Mads Mikkelsen
Member
Dear fellow knife enthusiasts.
I've been lurking on this forum for quite a while, and while doing so my knowledge on knifes, stones etc. has increased exponentially - So thanks!
I very recently bought 2 new knives - one for fun (Dao Vua Chinese cleaver) and a Munetoshi Guyotu 240mm kurouchi - and very soon i will be going to a forgeing class to try my hands at making my own knife thanks to my wife giving me this as 40th birthday present. Other knives i have worth mentioning are a Santoku Yaxell Super Gou (SG2) and a Miyabi (vg10 petty).
My sharpening setup is consisting of two combi stones from KAI (400/1000) & (3000/6000). With that combination i seem to be able to get to a level where i can pushcut newspaper, shave and even cut some food once in a while - I LOVE a knife that just glides thru newspaper without any resistance at all.
I'm the kind of person that currently try suggest dinners that makes for the highest amount of cutting needed - so vegetable Wok is often on the menu due to that!
I must admit that i am completely lost when it comes to Japanese stones, their names and all that - i guess having a bad memory is part of that. And in general i feel that going Japanese might be too costly for me at this stage. So instead i have been looking into the T-nats from Aranyik, and since the shipping costs a fortune i plan on getting a larger selection of stones and then give the ones away that i don't like to friends and family.
And basically what i am asking here is - Would it make more sense for me to spend my money around (350 usd) on 1 great japanese stone, or 20kg mixed bag of Binsui and Khao Men stones from Thailand? The guy from Aranyik - Miles have been super helpful so far, so i am very much inclined to go that way. I also have to say that what I am mostly looking for is a "splash and go" touchup stone that can permanently sit on my kitchen counter for a few swipes here and there. And i was hoping that a Khao Men could do that for me...
Together with this rather long story is that i am currently situated in Switzerland and soon moving back to Denmark - if that makes any difference on reccomendations...
Anyhow - Basically i hope someone out there can give some advice on if it would be a completly crap idea to get the Thai stone or not
Thanks a bunch for your input
/Mads
I've been lurking on this forum for quite a while, and while doing so my knowledge on knifes, stones etc. has increased exponentially - So thanks!
I very recently bought 2 new knives - one for fun (Dao Vua Chinese cleaver) and a Munetoshi Guyotu 240mm kurouchi - and very soon i will be going to a forgeing class to try my hands at making my own knife thanks to my wife giving me this as 40th birthday present. Other knives i have worth mentioning are a Santoku Yaxell Super Gou (SG2) and a Miyabi (vg10 petty).
My sharpening setup is consisting of two combi stones from KAI (400/1000) & (3000/6000). With that combination i seem to be able to get to a level where i can pushcut newspaper, shave and even cut some food once in a while - I LOVE a knife that just glides thru newspaper without any resistance at all.
I'm the kind of person that currently try suggest dinners that makes for the highest amount of cutting needed - so vegetable Wok is often on the menu due to that!
I must admit that i am completely lost when it comes to Japanese stones, their names and all that - i guess having a bad memory is part of that. And in general i feel that going Japanese might be too costly for me at this stage. So instead i have been looking into the T-nats from Aranyik, and since the shipping costs a fortune i plan on getting a larger selection of stones and then give the ones away that i don't like to friends and family.
And basically what i am asking here is - Would it make more sense for me to spend my money around (350 usd) on 1 great japanese stone, or 20kg mixed bag of Binsui and Khao Men stones from Thailand? The guy from Aranyik - Miles have been super helpful so far, so i am very much inclined to go that way. I also have to say that what I am mostly looking for is a "splash and go" touchup stone that can permanently sit on my kitchen counter for a few swipes here and there. And i was hoping that a Khao Men could do that for me...
Together with this rather long story is that i am currently situated in Switzerland and soon moving back to Denmark - if that makes any difference on reccomendations...
Anyhow - Basically i hope someone out there can give some advice on if it would be a completly crap idea to get the Thai stone or not
Thanks a bunch for your input
/Mads