Japanese Knife Sharpening Whetstone Double Face Grit 1000/6000

If you are a fan of Japanese kitchen knives, then you are fan of sharp blades. However, after being used for a long time, even top quality Japanese blades require to be sharpened, and the best solution is to use a whetstone. Sharpening steels and manual sharpeners are often more adapted for Western type for kitchen knives, and that is why if you need to sharpen Japanese knives knives, you should always have in your kitchen an accessory such as the Japanese Whetstone Double Grit 1000/6000 that we offer you in this page.

This Japanese whetstone has two different sides with different grit levels. The fact of having two different grits allows you to obtain better sharpening results by first passing the blade along the coarser grit and then finish it along the finer grit. Below is described the purpose of each side:

– Grit 1000: this part has fine grains that are coarse enough to do the initial sharpening of your steel kitchen knives. However, if you intend to sharpen a blunt knife, it is recommendable to use another whetstone with a lower grit. This grit is represented by the blue side in this stone.

– Grit 6000: composed of ultra fine grains, this part is used for the final sharpening of the blade’s edge. This face should be used after you have already sharpened your knife with the grit 1000. This grit is found in the yellow side of the stone.

Given that even the coarser side of this whetstone is composed of relatively fine grains (grit 1000), this stone should be used with blunt knives that require their blades’ edges to be redefined. Although this whetstone is mostly meant to be used for Japanese knives, it could also be used with with Western kitchen knives as long as the steel of their blades exceeds 59 HRC of hardness rating.

The dimensions of this whetstone are the following: 185 x 60 x 28 millimeters. With this size, you can easily carry and store the whetstone in any drawer of your kitchen. Just remember to be careful in not letting fall down, because the stone can get broken, and you would not be able to put it back together.

If you don’t know how to use a whetstone, we invite you to read our article with tips and advice on how to sharpen your kitchen knives. Even if you are not a pro, you’ll be able to learn in fast and easy way!

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