Thread: King combination stone k-80s

Found some stones in my dad's warehouse. I thought my brother took all his sharpening stuff. There was a diamond bar hone, some arks, some milky looking things. Among them was this. This looks like it has never been used. This is mainly for knives isn't it? It's a 1000/6000

Yeah , great stone for knives. Probably one of the most if not the most popular knife stones in Japan.

The 1k can be used for bevel setting razors but will need more frequent flattening than say Shaptons or Choceras.

A 'King' water hone' is a decent hone. 1K is a good bevel setting grit, but the jump to 6K is too big.

Hang onto it and use it. With that said, be aware that King hones are thirsty SOB's and can take up to over 3 hours to fully drink up the water before the bubbles stop. Before I gave my King 800 and 1K hones away I kept them in a water bath with a ratio of 1-2 tbs of unscented chlorine bleach per gallon and they did well.

Also--it takes days for them to dry out.

That stone may surprise you. A king 1k is a nice stone for bevel setting. I give it a quick 60 second soak then add water from a squirt bottle as I hone until it stops absorbing water. Not too long.

If you take your time, max out the 1k and reduce the 1k stria as much as possible using light pressure and jointing the edge, you can make the 6k jump easily.

Do the same for the 6k to max it out, strop on linen then re-finish on the 6k with light laps till the edge is very straight. Strop on Chrome Oxide and leather, and it is a very shaveable edge.

Yea, sometimes, I get bored.

I have a couple old 1k’s on wood bases and I like them better than the newer ones. They are soft and muddy but cut quick and can leave a shallower stria pattern than most 1k, especially if you do final lap with light pressure and an almost dry stone.

The I/6k combo is a great knife stone, also good size for axes, use a squirt bottle to keep it wet.

Here are two others he had. The larger one I'm sure is an ark...right? The other one I have no idea. Opinions anyone? Oh, the small one is about 1 1/2" X 3"

They both look like Arks.



Knife grade, or used in a Nat. progression

Paul-The swirly one looks like one of the Royal Flint Abrasive novaculite stones (Arkie for all intents and purposes). I believe they are mined near Alberta. Some of them are stunningly beautiful with multi-colored banding. I have been jonesing for one real bad for awhile now, as I have a weakness for any type of super-hard novaculite stone, the more exotic and weird the better as long as they give that unique Arkie/novaculite finish. They seem to have quite a presence on ebay.

Here is their Facebook page with some beautiful examples: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Royal-Fl...3287480/posts/[/URL]. Please tell us how it hones. I'll bet if you left one side "rough" (say lapped and flattened with 600-1k), and burnished the other, you would get smoking edges if it is one of their harder stones (they have a different grading system than Dan's and US Arkies). Only 1 way to find out.