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2-sided sharpening stone for Higonokami #400/#1500

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2-sided sharpening stone for  Higonokami #400/#1500

Very compact and handy water stone for grinding a Japanese pocket blade knife(higonokami, Kiridashi or Hori-Hori blade). Due to its limited size, this stone is not suitable for grinding kitchen knives longer than 10 cm.

This stone can also be used for grinding regular pocket knives and other small tools. This high-quality stone with compact dimensions also makes it ideal for on-road, on vacation or on survival trips. This stone is hard with a very long life, the stone must be immersed in water shortly (few minutes). The stone may also be used with oil.

Characteristics:

Dimensions of the stones: 10 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
grain:

# 400
# 1500


Grain Size (Grit)
The grain size of Japanese grindstones is expressed in a grit number. The higher the number, the finer the grain and the sharper the result. In principle there are 3 types of stones:

  • Grinding stones (Japanese grain size 80-400)
  • Whet stones (400-3000)
  • Polishing stones (3000-30,000)

Which stone you start with depends on the time you have and the state of the knife. If the knife is really dull or damaged, you start with a rough grinding stone (#120-400). With a less dull or undamaged blade you can start immediately with a whet stone (for example a 1000 or 1200 stone). It is essential to finish with a polishing stone (usually between 4000 and 8000 grit), which is intended to get the blade razor sharp. The combination of a whet stone (1000 to 3000) with a 4000-8000 polishing stone is, in our opinion, an ideal starting package. Polishing stones above  8000 grit do not always produce a sharper result, this is mainly depending on the steel quality.

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