A Rika and Shapton Glass 4000 lent to me by my coworker. Two Tojiro Shirogami knives in need of sharpening. Sounds like a comparison in the making
Sharpening process
Shapton Pro 1000
Test Stone
Black latigo strop
Everything set on the SP1000, equal number of passes on the test stone, equal number of passes on the strop.
End result?
Both the Nakiri and Santoku ended up sharp. The edge goes to the santoku sharpened on the Rika - on the same piece of paper a pure vertical down cut will cut while the edge sharpened with the SG4000 won't. Push and pulling either blade on paper results in a nice clean cut.
I lent my Shapton Glass 6000 to my coworker otherwise I'd throw it into the mix.
Is this comparison meaningful? Probably not. Given my skill as a sharpener I suspect that someone else could get entirely different results.
Now have at it with the comments.
Sharpening process
Shapton Pro 1000
Test Stone
Black latigo strop
Everything set on the SP1000, equal number of passes on the test stone, equal number of passes on the strop.
End result?
Both the Nakiri and Santoku ended up sharp. The edge goes to the santoku sharpened on the Rika - on the same piece of paper a pure vertical down cut will cut while the edge sharpened with the SG4000 won't. Push and pulling either blade on paper results in a nice clean cut.
I lent my Shapton Glass 6000 to my coworker otherwise I'd throw it into the mix.
Is this comparison meaningful? Probably not. Given my skill as a sharpener I suspect that someone else could get entirely different results.
Now have at it with the comments.