Thread: help me choose a 1000 grit hone from the following

I'd like an inexpensive hone for bevel work. I already have a spyderco medium, coti combo, 12k chinese and a 4/8k norton.
Now I just need something in the 1000 range.
Which of these wold be best:

SchärfStein 1000 AbziehStein WasserStein f Japan Messer - eBay.ch (endet 13.08.09 20:30:00 MESZ)


Japanischer Wasserstein Abziehstein Messerschärfer 1000 - eBay.ch (endet 25.08.09 23:56:57 MESZ)

# japan Schleifstein, Abziehstein,Wasserstein 1000 #367 - eBay.ch (endet 10.08.09 21:21:40 MESZ)

Kombi SchärfStein 150x50x25 AbziehStein 1000/6000 Japan - eBay.ch (endet 20.08.09 20:22:00 MESZ)

Japanischer Abziehstein Körnung 120 und 1000 - eBay.ch (endet 05.09.09 09:56:20 MESZ)


Thanks!

I cannot read German so I am handicapped to help with those but if you look at these here from a non ebay German vendor I highly recommend them.

Translated using babelfish:

Sharp stone 1000 whetstone boiler scale f Japan measurer - eBay.ch (ends 13.08.09 20:30: 00 Central European Summer Time)


Japanese boiler scale whetstone more measurer-sharply 1000 - eBay.ch (ends 25.08.09 23:56: 57 Central European Summer Time)

# Japan whet-stone, whetstone, boiler scale 1000 #367 - eBay.ch (ends 10.08.09 21:21: 40 Central European Summer Time)

http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/trans...3Dp3286.c0.m14

Japanese whetstone granulation 120 and 1000 - eBay.ch (ends 05.09.09 09:56: 20 Central European Summer Time)

A norton 4k/8k compares to 1k/5k JIS stones such as King and Naniwa, and may be suitable for setting your bevel. Also, your spyderco may be similiarly suited as most stones that are only marked fine/medium are in my own trials really quite coarse. I found this out with an aluminum oxide stone that was supposedly good for a 'mirror finish' that was around 400/1200 grit rating on either side.

Can't really hep you with what to get I use wet/dry paper for my work in that range. But I can tell you a Norton 4/8 is completely unsuitable for heavy bevel setting work. The Spyderco medium is comparable to a 600 grit hone and could be used for heavy bevel work, and you can go straight from here to the 4000 Norton, though I would use it with extremely light strokes only.

The sun tiger is not bad for its money
Kombi SchärfStein 150x50x25 AbziehStein 1000/6000 Japan

Originally Posted by Wildtim

Can't really hep you with what to get I use wet/dry paper for my work in that range. But I can tell you a Norton 4/8 is completely unsuitable for heavy bevel setting work. The Spyderco medium is comparable to a 600 grit hone and could be used for heavy bevel work, and you can go straight from here to the 4000 Norton, though I would use it with extremely light strokes only.

My spyderco medium is roughly 3500-4000 (a little, but just a fraction, coarser than the norton 4000)




So what would a nice bevel setter (on totally dull razors) be in japanese, european, american grit size?


I'm totally confused!

Originally Posted by napoleon

My spyderco medium is roughly 3500-4000 (a little, but just a fraction, coarser than the norton 4000)




So what would a nice bevel setter (on totally dull razors) be in japanese, european, american grit size?


I'm totally confused!

Norton 1K, Naniwa 1k, Shapton pro or glass 1k.

But here:

Originally Posted by GUESSKOENIG

A norton 4k/8k compares to 1k/5k JIS stones such as King and Naniwa

the norton 4k=naniwa 1k. So the naniwas use an american grading system?

Originally Posted by napoleon

But here:



the norton 4k=naniwa 1k. So the naniwas use an american grading system?

If you take a look at the comparative grit charts (American/Japanese) IIRC they are very close in the lower grits. IME a 1k Norton, Naniwa or Shapton pro perform similarly.