These are the natural stones I have tested on kitchen knives. For knives you normally want something softer and faster than a razor stone — most people land between Lv 1,5 and Lv 4. The hardness is written in each stone name.
A natural stone gives you a Kasumi finish and an edge that bites into food in a way synthetics do not. Softer stones work well on single bevel knives and wide bevels, harder ones on thin double bevel knives.
If you are not sure, email me and tell me which knives you have. I will help you pick the right one.
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Binsui
HKD982.91This Binsui stones is quite soft and very easy to use, create slurry very fast and make amazing toothy edge Approx. 1-2k grit approx Size: 210mm 70mm 60mmPicture is just example -
Ikarashi Flat
HKD1,544.57Medium grit stone from Niigata, Sanjo I have tested this stone for some time now and i think it is very good 1000 -2000 stone ! Very fast for natural and feels very good, it have super feedback that... -
Big Ikarashi Flat
HKD1,825.40Medium grit stone from Niigata, Sanjo I have tested this stone for some time now and i think it is very good 1000 -2000 stone ! Very fast for natural and feels very good, it have super feedback that... -
Hideriyama Lv 3 (a3305)
HKD9,126.98Hideriyama is a mine that produce more softer stones then other mines. It is very good stones for Kitchen knifes or for beginners in tool sharpening! This one is super smooth and feels a lot like... -
Oohira Lv 3 (a3304)
HKD5,616.60Old stock Ohira Fast and medium hardness stone quite easy to use feels very smooth and make some black very fast Can be used with or without Nagura and make clear Kasumi finish No Toxic lines... -
Brown Saeki (a3034)
HKD3,510.38This Saeki stone i picked up my self in Japan ! Brown Saeki without any toxic inclusions at all and very uniform Make super nice hazy finish and very easy to use ! Medium hardens but give Very... -
Tsushima Nagura medium
HKD1,404.15Thinner Version of Big Tsushima Nagura !Very good stone as Aoto specially for Razors and Tools but can also be used for knives.Tsushima Naguras is very clean stones, so no inclusions or lines you... -
Amakusa
HKD912.70Very coarse Natural stone that works best with Cladded knives but can also be used on mono steel as it get bur very quickly aprox. 400-600 grit Coarse natural Stones scratch patterns is much easier... -
Suisa Omura
HKD2,036.02I tested this one quite some time. And i really like it I am always skeptical to coarse Japanese Natural stones But this one i do really like and use a lot now. It is splash and go so don't need... -
Tsushima Nagura
HKD491.45Tsushima Nagura For razors or for knives very nice big Nagura about 6-8 k It is sealed and ready for use produce very nice light gray slurry Size: 45 mm x 45 mm x 45 mm

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