Kitchen-Samurai
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
Christmas is coming, and I am strongly considering surprising myself with a nice new medium-grit sharpening stone, preferably splash & go, around 2000 grit (Jis). The stone would be used as a touch up stone for German-steel kitchen knives, and, potentially, as a step-up stone to finer grit levels for carbon or higher-end stainless steel knives.
Tactile feel is quite important to me, and this is where I am a little unsure. I really enjoy sharpening on the Chosera 800 or the Gesshin 6000 soaker (even though they don’t feel the same). Both are by no means soft and muddy stones, but they don’t feel overly hard. They have a creamy feeling to them, and a very nice feedback. Most unlike, e.g., the Spyderco Fine ceramic stone which I did not enjoy too much.
I have been mainly considering the Shapton Pro 2k and the Shapton Glass 2k. The Pro comes with its own stone holder, nice for quick touch ups. On the other hand, I do have a SG 220, and thought of building myself a relatively compact traveling kit with the glass stones at some point. That’s why I thought the SG 2k might be a nice pick.
I would be most interested in some first-hand comparisons of both stones, especially in terms of tactile feel and feedback, or alternative suggestions for a nice mid-grit, splash & go stone for touch-ups.
Thanks for any input,
KS
Christmas is coming, and I am strongly considering surprising myself with a nice new medium-grit sharpening stone, preferably splash & go, around 2000 grit (Jis). The stone would be used as a touch up stone for German-steel kitchen knives, and, potentially, as a step-up stone to finer grit levels for carbon or higher-end stainless steel knives.
Tactile feel is quite important to me, and this is where I am a little unsure. I really enjoy sharpening on the Chosera 800 or the Gesshin 6000 soaker (even though they don’t feel the same). Both are by no means soft and muddy stones, but they don’t feel overly hard. They have a creamy feeling to them, and a very nice feedback. Most unlike, e.g., the Spyderco Fine ceramic stone which I did not enjoy too much.
I have been mainly considering the Shapton Pro 2k and the Shapton Glass 2k. The Pro comes with its own stone holder, nice for quick touch ups. On the other hand, I do have a SG 220, and thought of building myself a relatively compact traveling kit with the glass stones at some point. That’s why I thought the SG 2k might be a nice pick.
I would be most interested in some first-hand comparisons of both stones, especially in terms of tactile feel and feedback, or alternative suggestions for a nice mid-grit, splash & go stone for touch-ups.
Thanks for any input,
KS