All,
I just got some nano-hone stones today and am really, really enjoying them. I’m sure some of it is the new shiny object syndrome, but when I think objectively they really rock. Pun intended. I splurged for the stage and frankly, and so happy I did. The stones just like magically stick t9 the stage and the stage magically sticks to my bridge. It’s seriously a joy to use.
Now onto the stones. The 200 has no grinding sound andkind of feels like butter, although perhaps cryo-frozen and very hard, hey supple enough to pull metal off both knives I’ve messed with tonight, one is a superblue Yshihero kiritsuki and the there is a Ishikawa white #2 Bunka. Neither blade needed much more then an apex refresh ending, but, I couldn’t help myself but to thin each a little and see how it went. Let’s say that within 5 minutes Im sureI had taken more off the blade then 20+ minutes would have on a Shapton 250 or Suharto Dubado 100. Plus, the finish just seemed like maybe an 800 or s9methinh like that? Absolutely no “grinding and scraping noises nor scratch marks like other stones I’ve used. I did progress on quite easily through the 100 and 3000 and after maybe 10 minutes total per blade I felt I had a nicely polished side and bevel as well as a silly sharp knife that easily push cut phonebook paper. No tomatoes around to test on but…. I’ve got the distinct impression the tomatoes will split apart themselves in a micrometer slice as the newly sharpened blade kisses the skin.
Anyway, I’m really stoked with this set and look forward to making some lasers for myself, friends, and family.
Seriously, if you’re at all interested in these, just do it for crying out loud. The pricing is in line with other quality stones and the system, although does cost a couple bucks, is really slick and oh so easy.
Like the Nike commercial says, “Just do it”.