Knife2meatu
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That is the question.
Got a King NEO for stainless -- To permasoak, or not to permasoak
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As far as I can remember, this was splash and go. I have no idea how it would behave if permasoaked.
Knife2meatu
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I used for the first time today, basically as a splash & go; it's mighty thirsty to be used this way. Maybe after a quick dip in the soak it works better.
The way I tried was putting water on top until it wouldn't immediately disappear, which took a few good splashes, and once I went, it was still annoyingly thirsty. Although it's definitely not nearly as thirsty as the 1k-ish King Deluxes. After I was done with it I soaked to see if it bubbled and to see how fast it took on water weight -- no bubbles and only 3% extra weight after 20 minutes immersed.
Sort of a middle ground between the King 300 Deluxe and the 1K, thirst-wise.
I did some asking around, since I couldn't remember exactly and the one that I used a long time ago was used before with some mix of water and water soluble oils and it was pretty much splash and go. I think this happened right after Cliff Stamp gave some people the idea of using oils. Some did and ruined some stones, others used a middle ground approach with water mix soluble stuff and worked fine. Unfortunately the fate of the stone is unknown today. Was sold after I gave him a Sigma Select 1000. The Sigma was kept clean.
DitmasPork
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Just bought this big boy a couple of hours ago—dug it from getting a chance to test it out at MTC. Also, the 20% sale they're having made it a no-brainer to buy.
DitmasPork
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I’ve not unwrapped mine yet, but people I know that have it love it.
DitmasPork
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Works on stainless as well from what I hear. Sushi chef friend of mine likes the feel of his hap40 on it.
Knife2meatu
Senior Member
From what little use I've made of mine so far, I would describe it as working on stainless like a King Deluxe works on carbon. Pretty much. Still very muddy -- after soaking, that is -- and leaves a quite dark haze, but cuts better and dishes less than the Deluxe, I'd say.
I haven't tried it on any carbon yet, so I cannot say if it's a trade-off.
