Cracked stone

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This is what you want:

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Also, EP stone grits are different than their apparent Japanese water stone grit counterparts. In other words, an EP 1000 grit stone is equivalent to a much higher grit Japanese water stone--I think he said 10,000 grit IIRC.

Edge Pro stones are graded by the FEPA-F system, wherein F1000 is between JIS 2500 and 3000. F grading is a little tighter so it should finish about like a J3000, all else being equal though of course it never is.

 

[NORTHWEST_KNIFE_GUY]

Also, EP stone grits are different than their apparent Japanese water stone grit counterparts. In other words, an EP 1000 grit stone is equivalent to a much higher grit Japanese water stone--I think he said 10,000 grit IIRC.

This may be old news to some of you guys, but it was news to me.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VaTf3MXuwuvH-QLwOci4f9B9Zhkbuu1wjoSCZIUsR-o/edit#gid=0