SHAPTON K0709 Blade Blade, #320 Rough Blue Black

I purchased an entire line of the Shapton Kuromaku Whetstones with grit ratings of 100 to 4000. This #320 is a must have for extremely dull or reprofiling work. The hype is real from what you may have heard about the Shapton Kuromaku. I can verify all the hype- that they work incredibly fast, have great feedback and are VERY uniform. These are long lasting ceramic based stones that are known for their uniformity, speed, longevity. I have used this stone to profile(sharpen) 20 knives so far and have also purchased this as a gift for my Step Dad who is equally impressed. This is a critical stone to have as it is used for setting the knife's profile and does the raw sharpening (first stage). if you dont' get this right, the finer grit stones won't help.. so this is a critical stone to have in your collection. With care, I expect this to last a life time.

This is a very course stone. It's used to change an angle if you have to regrind or take out nicks from a knife. I use it every time I get a new knife as I prefer and really enjoy hand sharpening. I also do woodworking so sometimes I end up with a blade knick I have to take out and these really speeds up the process.

Reviewing for the 12000 I recently received... I have a number of Shapton Kuromaku stones and as always they are just a joy work with. Please just package the item better for shipment! It's an expensive item that can break or crack, don't send it in a postage bag. No wonder there are lots of reviews with broken stones.

Great, great stone. My best sharpening experience with this stone.

It's a great stone. It has good feedback and decent durability. But it seems in a different "class" than Shapton's other ceramics. It's noticeably more porous than their finer stones, and feels kind of sandy to me and requires more rinsing due to more slurry. It still cuts great and does it fast, it just doesn't have that premium feel that drew me to their other stones. Not a bad stone for the price, but you definitely won't be finishing your edge on this one!

I have several Shapton whetstones, starting from 1,000 and going up. I usually sharpen my knives before they start getting dull, but I got the 320 just in case. The case the stone comes in is great for protection and storage. It also stacks well. I'm looking forward to many years of use.

I needed this grit to profile the edge. The scratch pattern isn't too bad. I use these for alot of kitchen knives some of which are cheap stainless. I can get a decent edge but I've got the dbl sided diamond plate on order

Shapton whetstones work amazingly well compared to competitor stones.

Mükemmel bir bileme taşı. Bıçaklara anında etki ediyor mükemmel parlatıyor. Çok güzel kargolanmıştı.

Good holder maybe a bit slippery pads under but great quality stone

This is a good, even excellent, whetstone. For, it does the job, gives reasonable feedback (i.e. one can feel what one is doing), does not have any problem with slurry, and it does not seem to wear especially fast. I have used it with success on low-carbon knives and medium-carbon knives. I have not tested it on any very high carbon knife, though I imagine that it would work on such a knife. Other reviews here say that it does. The price is pretty good. I add the following (and in so doing I echo somewhat one of the other reviews). This remark of mine will concern medium or high-carbon knives, i.e. hard knives. If one is changing the angle of such a knife, and/or perhaps is the knife is really blunt, then one needs a coarse stone, like this one. For, under those conditions, using a less coarse stone makes it hard to get the knife sharp. (Still, what counts as less coarse? Perhaps 400 grit and above. Certainly 800 grit and above. But I'm talking about standard synthetic stones here. Matters might be different with diamond stones. As to natural stones, some of them are very hard, but at least most such stones will have a grit north of two thousand, which, for the sort of work at issue, will take forever.) I would not try to use the whetstone atop its box - as shown in one of the photographs provided by the seller. I imagine that that would work badly. One needs a proper whetstone holder. For _storing_ the stone, the box is fine, though I prefer the Naniwa boxes. (Incidentally: to my knowledge, Naniwa does not do a stone in the 300-400 grit range, at least not within its more serious lines of stones.)

Bought a 320 and 1000 . What can I say? It's a Shapton whetstone! Tried both and worked perfectly fine (my sharpening skill needs a catch up though). Threw away my cheap wet stone bought from a Chinese grocery store. Kept wondering how I put up with the crap for so long. Guess I was a cheapo.

Ottima qualità. Da usare come primo passaggio nell'affilatura di coltelli/strumenti con lama in cattive condizioni.