Originally Posted by
JimmyHAD
I did a forum search in Hones forum and only found one post, a guy asking about the Gesshin. No replies. Then I did a google search and found it for sale on a Japanses knife site. Not a cheap stone. I didn't find much on the Watanabe stones. Their website and a thread on Kitchen Knife Forums that didn't review them.
The suggestion to soak the Gesshin stone brings to mind the Norton waterstones. These were the work horse on SRP when I first came around. The Shapton Pro stones were around (also knife stones primarily) and the glass stones hadn't showed up yet, nor the Naniwa Superstones.
All of these synthetic stones were made for sharpening tools, planes, chisels, or knives. They work well with razors if proper technique is used. So those stones may well work for your gold dollars when they get to you. Check out the stickies in the honing forum, videos and what have you.