Anyone have experience with these Whetstones?

[TheknifeNooob]

King Home Whetstone KW-65 1000/6000
And the Norton IM200 Knife Sharpening Set: This set includes a coarse 400-grit glass stone for dull knives, a finer 1000-grit glass stone for honing, and a 5000-grit glass stone for finishing touches.
Just wanna know if there any good? Thanks have a great day!

 

[deltaplex]

King Home Whetstone KW-65 1000/6000
And the Norton IM200 Knife Sharpening Set: This set includes a coarse 400-grit glass stone for dull knives, a finer 1000-grit glass stone for honing, and a 5000-grit glass stone for finishing touches.
Just wanna know if there any good? Thanks have a great day!

I don't know what IM-200 that description is for, usually they're crystolon course, crystolon med, and india fine, all 8x2. Yes, this is a very good set of stones for fast stock removal, but I'd recommend at least a 1000 grit stone to accompany them, for anything you'd be using in the kitchen.

The king kw-65 combi is fine for a soaker set; I don't think the 6k side is viewed favorably around here. I'd argue you're better off spending about the same amount of money to get a king 1200 and a suehiro 3k.

 

[TheknifeNooob]

I don't know what IM-200 that description is for, usually they're crystolon course, crystolon med, and india fine, all 8x2. Yes, this is a very good set of stones for fast stock removal, but I'd recommend at least a 1000 grit stone to accompany them, for anything you'd be using in the kitchen.

The king kw-65 combi is fine for a soaker set; I don't think the 6k side is viewed favorably around here. I'd argue you're better off spending about the same amount of money to get a king 1200 and a suehiro 3k.

Thanks for the tip and recommendation so 1200 and 3000. It’s pretty much all I need. Would you recommend going lower or do you think this is all I need?

 

[deltaplex]

Thanks for the tip and recommendation so 1200 and 3000. It’s pretty much all I need. Would you recommend going lower or do you think this is all I need?

Yes, those approximate grit ranges will give you a good setup for quickly returning something to sharp, but that doesn't mean that any stone in that listed grit range will be interchangeable with another one.

I'd have something lower grit than those two. Since those are both permasoak stones, you could go with a gesshin 400 for a permasoak option. Shapton Glass 500 is probably the most popular choice for forum members. An India or Crystolon would also work very well, but those are oil stones and I don't know if you want to maintain a dedicated oilstone setup for low grit work.

 

[TheknifeNooob]

Yes, those approximate grit ranges will give you a good setup for quickly returning something to sharp, but that doesn't mean that any stone in that listed grit range will be interchangeable with another one.

I'd have something lower grit than those two. Since those are both permasoak stones, you could go with a gesshin 400 for a permasoak option. Shapton Glass 500 is probably the most popular choice for forum members. An India or Crystolon would also work very well, but those are oil stones and I don't know if you want to maintain a dedicated oilstone setup for low grit work.

I kind of prefer a spray and go! Oil seems like a hassle I might get the ones you mentioned before the 1200 and 3000 now bare with me cause I’m still learning for if I go higher grit like a 8000 grit will this do any significant difference to the knife in sharpness or it doesn’t make difference at all also I really appreciate this information you are giving me and thank you in advance have a great rest of your day

 

[deltaplex]

I kind of prefer a spray and go! Oil seems like a hassle I might get the ones you mentioned before the 1200 and 3000 now bare with me cause I’m still learning for if I go higher grit like a 8000 grit will this do any significant difference to the knife in sharpness or it doesn’t make difference at all also I really appreciate this information you are giving me and thank you in advance have a great rest of your day

I don't think you need to worry about refining to 8K for kitchen knives, at least not when you're starting out.

 

[kujaku]

I kind of prefer a spray and go! Oil seems like a hassle I might get the ones you mentioned before the 1200 and 3000 now bare with me cause I’m still learning for if I go higher grit like a 8000 grit will this do any significant difference to the knife in sharpness or it doesn’t make difference at all also I really appreciate this information you are giving me and thank you in advance have a great rest of your day

If you prefer splash-and-go, Naniwa and Shapton would be better choices compared to King or Suehiro. Selecting one stone from Group 1 and one from Group 2 would be a safe bet. Additionally, although I haven't personally used them, based on the reputation here, it seems reasonable to include the ShaptonGlass500 in Group 1 and the ShaptonGlass2k-4k in Group 2.

Group 1: ShaptonPro1k, Naniwa Chosera(pro) 800
Group 2: ShaptonPro2k, Naniwa Chosera(pro) 3k