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Hey all!

So I’m bored again and want to try some more new synthetic stones. Splash and go is a must and other than that I’m super open. I’ve tried and or currently own the following. Wondering if there are any others out there worth trying that I don’t know about??


Own/Tried
Shapton Glass and Pro
Chosera and Superstone
King Hyper line
Morihei
Gesshin
JNS
Suehiro Debado Md and SNE (my current go to actually)
Sigma Power Select 2
Nanohone
Kitayama and Arashiyama
 
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I think there is only one obvious way to go - diamonds :p But with that said - unless you either sharpen a LOT, then with simple carbon steels the diamonds are really not necessary. They however make a huge difference once you get into high alloy (especially Vanadium) steels, those these are rather rare among kitchen knives. Still, that 800 diamond stone from JKI is itching me for years. I have at the moment 400 and 2000 stones from Practical Sharpening. They eat k390 like it was a white#2.

I can not give you any really good recommendation for 'normal' splash and go stones, because my go-to combo is JNS 800 followed by Gesshin Synthetic Natural for my kitchen knives. Both are soakers and kept in water permanently.
 
EShin said:
I don't know if they're available outside of Japan, but I enjoy the synthetic Suita Renge and the Nashiji stones from Imanishi, both splash and go so they might be an idea.
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I would definitely be interested in these but not sure how to get in the USA?
 
Thanks for all the suggestions all, the CleanCut look interesting but sadly they are all soakers as well
 
My wallet can not handle the Jnat rabbit hole. I tried it once and my wallet ran off and hasn’t been seen since ;)

Too kind haha. I’ll say this, if it’s soaker than most of you have me beat on knowledge of those aside from King and Cerax haha. Those I know oh and Gesshin. Huge fan of all of those.
 
SolidSnake03 said:
I would definitely be interested in these but not sure how to get in the USA?
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Imanishi Suita Rengen Sharpening Stones

Not in the USA, but you can get it from them. I have seen a stone similar to this one listed as 4000 - 6000 grit.

Testing Beautiful Imanishi 5K Grid Whetstone by Moritaka Aogami Super (AS) Ko-Santoku 130mm HRC64-65​





The 4000 made for Sakai Takayuki looks similar and 8000 looks interesting.

SAKAI TAKAYUKI JAPANESE SHARPENING STONE - GRIT #4000

SAKAI TAKAYUKI JAPANESE SHARPENING STONE - GRIT #8000
 
Tler said:
Want me to grab an imanishi suita rengen for you when I'm in tokyo next month? I might grab one for myself
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Oh yeah that would be awesome! They don’t look too expensive either which is nice :)

Thank you!!
 
Choppin said:
Snake, how do you like it (the Gesshin 3k SnG)? I just watched Jon’s video and liked how it performed
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Quite well! I think it’s a very nice stone, pretty good feeling, cuts everything, fast-ish and a bitey edge afterward. I think of it sort of like the Shapton Pro 2k in that it’s an excellent stopping point for pretty much anything unless you really want that highly polished edge like a yanagi or you switch to naturals then. Also a decent jumping off point for going into naturals like a Belgian Blue after it then a Coticule or something is super nice. Mean edge from that :)
 
SolidSnake03 said:
Quite well! I think it’s a very nice stone, pretty good feeling, cuts everything, fast-ish and a bitey edge afterward. I think of it sort of like the Shapton Pro 2k in that it’s an excellent stopping point for pretty much anything unless you really want that highly polished edge like a yanagi or you switch to naturals then. Also a decent jumping off point for going into naturals like a Belgian Blue after it then a Coticule or something is super nice. Mean edge from that :)
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sounds great, thanks! will try
 
SolidSnake03 said:
Quite well! I think it’s a very nice stone, pretty good feeling, cuts everything, fast-ish and a bitey edge afterward. I think of it sort of like the Shapton Pro 2k in that it’s an excellent stopping point for pretty much anything unless you really want that highly polished edge like a yanagi or you switch to naturals then. Also a decent jumping off point for going into naturals like a Belgian Blue after it then a Coticule or something is super nice. Mean edge from that :)
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You know, I used to have that stone and did a PA with it. Everyone hated it. I liked it, though. It was my go-to finisher for a while.
 
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