Thread: Naniwa Watter Hones

I have: the 1k good stone, sometimes a little slow, but descent feed back and will put a great bevel on everything I have taken to it.

2k green "aoto", big stone...very tall, maybe 3-4", gets muddy, and very thirsty, but...that stone sings when you hone on it, and cuts very quickly with the best feedback I have had yet. Love this hone.

8k nice smooth with pretty good feed back, puts a nice polish on the edge too. I could shave off this one if I absolutely had too. Pretty smooth when maxed out

12k like honing on glass, great finisher for me, sharp but refined, I have gone to crox, and straight to stropping, both were thumbs up to me.

My 5k is a shuehiro rika, so that's where the gap above gets filled in at.

I will eventually get a chocera 1k, just because the 1k I have is good, but for blades in need of a lot of care, it can get pretty slow goings.
To your slurry question, go to SRD, Lynn has standard grade coticule bouts, best slurry stone I have ever used! I use it with the 1k by the way