Thread: Anyone have Experience with La Pyreenes?

Pretty much what the title says. La Pyreenes is a French stone of supposedly 1200 grit (estimated by ardennes, though we all know how well the 4000 and 8000 grit designations describe the belgian blue and coti). I've searched through the forums, but I have found very little on this stone. Ardennes info can be found here:
http://www.ardennes-coticule.be/en/p...n%C3%A9es.html

Anyway, I'm in the market for a bevel setter, and I like the idea of using a natural stone. Unfortunately, I can't find a supplier in the states, and shipping is steep from belgium. So I was wondering if anybody has used one of these, or has any insight into how well they work. Thanks!

The site of the company (I think) is this Pierre à aiguiser naturelle des pyrénées.
I contacted them a year ago, they are very friendly and you can ask them for a price catalogue. Their prices are very good, but the shipping is expensive. I will buy a combination of their stones soon, they have this fine and another one coarser variety. If you order, tell us what you think.

Thanks for the info. I had stumbled onto a few of their products before, but I never found their main site. If I order some I'll certainly post about them, it's just, I'm rarely an early adopter...... If you order first please let us know what you think as well.

I know that Mr Henk has them, I hope he can tell us what he thinks.
Other options are, of course, Arkansas, and you will not pay a lot for shipping, Wastikivi from Finland, Amakusa and others from Japan, many sandstones from Europe, including the pietra Serena I like from Italy, you can ask Fabrizio (bushdoctor) if he can find any, and many others.
Or you can go for a Chosera 1000 or Sigma select II 1.2k which are the fastest.

Originally Posted by Vasilis

I know that Mr Henk has them, I hope he can tell us what he thinks.
Other options are, of course, Arkansas, and you will not pay a lot for shipping, Wastikivi from Finland, Amakusa and others from Japan, many sandstones from Europe, including the pietra Serena I like from Italy, you can ask Fabrizio (bushdoctor) if he can find any, and many others.
Or you can go for a Chosera 1000 or Sigma select II 1.2k which are the fastest.

Thanks for the info, looks like I have a number of options to research. The chosera, or even a naniwa is pretty tempting. In fact, amazon has the henckels branded superstone 1000/220 on sale at the moment, so that is a bit tempting as well.

Can I ask what is it that you like about the pietra serena?

It's a hard sandstone with good scratch pattern and speed.
If you intend to buy a man made stone, go for a good one. The naniwa superstone 220/1000 is a good stone, but, their chosera 1000 is a lot better, one of the best. And, I find the SS II 1.2k even better on harder steels, then again, it's personal preferences.

No experience with the stone but remember seing this video about it.

My brother uses it for his knives. Too damn harsh for a cut throat.

how do you order off of this site? no english version ?

The link in the first post opens in english with other language options. The second link is in french but the range of stones seems to be much the same as the first online source.