8000 grit plus bench stone recommendation??

[EurAzn12]

I use an edge pro apex and can get my knives hair whittling/ tree topping sharp going up to the 6k tapes then stropping with bovine leather and green compound. I'd like to take it up to say 10k on a stone before stone before going to a strop. Any recommendations on a good bench stone under $100 that works well? I've looked at the expensive naniwa stones and have seen some in the $30 range and wondering if anyone has had luck with them?

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[Kyle363]

I've never used any of these stones but I've heard good things about them. Imanishi 10,000, Kitayama 8000, The Original Naniwa Snow White 8K, Suehiro Rika 8K. I once had a 13,000 sigma power select II, that was a great stone but I didn't need it since I had high grit naturals. Nubatama is also a great brand I don't remember the cost and they can be hard to find.

 

[Jason B.]

High grit stones are nice as long as you have enough low grit stones to get there. Usually you need a progression of similar stones in order for the high grit stone to work... just buying a random high grit stone will not do you any good.

 

[EurAzn12]

Thanks for the tips! I'm already building quite the collection of stones. On the never-ending quest for the perfect mirror finish and cutting edge