Just one stone. Go

[Aidan]

Naniwa Pro 800.

 

[Rainman890]

King Deluxe 1000

 

[WellLikedTurtle]

Naniwa pro 400.

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

Ultra Sharp 400/1200 diamond combo.

I have a lot more knives and in various steels than just kitchen knives.

 

[refcast]

... gesshin 220

 

[JDC]

Gesshin 4000. It has mind-blowing feedback, ultra-fast speed even to establish a new bevel, and crazy toothiness.

 

[esoo]

Shapton Glass 3K - this is the perfect edge stone for me. Thinning I'd just give to the pros.

 

[user 16756]

Natsuya

 

[tostadas]

JNS Synthetic Red Aoto

 

[IsoJ]

SP120

Edit: more serious Venev JIS400/1000

 

[M1k3]

Venev 400/800

Alternatively, Shapton Glass 500

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

For just my kitchen cutlery it would either be a SG500 or Norton Fine India.

 

[Garm]

King Hyper 1k soft

 

[Cliff]

SG 2K or Tanba Aoto

 

[captaincaed]

BBB 400 or Gesshin 2k depending on butchery or veggies

 

[btbyrd]

JKI Diamond 1K.

 

[Rangen]

Shapton Glass 1000. Fast enough to take out chips if need be, fine enough to make a very nice usable edge, dense enough to make a perfect razor bevel-setter.

 

[Ochazuke]

King 1000 Deluxe - Extra Large!

I've really gone full circle. Started on King 1000, then hated on it and moved to more expensive stones, and now I'm right back at King 1000 for daily use.

 

[silylanjie]

King #1000 Deluxe

 

[MowgFace]

Gesshin 2000

 

[KingShapton]

King Deluxe 1200
or
King Deluxe 1000

 

[Alder26]

chosera 800 would probably be the one for me. Or maybe a fast Aizu

 

[spaceconvoy]

For just my knives, Shapton Pro 2000

For my family's knives, King Neo 800

 

[dAtron]

For stainless chosera 800

For carbon touch ups Chosera 3000

 

[Pie]

NP400. Fast enough, doesn’t feel like a low grit stone, and able to produce anything from a saw tooth edge to “good enough” refinement for kitchen edges.

 

[Aidan]

For stainless chosera 800

For carbon touch ups Chosera 3000

That’s the two stone option, my next thread

 

[Aidan]

Ultra Sharp 400/1200 diamond combo.

I have a lot more knives and in various steels than just kitchen knives.

Not sure if a combination stone is in the true spirit of the thread.

 

[MowgFace]

Not sure if a combination stone is in the true spirit of the thread.

Haha... definitely not the first thread of this sort. Someone ALLLLLWAYS tries to come in with a combo stone.

But if we are allowed to. My favorite stone is 3 stones glued together into a sharpening Toblerone.

 

[Marcelo Amaral]

JNS 300

 

[Aidan]

Haha... definitely not the first thread of this sort. Someone ALLLLLWAYS tries to come in with a combo stone.

But if we are allowed to. My favorite stone is 3 stones glued together into a sharpening Toblerone.

Fair enough