaints]

All these years I've used various synthetic stones. Only natural stone was a set of medium & fine Arkansas slip stones that my father gave me. Used to sharpen ice carving chisels. Gouges, V, & flat. Also wood carving chisels.

I know that AFrames had some nice natural stones softer & harder. Maybe I'll go to his shop in China market. The nice ones are pretty expensive esp. the harder stones.