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Hello everyone,
just wanted to share my newest acquisition. Got these two natural stones not long ago for around 3usd each. The white one is a hard sandstone and the dark one is granite.
Link for the pics here
The sandstone one is a around #400 and the granite is finer, maybe #700 or so. The granite is just a slab cut from an old kitchen sink (like mine in the photo) that was given a good leveling and finishing. They're heavy (around 1 kilogram the granite one) but handy to have on the sink to touch up now and then when you're cooking.
They don't absorb much water like a two sided regular stone, so you don't have to submerge it to use it: just sprinkle some water and go.
They're easy to sharpen with and they give a pretty nice edge on the knife, just a little coarse that worked great for meat and veggies cutting.
I like these simple stones very much. Just use it and don't worry about it
just wanted to share my newest acquisition. Got these two natural stones not long ago for around 3usd each. The white one is a hard sandstone and the dark one is granite.
Link for the pics here
The sandstone one is a around #400 and the granite is finer, maybe #700 or so. The granite is just a slab cut from an old kitchen sink (like mine in the photo) that was given a good leveling and finishing. They're heavy (around 1 kilogram the granite one) but handy to have on the sink to touch up now and then when you're cooking.
They don't absorb much water like a two sided regular stone, so you don't have to submerge it to use it: just sprinkle some water and go.
They're easy to sharpen with and they give a pretty nice edge on the knife, just a little coarse that worked great for meat and veggies cutting.
I like these simple stones very much. Just use it and don't worry about it