King water stones

Eazy_tom · Mar 31, 2009

I'm thinking on getting a king 6000 grit deluxe water stone for finishing off my knives.
Any one have one of these, how does it leave the edge?

Roger999 · Mar 31, 2009

I have a King 6000grit waterstone and it leaves a good finish but cuts a lil slow.

Eazy_tom · Mar 31, 2009

Roger999 said:
I have a King 6000grit waterstone and it leaves a good finish but cuts a lil slow.

What do you mean, it takes a while to get a good edge?

Roger999 · Mar 31, 2009

Eazy_tom said:
What do you mean, it takes a while to get a good edge?

It doesn't remove alot of metal and takes a bit of time to get a nice polish.

Eazy_tom · Mar 31, 2009

Roger999 said:
It doesn't remove alot of metal and takes a bit of time to get a nice polish.

Yeah that's what I thought, thanks for the help man.

thombrogan · Mar 31, 2009

If you're sharpening mostly carbon and fine-grained stainless (i.e. the Sandvik steels and a few of the powdered steels other than S30V/S60V/S90V), the King 6000 will be wonderful as either a last step or step before stropping. If you're sharpening mostly D2, S30V, and ATS-34 type steels, it may prove frustrating.

Eazy_tom · Mar 31, 2009

thombrogan said:
If you're sharpening mostly carbon and fine-grained stainless (i.e. the Sandvik steels and a few of the powdered steels other than S30V/S60V/S90V), the King 6000 will be wonderful as either a last step or step before stropping. If you're sharpening mostly D2, S30V, and ATS-34 type steels, it may prove frustrating.

Hmm that doesn't sound good, my EDC's are s30v, and D2.
Why would it prove frustrating because it will take forever?
Can you recommend something that will work better?

thombrogan · Apr 2, 2009

Eazy_tom said:
Why would it prove frustrating because it will take forever?

Exactamundo.

Eazy_tom said:
Can you recommend something that will work better?

Wet/dry sandpaper on a hard, flat surface. Its silicon carbide abrasives cut through highly-alloyed steels like S30V with ease. Don't be alarmed that it only reaches 2,500 grit as American sandpaper and Japanese grit systems are in no way equal and silicon carbide is pointier than the aluminum oxide and chromium oxide used in most fine-grit waterstones (so the 2,500 grit wet/dry paper is finer than an 8,000 waterstone and leaves an even finer finish). And it initially costs less, too.

Eazy_tom · Apr 2, 2009

thombrogan said:
Exactamundo.

Wet/dry sandpaper on a hard, flat surface. Its silicon carbide abrasives cut through highly-alloyed steels like S30V with ease. Don't be alarmed that it only reaches 2,500 grit as American sandpaper and Japanese grit systems are in no way equal and silicon carbide is pointier than the aluminum oxide and chromium oxide used in most fine-grit waterstones (so the 2,500 grit wet/dry paper is finer than an 8,000 waterstone and leaves an even finer finish). And it initially costs less, too.

Sounds like a plan, thanks for the help.