Will I be able to sharpen high end steels with this stone?

Sergeua

Sergeua

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HI, I already sharpened some 8cr chinese steel and vg1 on this stone and some other kitchen unknown. It turned out great. Love the freehand sharpening experience.

Here is the stone I have
https://shun.kaiusaltd.com/knives/knife/shun-300-1000-grit-combination-whetstone

Am I going to be able to sharpen 62 hardness m390 on this? given enough time? I think it will chew through s30v atleast, but just want to hear some opinions. Thanks. I'm under the impression that this soft stone is better for sharpening the primary bevel so as not to stress the metal at the apex as opposed to diamonds . I put on a secondary edge with ceramic after. Not sure where I got this from, but correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks again.
 
I don't think you will have any problems using that stone on high Vanadium steels. Shun backs up decent stuff. And it says made in Japan. So it's going to be a very high quality ceramic water stone. Go for it, and congrats on the free hand sharpening! Great stuff my friend!
 
Both sides of the stone are also made of ceramics (aluminum oxide). I think they would work on M390.

Miso
 
Bought this stone in local knife store, was looking for something low grit. They haven't been able to tell me anything about it...
 
I looked up their Japanese site and found that info. The US site say nothing about the composition, so they could not have been able to tell you anything other than grit size I guess.

Miso
 
It looks like a rebranded Suehiro stone. It will probably work because up to about 1k the abrasive is still large enough that interaction with the Vanadium carbides is not detrimental to the outcome of the edge. It will however be much slower than the diamond plate I would recommend using.
 
Thx for coming out you all get likes. I'll update this thread when I'm finished. No eta :)
 
Wasting your time .Get diamond stones and things will be quick and easy .Diamond sharpens everything .Carbide tooling etc. No need to press hard ,will last a long time.
 
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