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A beautiful ice blue scythe stone made for us in the USA to our specifications. 400 grit aluminum oxide with a medium-hard bond, this stone produces a finer edge than one might expect for its grit rating. Cuts fast, holds water well, resists glazing, is hard enough to bear down to realign rolled edges, and produces a very keen edge that easily dry shaves while retaining the "sticky" bite of a medium or coarse stone. Finer than any of our other scythe stones, yet no slower to hone with. We're very impressed, and it's exceeded our expectations for performance.
There are very few things one can't sharpen with a scythe stone, as the curved edges and flat faces make for easy sharpening of convex, flat, and even hollow bevels, while the tapered ends allow both for a comfortable hold on the stone and good clearance for detail sharpening.
As the edges come very crisp from the factory, we offer a dressing service to add a slight or heavy (according to preference) fillet to reduce edge chipping from accidental impacts and improve contact surface area on forward-curving blades when using the narrow curved faces, such as on kukris, grass hooks, and scythes.
Factory crisp edges:
Filleted edges:
There are very few things one can't sharpen with a scythe stone, as the curved edges and flat faces make for easy sharpening of convex, flat, and even hollow bevels, while the tapered ends allow both for a comfortable hold on the stone and good clearance for detail sharpening.
As the edges come very crisp from the factory, we offer a dressing service to add a slight or heavy (according to preference) fillet to reduce edge chipping from accidental impacts and improve contact surface area on forward-curving blades when using the narrow curved faces, such as on kukris, grass hooks, and scythes.
Factory crisp edges:
Filleted edges: