Hi everyone! After getting my new Misono swedish steel gyuto I'm now considering upgrading my stone (a naniwa economical series 1000/3000), the main reason being that I'd like to try a larger stone.
First thing I want to ask is the grit: my first knife was a tojiro shirogami santoku and now it doesn't have a well defined angle at the bevel (my inconsistency in sharpening produced a undefined convex surface). Now that my skills have improved a bit I'd like to reset the bevel. Do I need a lower grit stone to do that or can I do it with a 1000 (and some patience)? I'm a bit afraid of the lower grits because I don't want to ruin it. I could also postpone this work for later and forgetting about the 400 for now.
Anyway, of course I need a 1000, so my choice falls between something like a 400/1000 combo (and getting a polishing stone later) and a 1000/6000 (and getting a coarser stone later).
My budget is around 70/90$ and at the moment I only saw these alternatives (i'm in europe):
-JCK's 400/1200 or 1000/4000 combo (both 65$)
-Naniwa 800/5000 (76 from finetools)
-Bester 1000/6000 (65 from finetools)
JCK is cheaper but Naniwa and Bester are 1cm wider, do they have any other plus for the extra money?
Do you have any other suggestion?
Thank you!
First thing I want to ask is the grit: my first knife was a tojiro shirogami santoku and now it doesn't have a well defined angle at the bevel (my inconsistency in sharpening produced a undefined convex surface). Now that my skills have improved a bit I'd like to reset the bevel. Do I need a lower grit stone to do that or can I do it with a 1000 (and some patience)? I'm a bit afraid of the lower grits because I don't want to ruin it. I could also postpone this work for later and forgetting about the 400 for now.
Anyway, of course I need a 1000, so my choice falls between something like a 400/1000 combo (and getting a polishing stone later) and a 1000/6000 (and getting a coarser stone later).
My budget is around 70/90$ and at the moment I only saw these alternatives (i'm in europe):
-JCK's 400/1200 or 1000/4000 combo (both 65$)
-Naniwa 800/5000 (76 from finetools)
-Bester 1000/6000 (65 from finetools)
JCK is cheaper but Naniwa and Bester are 1cm wider, do they have any other plus for the extra money?
Do you have any other suggestion?
Thank you!