Can I use western stroke on Japanese water stones?

At all? Neat, might buy one water stone. King is good brand, I assume? Any recomentations?
 
Yup, any type of stroke works.

I've been using the king 1000/6000, and I'm pleased with it. If you've got more cash, I'd look at shapton or nubatama.
 
The king 1k is a decent stone and not a bad place to start but some better stones will make life a bit easier.
 
Unless you're sharpening professionally, a good stone will last many years. Bite the bullet and get a Shapton Glass. You won't be disappointed.
 
Rennd said:
Yup, any type of stroke works.

I've been using the king 1000/6000, and I'm pleased with it. If you've got more cash, I'd look at shapton or nubatama.
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Strokes are a matter of personal preference and style, so use what you are comfortable using on your waterstones.

Personally I prefer for someone to start out with a better stone than Kings. It produces bad habits to start out IMHO - of course not everyone agrees.

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Ken
 
ksskss said:
[quote name="Rennd" post=13267169]Strokes are a matter of personal preference and style, so use what you are comfortable using on your waterstones.



Personally I prefer for someone to start out with a better stone than Kings. It produces bad habits to start out IMHO - of course not everyone agrees.



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Ken
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If you don't mind me asking, what are those bad habits, specifically? I want to make sure I don't develop them.
Do you happen to be Ken Schwartz?
 
I would agree with Ken that are much better choices out there other than the Kings. Although I still use mine extensively they aren't something that one would purchase twice. The fact that most of the lower to middle grit stones work very slowly contributes to bad habits.
The 1200 is still my favorite on certain steels. I prefer the 8K over the softer 6K stone. The harder 6k is a good stone but the 8K is better.

A far as technique is concerned. Whatever works for you.
 
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