Spyderco ceramic stones

David Martin

David Martin

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Does Spyderco currently make their ceramic stone in 11.5 X 2.5" size?
Thanks for any info..
 
You mean like these?

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If so, then the answer is yes (unless I'm mistaken, of course.) In any case, they should be readily obtainable. (I have a set, and they're fantastic.)
 
The stones are 8"x2", not quite as big as you are looking for.

Lee Valley sells Auminum oxide and Diamond hones at or near the size you are looking for.
What do you need an 11" sharpening stone for anyway?
 
The Garrett Wade Company has a nice selection of big benchstones. Also there is another vendor you can look up on the web known as the Japan Woodworker. JW has many different benchstones of many different sizes.

One other company I'm aware of that sells ceramic sharpening stones is "Global". I've heard that their stuff is good quality although I've never used any of it.

Also Norton has a huge selection of every type of big Benchstone you would ever want. I have some of Norton's stuff and it's top quality. I hope that helps.

And realize that Spyderco always seems to have something in their pipeline. They might have some new stuff coming down soon.
 
Thanks JD. I've tried Norton and they don't make ceramic stone of that size. I'll try the others.
Yes, I agree with you on Norton's products. DM
 
David Martin said:
Thanks JD. I've tried Norton and they don't make ceramic stone of that size. I'll try the others.
Yes, I agree with you on Norton's products. DM
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About a month ago I "GOOGLE-ED" the words "ceramic sharpening stone" and the only ones I came up with was Spyderco, Global and another Japanese company and I don't remember their name off the top of my head.

I don't know if 3M Company makes ceramic stones or not. But 3M's diamond stones are as good as anyone's.

Another one that just came to mind is the old Crock Stick company. I think they got bought out by Lansky or one of those other sharpening companies. Let me know what you come up with. I'll check with a couple of guys I know on the Spyderco.com Forum who are real sharpening nuts like I am.
 
In addition, Fallkniven makes a ceramic stone, but only up to 4 inches, which of course is not what you're looking for. I just thought I'd mention that they're out there, and very highly thought of.
 
Naga99 said:
In addition, Fallkniven makes a ceramic stone, but only up to 4 inches, which of course is not what you're looking for. I just thought I'd mention that they're out there, and very highly thought of.
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Does Fallkniven actually manufacture their own stones? Because I was told a couple of years ago that some German or Belgium company made their sharpening equipment. Fallkniven has/or had a stone that was ceramic on one side and diamond on the other. I heard it was a great stone for field use.
 
Spydo, Not the large ones at Garrett Wade and the Global search turned up something else. I'll keep trying.DM
 
JD Spydo said:
Does Fallkniven actually manufacture their own stones? Because I was told a couple of years ago that some German or Belgium company made their sharpening equipment. Fallkniven has/or had a stone that was ceramic on one side and diamond on the other. I heard it was a great stone for field use.
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I've got to say, all I know is they sell them under their name, not sure who the manufacturer is. Good point.
 
mundial makes a 3 sided "multi hone" which has 11" stones .

another way to cheaply and easily get a large sharpening surface is to use sandpaper on a piece of glass (as a base) , a lot of woodworkers use this method to sharpen there tools .
 
JD Spydo said:
About a month ago I "GOOGLE-ED" the words "ceramic sharpening stone" and the only ones I came up with was Spyderco, Global and another Japanese company and I don't remember their name off the top of my head.

I don't know if 3M Company makes ceramic stones or not. But 3M's diamond stones are as good as anyone's.

Another one that just came to mind is the old Crock Stick company. I think they got bought out by Lansky or one of those other sharpening companies. Let me know what you come up with. I'll check with a couple of guys I know on the Spyderco.com Forum who are real sharpening nuts like I am.
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They wouldn't be Kyocera maybe? I've had one for years of that brand. Another +1 for the Spydercos...have had the set of three for a long time and they're excellent.
 
termite said:
They wouldn't be Kyocera maybe? I've had one for years of that brand. Another +1 for the Spydercos...have had the set of three for a long time and they're excellent.
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Termite you might just be correct. Kyocera does sound familiar. If I remember correctly it seems like the Boker company markets the Kyocera products. But I'm shooting in the dark. I'll go check that out.

I did just look at Shapton's ceramic stones. They are impressive but believe me they are extremely proud of their products. You better get your wallet wide open if you intend on buying any of their stones.

I just joined another forum at Straight Razor Place and they have a very impressive sub-forum on hones and stones and let me tell you those guys know their sharpening stones over there at that forum. One guy had even heard of the Arkansas "Blue-Black" stone that I got from an Arkansas native who used to work for one of the mining companies that mined the novaculite ( ARkansas Stone) He said the "blue-Black" grade had been mined out all the way back to the early 60s. The extremely hard and extremely fine Arkansas Stones are the only ones I have any use for. Diamond and ceramic do a much better job of reprofiling and uniform abrading than novaculite.
 
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