Originally Posted by
Sailor
Few days ago i found that my Japanese Sun King 1k stone had been cracked in two pieces. Shit happens, i've had it about 10 years or more, so maybe it just got tired for serving me after all these years.
I purchased new Norton 1k stone, and i noticed that it feels much coarser than Sun King, even after lapping it.
Now the question goes how is this possible?. I know that the grit size is the grit size, no matter who made the stone. The same goes with all my Japanese/Norton stones. Japanese 4k and 6k stones feel much finer than Norton 8k. What is the point i didn't get?