| | |  | Search by Manufacturer | Home » » 250/1000 Combination Grit Waterstone | | | | | | | Description: | | This great japanese whetstone easily removes rust and keep your sword and Kitchen Knives sharp. * Made in Japan * Grit: #1000 & 250 * Overall Length: 8in L x 2in W x 1in H * Each Grade 1/2in Thick * Care: Hand Wash with Water * This Whetstone great for most kind of knife: fruit knife, cleaver, Kitchen knife. | | | Features: | |
• Medium Size Japanese Whetstone, Grit 250/1000
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 8.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 2.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 Good water stoneFeb 04, 2011
By Jesse Gearhart
Mine arrived with a chip in one corner, but didn't effect sharpening much so I kept it.
Nice consistent stone. Works well. King is a well known water stone and will last quite a while without ever loading up.
The only thing I'm not a fan of is the width. It's nothing horrible or anything, but I do like my stones a bit wider than this one.
Get a 4k or 6k water stone as you're next step from this one for a great blade finish. I use this stone, a king 4000, and a shapton glass stone 8000grit, and a leather strop to finish and can cut a sliver off a strand of hair. I'm evil and get a kick out of warning someone my knife is sharp when handing it to them, watching them cut their finger on it when they check like an idiot.
 King Stones: The BestJan 15, 2012
By kylemag
These King Stones are legitimate Japanese Water Stones made in, you guessed it, Japan. They are extremely versitile and are the highest quality stones I have used. However, there are a few more good companies out there. Water stones are true to the craft of knife honing and sharpening and is a useful skill to teach yourself. I highly recommend watching virtuovice (YouTube Name) on YouTube for excellent tutorials on how to sharpen with stones.
The lower grit stones like the 250 and 400 are great for taking out chips in the blades or reprofiling the edge to fit your needs or preferences. As a camper who beats on knifes and axes, I really need this benefit to take out those chips and these stones do so beautifully.
A good stone grit to breach the gab between the lower grits and the finishing stone is the 1000 grit. This will help smooth out the edge and give it some great sharpness. It also makes finishing the edge with a 3000 or 4000 grit stone an easier and less time-consuming step in the process. Finally, you should use a leather strop with a green and black compound to really get a good edge.
Bottom Line and Reccommending Sharpening System:
1.) 250/1000 grit King Water Stone
2.) 3000 or 4000 grit King Stone
3.) Leather strop with compound
You only really need the 250, 1000, and 3000 (or 4000) grit stones with the strop. I have seen the strop put a better edge than 8000 grit stones. Keep in mind a strop is only 30 bucks or so, and you could almost spend $100 on an 8000 grit stone. This reccommended sytem will make a butter knife scary sharp if you wanted it too. However, the stones are expensive and will loose shape over time depending on how much you use them. But the time you use them will definitely yield better results than a spyderco Sharpmaker (I have one). I also reccommend some sort of a stone holder like the Steelex Sharpening Stone Holder. This works well and makes it easier to work with.
Good size. Good comboJan 06, 2012
By Alex
The stone is a good length. As others have said it's a thin stone... only about 2 inches wide, but that was plenty to sharpen my traditional kbar... and my other knives. Why make it wider than it needs to be? The only thing that could be better about this stone was if it were square and had four different grits instead of 2. The stone gets my knives sharp enough to easily cut through paper... but you probably want a truly fine grit stone along with this one to get it that little bit sharper... silly-dangerous sharp.
I bought mine from this page. They shipped as expected. It was new in box. The box was pretty beaten... but its a stone... youre not going to keep the box anyways?
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