If you purchased only 1 waterstone what grit would you get?

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I plan to purchase a DMT dia-sharp xtra coarse or maybe coarse in the future to use on really dull knives and to flatten the waterstone. For now I could only afford one stone but I don't want to get a combination stone.

If I purchased one Naniwa supertstone, which one you get?

I was thinking maybe 1000, 2000 or 3000. Then I could add the DMT XC, followed by a higher grit waterstone in the future.
 
I have the 220/1000 combo, the 2000/5000 combo and 10000 all naniwa.

the 1000 would serve you well as you could go to the strop after that. Even without strop, you could get a very decent edge with it.
 
zyhano said:
the 1000 would serve you well as you could go to the strop after that. Even without strop, you could get a very decent edge with it.
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+1 :thumbup:

Green honing compound on a leather strop after a 1000 grit stone makes for a pretty satisfactory edge. Since I'm a lazy bugger of late I've stopped going on to 4000 and 8000 grit stones and have just gone straight from 1000 to a strop for my work knives - works quite well.
 
If you only get one DMT get the XXC, it would be more useful and a better option for flattening water stones. A norton 220/1000 combo water stone would probably be you best bet to follow the XXC, diamonds cut deep so you will need a lower stone than you think to get out the scratches left by a diamond stone. After that its hard to say, freehand with benchstones is a big field to play. There are so many options it can make your head hurt.
 
Dorito Monk said:
+1 :thumbup:

Green honing compound on a leather strop after a 1000 grit stone makes for a pretty satisfactory edge. Since I'm a lazy bugger of late I've stopped going on to 4000 and 8000 grit stones and have just gone straight from 1000 to a strop for my work knives - works quite well.
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+2 :thumbup::thumbup:
 
knifenut1013 said:
If you only get one DMT get the XXC, it would be more useful and a better option for flattening water stones. A norton 220/1000 combo water stone would probably be you best bet to follow the XXC, diamonds cut deep so you will need a lower stone than you think to get out the scratches left by a diamond stone. After that its hard to say, freehand with benchstones is a big field to play. There are so many options it can make your head hurt.
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What if I don't start with a waterstone and start with a DMT stone. Could I sharpen and maintain my edges with a XXC or a XC until I buy a finer grit stone?
 
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