shapton glass 6000

[HwangJino]

So I got my shapton glass 6000 a few days ago and tested it out.
It cuts fairly fast, but my edges don't seem as scary as when I use my kitayama 8000.

Is the stone suppose to feel rubbery and have texture? When I polish, it leaves orange skin like texture on the glass/stone.

 

[BluntCut MetalWorks]

lap it once to remove factory crust layer before first use. Well, at least every single one of mine needed one.

 

[Jason B.]

For the type of Sharpening you do there are better stones... I'm guessing this is for your Yanagi-ba? The Glass stones are very good but best on a 50/50 or 70/30 grind found on a Gyuto or Petty.

8k will be a finer polish so if pure sharpness is your goal then stick with the 8k. 6k, 5k, or even a 4K edge might not feel as sharp but they can offer longer edge retention for high volume cutting.

Recently, I was looking for a good finishing stone to use on single bevel traditional knives. I've used a fair number of stones so this selection was not exactly easy, but in the end I found the Suehiro Cerax 6k to fit in perfectly. It yields a nice polished bevel with excellent sharpness but the feature I was after is its ability to smoothly polish the clad metal and produce a nice Kasumi finish. I would recommend it over the Shapton stone for single bevels.

 

[HwangJino]

I use the shapton 6000 for sujihiki and gyuto. Yanagi only gets 8000 kitayama.

I have used my sebenzas on the shapton, i think maybe I should of gotten the 12000 or 16000 shapton.

Does suehiro make higher grit?

 

[Jason B.]

Why do you want such a high grit finish on a Gyuto or Suji? Big general purpose knives like that need some tooth to the edge, a 2000 grit finish would be my recommendation.

 

[HwangJino]

I've tried all sorts of grits for my finish. High polish is just much more clean and fast in my experience (for food prep, not stone cutting speed). My gyuto, sometimes a 4000 is a good finish stone, but usually 8000.