Bruno C. Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hi, Long time noob here, with my first post. Someone walked off with my sharpening stone >:-[. So I need a new one, or several. The one I lost was a 300/400 grit, I believe, water stone. I'm looking for a good, reliable, trusted, preferably online, source of sharpening stones in various grits from 200 - 1000+. My 300 grit stone that is now lost to me worked well for most tasks, was quick and easy, good 2" x 6" x 1" stone. got it for 3 bucks when some shop was going out of business. Don't know where to get a new one like that, and I found a nice oil stone of some higher grit which works real nice, but not good for most of my now dull kitchen knives. I get bored easily so a nice 300 grit stone is handy for tedious tasks. So, anyone know a good place online with good variety where I can get a good water and or wet stone of with a good large dimension such as 2"x6" or longer for a reasonable price ? Thanks, -R.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Have you tried a google search? It would seen sharpening stone are readily available in many places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 For my razors (for shaving) I start with a Naniwa Chosera 1k I purchased from these guys. Unbelievably fast stone for its fine grit. You really do get what you pay for. http://www.chefknivestogo.com/chosera-stones.html I then finish with a Belgian Coticule I bought from this guy, who provides AWESOME customer service. Warning: he photographs everything individually with rather big files. http://thesuperiorshave.com/ I have recently started using a piece of petrified wood as a pre-finisher since it sets up the edge for finish very well (was given to me) so my order on a well used razor would be Naniwa chosera 1K on water (it has a slurry stone but I don't use it normally) Belgian Coticule on milky slurry through dilutions petrified wood Belgian coticule on water For knives I usually start with the Naniwa Chosera 1k and stop. It cuts much faster than my carborundum hones (some of which were $3, and others were quite a bit more) so I have almost entirely stopped using them. If you really need to remove a lot of material fast then a DMT diamond plate may be in order. I have been resisting buying one... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shimanek Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Try Woodcraft, they carry some stones and you can buy online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsoldat Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Leevalley has many different water stones usually at a decent price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua.M Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 http://barrtools.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=BT&Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=LGSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playinwitmetal Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 just my $.02, but murray carter has some pretty good stones on his site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno C. Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Thanks for the info, very close to what I am looking for... Google is usefull only 30% of the time anymore, so I was hoping more towards good user feedback.. Hard to trust anyone online anymore, or ever for that matter. Those chosera stones are real expensive, hope I will be in real need of one those high grits in future. Need to find some cheaper ones though... Amazon works, but **** its hard to find one like the one that walked away with someone, for cheap anyways. ***** it, wish I bought 10 of those when I found them... Anyways, I appreciate the info and welcome more thoughts on the subject. -R.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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