KING キング砥石 HT-65#1000#6000 WHET Stone, Light Brown and Dark Brown, One Size

I have found these whetstones are more durable than most cheaper alternatives. The 1000 grit is wearing faster than the 6000 grit side, this is to be expected though, as this side is used to remove more material. The 1000 grit side is ideal for knives that require minor adjustments to the beval, it will remove material reasonably quickly, and it doesn't take long to raise a burr. The 6000 grit side is ideal for polishing, or maintaining a blade that only requires a few passes to bring it back to a shaving edge. If a knife needs a completely new edge, I use a coarser grit stone, or a diamond plate before using the 1000 grit side of this stone. This is quicker and saves unnecessary wear on the whetstone! For the price, this is one of my favourite whetstones. For most sharpening tasks this is all you need! After years of sharpening, I will say the following.... Whetstones are not ideal for beginners! If you are just starting out, a set of abrasive diamond plates will last longer, and (most importantly) will stay flat making it much easier to practice maintaining a consistent angle.

this is great! read some reviews on reddit which said this was the best affordable pick. I soaked the 1000 grit for 5minutes and just splashed water onto the 6000 grit and it sharpened by chisels perfectly! the instructions are in japanese so i’m not totally sure what exactly are the instructions. would recommend using a leather strop additionally to the 6000 if you’re tedious like me and want to remove the burr but this easily got my chisels up to a mirror finish.

Brought for my chisel set which only had the factory edge. Used the stone with a sharpeneing guide to get an consistent angle to create a secondary bevel. Transformed the chisel. Downside is the stone did come with a small chip on the edge, however i could be bothered with the hassel of replacing.

Very nice water stone by King. I found the 1000 grit to be excellent for putting the edge back on kitchen knives, and the 6000 which also is a beautiful stone gives a polish to the edge and a finish to the blade. I love this stone! A year later and it is still going strong with no sign of loss of levelness....it's a really great hard stone that is very effective. No hesitation about giving this continued 5 stars... Two years of use and still no obvious signs of wear, incredible. I totally love this stone, the 6000 is a joy to use, smooth and fine but soon builds a fine grey slurry of steel.

Before I give this a full review I'd like to weigh in with opinions on soaking this stone. The instructions suggest, as far as I can tell, to soak the stone for several minutes. What I have found is that soaking for 2-3 minutes on the 1000 grit side ONLY is the best way to use this stone. the 6000 grit is far denser and doesn't appear to require any soaking at all, just a heavy splash of water as it dries while in use. This stone is fantastic. The 1000 side is a fast cutting, very responsive material that quickly brought out a burr on even my 61 HRC knives. The 6000 side is smooth as glass, has very minimal feedback but leaves the edge keener than a dog's sense of smell. A stone of this quality is an absolute steal. I'll be sure to come back to this review in a few months and comment on the longevity and flatness of the stone after a lot of use.

Firstly I’m so glad the sender wrapped it in bubble wrap. I saw photos of customer receiving badly damaged stones. Mine was wrapped securely. When using this stone, you need to submerge it in water. If you use a container that is just slightly bigger and deep enough to cover the stone with water you will actually see the stone absorbing the water as the level will drop. Keep filling the container until the stone stops absorbing. Then it’s ready to use. Make sure to use all of the stone to prevent it wearing unevenly. Intermittently turn the stone round after a few minutes use. It’s good practice to use some sort of good quality fine diamond stone to flatten the water stone regularly too. This will gently flatter the water stone faces without wearing them. I was very happy with my results. It’s a slower process to get that fine polished finish, but it’s fun to do. My chisels were polished to a razor finish and with practice they will be even better.

This is a beautiful piece of equipment and a joy to use. I was pleasantly surprised that it came complete with a stand for the stone - now I look again, it does say so in the description but I wasn't compeltely sure from the picture and was thinking about how I'd make a wooden stand for it. So to find it came with it's custom-sized plastic stand was a nice surprise. I have used it a couple of times so far and it works really well and feels like a quality piece of kit to use. As someone else has said in their review, make sure you look at some Youtube videos to understand how to use it properly because the instructions on the box are (unsurprisingly) all in Japanese and the the process of soaking and wetting the stone in use are important.

The stone does a good job for the price as it's essentially two in one, but the coarser side has started to develop a dip and will require aggressive flattening.