Next stone.

[Illyria]

Currently just use a naniwa 1000 specialty stone and a 5000 shapton ceramic stone, which have been doing a good job so far.

What should my next purchase be, though? Something coarser like a 400 grit, something between my two current stones or something finer for a finisher?

Just just buy a dmt/atoma plate to flatten what I currently have?


Currently using 3 different steels. Skd, a2 and xhp.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Would like it to stay under 100 for the next purchase.

 

[Grunt173]

The 1000 grit is probably the most important stone to have and your 5000 grit is also a good finisher for kitchen knives.Yep,.I think I would get something to flatten the ones you have,Atoma 140 would probably be cheaper then a DMT for flattening though Jon at Japanese Knife Imports has a nice flattening plate on his website that will save you bunch of money.That's the way I would go.I'll see if I can't come back with a link and edit it on.
Here it is: https://www.japaneseknifeimports.co...accessories/products/diamond-flattening-plate

 

[Colonel Mustard]

The 1000 grit is probably the most important stone to have and your 5000 grit is also a good finisher for kitchen knives.Yep,.I think I would get something to flatten the ones you have,Atoma 140 would probably be cheaper then a DMT for flattening though Jon at Japanese Knife Imports has a nice flattening plate on his website that will save you bunch of money.That's the way I would go.I'll see if I can't come back with a link and edit it on.
Here it is: https://www.japaneseknifeimports.co...accessories/products/diamond-flattening-plate

I have that exact same flattening plate and love it so far.

 

[Illyria]

Got the atoma plate.

Thank you for the recommendation.