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3 March 2015 at 12:28 pm
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Salko, I have used the King soft-style water stones and now use an Ohishi combinatiom stone. I have not tried Shapton because they are too expensive, about twice the price in the UK.
The 1000 grit side is rather slow compared to soft stones, the 6000 is about comparable. I can accept a little dish so flatten fairly rarely, about every 90 hours of woodworking (not that that’s an especially comparable number), so they seem to take more abuse than traditional soft water stones.
Even though they are harder, you can still dig a hole in them if you’re freehanding and not paying attention.
Matt