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Londinium Armoury

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Okay I looked around and couldn't find a current active thread like this to post in so I decided to start a fresh new slate here.

Name your best picks! whats the best whetstone or other type of sharpening stone (Stones only not diamond plates, or new fangled devices just straight stone)
Doesn't have to be the most high end just give everyone some solid stones you can 100% vouch for, and what is good about the stone, hardness, longevity, feedback and feel etc.

Personally I like King stones, and tend to order them in from Japan online, I don't think they are the best stones in terms of hardness and longevity, but they do a huge selection of very well priced stones, the most important part to me is the feedback I get and ability to cut and select very low grits and high grits.
So I personally Vouch for King water stones and whetstones. Especially their combi roughing stones, you can pick them up direct from japan for around £25 per stone sometimes more or less depending on grade and type. They do dish out after about a year of professional daily use. So they aren't lifelong ultra hard.

I'm doing shopping right now picking some stones, I'm thinking to try another brand and pick one or 2 additional stones up with my next batch of Kings.
 
Londinium Armoury said:
Okay I looked around and couldn't find a current active thread like this to post in so I decided to start a fresh new slate here.

Name your best picks! whats the best whetstone or other type of sharpening stone (Stones only not diamond plates, or new fangled devices just straight stone)
Doesn't have to be the most high end just give everyone some solid stones you can 100% vouch for, and what is good about the stone, hardness, longevity, feedback and feel etc.

Personally I like King stones, and tend to order them in from Japan online, I don't think they are the best stones in terms of hardness and longevity, but they do a huge selection of very well priced stones, the most important part to me is the feedback I get and ability to cut and select very low grits and high grits.
So I personally Vouch for King water stones and whetstones. Especially their combi roughing stones, you can pick them up direct from japan for around £25 per stone sometimes more or less depending on grade and type. They do dish out after about a year of professional daily use. So they aren't lifelong ultra hard.

I'm doing shopping right now picking some stones, I'm thinking to try another brand and pick one or 2 additional stones up with my next batch of Kings.
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If you like higher grit stones try the Suehiro G8 stone that is one of the best finishing stones on the market for sure,I like it a lot because it gives you a good slicing edge and at the same time the edge still has some tooth as well.
 
wade7575 said:
If you like higher grit stones try the Suehiro G8 stone that is one of the best finishing stones on the market for sure,I like it a lot because it gives you a good slicing edge and at the same time the edge still has some tooth as well.
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I have heard good things about the Suehiro stones, my local knife shop that I use stocks them, I know the guys who work there pretty well, they seem to like them I haven't ever used one as far as I remember.
 
Londinium Armoury said:
I have heard good things about the Suehiro stones, my local knife shop that I use stocks them, I know the guys who work there pretty well, they seem to like them I haven't ever used one as far as I remember.
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If I was going to get any Suehiro stone it would be the G8 for sure,it's made with silicon carbide but it doesn't wear fast like most Sic stones do.

HeavyHanded HeavyHanded He also really likes the G8 stone as well.
 
The Suehiro G8 is one of the better finishing stones out there, very user friendly. I like the King stones too, but not the 6k so much - mostly use the 800/4k and the jumbo 220 for roughing.
 
HeavyHanded said:
The Suehiro G8 is one of the better finishing stones out there, very user friendly. I like the King stones too, but not the 6k so much - mostly use the 800/4k and the jumbo 220 for roughing.
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Most of my King stones are under 3000 you're right, I love their 220-250 roughing grades, all of my roughing and reprofiling is done on king combi stones 250/1000.
 
Londinium Armoury said:
Most of my King stones are under 3000 you're right, I love their 220-250 roughing grades, all of my roughing and reprofiling is done on king combi stones 250/1000.
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In keeping with the thread topic, my favorite roughing stone - Zandstraa Foss speedskate combination stone, usable with water or oil, I use water. Often I go right to the Suehiro G8 with a microbevel. For a two (three) stone set this is probably the best deal going. This has replaced (most of the time) all my King and Norton Waterstones, not because it works a lot better, but it works just as well and takes up a lot less space. The stones require less flattening as well.

I keep a set of Suzuki Ya waterstones on permanent soak for serious (other people's) woodworking tools.

On most higher carbide stainless I use now Atoma diamond plates with an Ultrasharp 3k to finish if I need a very fine edge.

For a "travel" kit I have 6" DMT XC and EF interrupted surface plates. Reset the bevel and apply the micro to taste.

Finishing belt sharpened blades I most often use a Global Tooling resin bond diamond grit 10 micron stone to lay in the microbevel. Unfortunately they don't seem to carry it anymore, at about $32 it was a great deal.
 
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