Dominick Maone
Well-Known Member
Bought this 1000 grit stone on December 29 and it arrived approximately Jan 21.
I do not have any high vanadium or high hardness knives to test it on. But, I went to my sisters and sharpened about eight of her terrible knives. I did not bring any other stones, which was a mistake.
I guess I expected it to be faster.
Overall I would say it is definitely worth about 45 USD with tax.
The only knife of hers I was not able to sharpen was probably 50 thousandths behind the edge, that is the Argentinium knife in the pics. The others were cheap stainless and all sharpened pretty easily.
The stone clogged minimally, but I think I had the water mix wrong. When I left the water running it seems to keep cutting.
I would say close to zero percent of the stone was used during this session. There is just one area on the side that the Argentium knife dug into while I was trying to sharpen it. I circled it in the pics.
It is next to Shapton Pro for size comparison. It does not fit in Shapton box or on top to use box as holder.
Anyway, sorry it’s not the best review. But if you are looking to get into diamond stones that are similar to Japanese water stones, this is a good stone to try out.
I can try to answer any questions you have.
https://m.de.aliexpress.com/item/10...d29d94b758a415032b509b98dU.jpg_640x640Q90.jpg
I do not have any high vanadium or high hardness knives to test it on. But, I went to my sisters and sharpened about eight of her terrible knives. I did not bring any other stones, which was a mistake.
I guess I expected it to be faster.
Overall I would say it is definitely worth about 45 USD with tax.
The only knife of hers I was not able to sharpen was probably 50 thousandths behind the edge, that is the Argentinium knife in the pics. The others were cheap stainless and all sharpened pretty easily.
The stone clogged minimally, but I think I had the water mix wrong. When I left the water running it seems to keep cutting.
I would say close to zero percent of the stone was used during this session. There is just one area on the side that the Argentium knife dug into while I was trying to sharpen it. I circled it in the pics.
It is next to Shapton Pro for size comparison. It does not fit in Shapton box or on top to use box as holder.
Anyway, sorry it’s not the best review. But if you are looking to get into diamond stones that are similar to Japanese water stones, this is a good stone to try out.
I can try to answer any questions you have.
https://m.de.aliexpress.com/item/10...d29d94b758a415032b509b98dU.jpg_640x640Q90.jpg