What grit do you finish your knives on?

[kayman67]

Watanabe recommends shapton pro 1k> kitayama. Works a lot better than some might think it does.

I do something similar with some knives.

 

[galvaude]

After years of using waterstones i needed something else to play with. I now finish almost every general use chef knives on a soft Arkansas (Dan’s 8x3), perfect balance of tooth and refinement also push cut nicely.

I still use waterstones for thinning, general grinding and bevel setting.

the soft Arkansas is the easiest and fastest way to deburr an edge.

 

[BDT]

@Robert Lavacca Hey! Just want to know your thoughts on those Gesshin stones real quick since I've heard they are nice.

I have the Gesshin 2000, and it's a fantastic stone, I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. Good feedback, cuts quickly, and provides a great edge for my AS guyto. Great stone in the lineup, I have a Gesshin 400 which I use for rougher work, mainly for friends that give me their super dull knives to sharpen, and with that and the 2K, it's a great combo.

 

[vicv]

300? Usually stop my western style knives here. Only problem is the edge is so aggressive it likes to grab at the board when cutting. But wow does it cut!

 

[Garner Harrison]

300? Usually stop my western style knives here

That thing would be like a mini saw blade

But I bet you never have to worry about tomato skins

 

[vicv]

Lol. Nope. Cuts through anything very well. You have to remember that for a Japanese stone that's quite coarse. But it's the same as a fine oilstone. Now if it stop on a 100 grit stone that's a mini saw blade!

 

[BarryMM]

Soft steel Shapton 2k. Nicer steel Naniwa 3k. Even more nicer steel ;-) King 6K. I'm thinking of getting a Naniwa pro 800 then leather strop and call it quits for when in a hurry.

 

[Doffen]

Victorinox and other soft steel knifes normally Chosera 800, sometimes when I test with naturals, aoto give a nice edge.
Gyuto and similar Japanese I think I am most satisfied with Chosera 3000, hard aoto and a ohira suita. I don't have Aizu yet, and want to try this when I find a nice one.
For the single bevels I still work on this. Maybe it is a hard and fine Takashiama I am most satisfied with on the yanagiba/takohiki (white II and blue II) at the moment.

 

[captaincaed]

Thanks. I'll have to try that.

I've had good luck with windex. Also, a Nagura on a hard Ark ain't bad.

 

[captaincaed]

Does anyone have a hard time getting a good edge on the gesshin synth nat? It's one I want to love but can't get to work for me. Doesn't seem to leave much bite

Usually go 1k, 2k, synth nat.

 

[Rotem Shoshani]

Thank you, Labor.

Please allow me ... you guys are all very gracious. I come most recently from the internet gunsmithing world, where it seems to be cool to put everybody down. What a blessing to be here. Thank you!

A wise man once said: "Guns for show, knives for a pro"