SOLD Suehiro Rika 5k

[Carl Kotte]

For your consideration,

a suehiro rika. I’ve had it for a year and I’ve used it quite a lot. Plenty of stone left though. Ships in the original box (but without nagura which is long gone).
Specs:
210x70x20
Edit: 590g.

Price is 50$ excluding shipping. EU only please!

 

[childermass]

Great stone and tricky to find in Europe without the useless base

 

[inferno]

what are you gonna buy instead of the rika?

 

[Carl Kotte]

what are you gonna buy instead of the rika?

Nothing

 

[juice]

Worst. Ruler. Ever.

#JustSayin

 

[Steel+Fire]

Love my Rika. Not in the EU or I might consider grabbing it as a backup in case mine ever has an accident. GLWS.

 

[ma_sha1]

Nothing

Exactly, who needs it when you have red brick

 

[Carl Kotte]

Exactly, who needs it when you have red brick

 

[Carl Kotte]

I was surprised to see these spots. The stone was evenly grey when I got it, and it continued to be that way until I decided to flatten it before selling it. I’m not trying to fool anyone.

 

[Knife2meatu]

I think the speckling happens when the stone is just slightly damp.

My permasoaked stone never looks like this, but I recently bought a second one which, after I'd cleaned and lapped it, looked similarly speckled when I set it aside. However, after it's had a good dry, I now see the spots have vanished.

 

[Carl Kotte]

New photos, same stone now pictured with the box. No spots discernible. It’s also a bit lighter than when I last placed it on the scales. 590g (I’ll Edit OP). Hypothesis: the stone wasn’t completely dry when I took the photos.

 

[Carl Kotte]

I think the speckling happens when the stone is just slightly damp.

My permasoaked stone never looks like this, but I recently bought a second one which, after I'd cleaned and lapped it, looked similarly speckled when I set it aside. But now, after it's had a good dry, I see the spots have vanished.

Thanks for this comment! I came to the same conclusion!

 

[da_mich*]

Yes this is a nice picture. This is how a Rika look like

 

[Carl Kotte]

Yes this is a nice picture. This is how a Rika look like

Thanks for that!

 

[ma_sha1]

Rika 5K is my current finishing stone, love it!
Sold my king 6000, too smooth no bite.
Still have King 4K, love that finishing too but a bit too soft, & a bit slow, & the stone is narrow.

Rika is perfect, seems similar to king 4K grit maybe a bit lower grit actually. Lots of bite, fast & spacious in size. I am not sure there’s a better alternative at this price range.

GLWS

 

[daveb]

Rika has always been a favorite of mine with German steel. Puts a nice mirror on the edge. Great when paired with a Bestor 1200.

 

[MarcelNL]

interesting stone, quick newbie question; I have a Hideryama koppa that does well for me, is this a stone that could replace my shapton 12K and be done with synth? (love the feel of the Koppa and the edge is good to go, yet it is said to be a pre finishing stone)

 

[MarcelNL]

rephrasing interesting stone to, I am interested ;-)

 

[ModRQC]

I removed mine from the base so no biggie of itself - but yeah you pay extra for no good reason.

I also dropped mine two days after base removal. Managed to slow the fall with my thigh but it did a good 30 inches of free fall after that, already with some speed gathered. Result is one badly chipped/smashed corner, and another one where the corner broke off entirely. Still, damage is minimal - I have like 15mm of stone left before I even get through to the broken corner, and still very usable starting from there.

Just saying at this price it's a steal - this is a tremendous stone that's hard to wear down, dries relatively fast, works amazingly well, and is more rugged than one would think.

 

[ModRQC]

If you're gonna replace with nothing then what's become your favorite finisher?

 

[Carl Kotte]

If you're gonna replace with nothing then what's become your favorite finisher?

Shapton glass 1000

 

[Carl Kotte]

Spf

 

[inferno]

I was surprised to see these spots. The stone was evenly grey when I got it, and it continued to be that way until I decided to flatten it before selling it. I’m not trying to fool anyone.

many stones look spotty like that sometimes. shapton glass for instance will look like this if you only clean the surface with sponges and similar. and it goes away after diamonds. go figure.

 

[Carl Kotte]

And souled!!!!! Thanks KKF buyer!!!