Thread: 8k synthetic options?

I have the right one then .

Originally Posted by gary haywood

I have the right one then .

Gary, even the description states that the original snow white it's a little finer than the standard Naniwa 8K.

This is the original Naniwa snow white stone (AKA IF-0001 Junpaku). When Naniwa updated their stone selection they offered one under their Traditional stone series that was white and when we asked about it they said it was a replacement for this stone but upon some of my customer's testing they seem to be convinced that the make up of the stone is a little different. So, we decided to offer them both. Word on the street is that this stone is a less thirsty, a little finer and a bit harder than the T-380. The stone measures 200mm x 70mm x 25mm.

this gives an interesting view of some 8k stones, jump to 20mins for the start of the key info (the whole thing is worth the time if you have it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdjXw_9vFi0

Originally Posted by DrDalton

this gives an interesting view of some 8k stones, jump to 20mins for the start of the key info (the whole thing is worth the time if you have it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdjXw_9vFi0

I can easily shave off my Snow white 8K it's an amazing stone as the guy in the video points out, I agree totally with his findings I've been using it for years, probably longer than he has.

Originally Posted by Maladroit

The Norton 8k stand alone (i.e. not the 4k/8k combo) is thick enough to easily hand hold - it does need some soaking but nowhere near as much as the 4k.

To this day this is still my only 4/8K hone system. I just don't find a need to buy anything else. I get super nice BBS from this stone and a regular strop.

If the guy does buy the naniwa 8k from me I am probably just going to get the thicker version of the 8k naniwa. I don't have a problem with norton 8k just to lazy to soak stone. Thought about snow white but I am not liking chance of stone cracking on me.

Originally Posted by Christian1

Thought about snow white but I am not liking chance of stone cracking on me.

If you take good care of the stone and dont introduce undue changes in environment/temp it's not likely to crack. They didn't get the reputation they have by being rubbish