KING Whetstone, 6000 Grit

La piedra llegó en muy buenas condiciones. Vino muy bien embalada y eso se agradece, ya que en algunos casos vienen rotas. La mía llegó en muy buen estado. Recomiendo mucho la king de #6000 ya que pule muy bien el filo del cuchillo

The KING 6000 grit whetstone offers an ultra-fine finish for sharpening. 1 Made with clay-bonded abrasive, it avoids plastic compounds. 2 The stone is permanently based, providing stability. 3 It's designed to deliver a polished, razor-sharp edge, suitable for general sharpening tasks. 2 A solid option for those seeking a high-grit finishing stone.This review represents my personal opinion and experience with this product. I am not affiliated with the manufacturer or seller, and this review should not be interpreted as an endorsement or professional advice. Any reliance on the information provided is at your own risk.

First, you barely need to soak this one, maybe 5 minutes. I gave it 8-10 since it was the first time, but after then, it has been 3-5 minutes each time. Secondly, this is an amazing stone. It polishes the edge, will even get near a mirror-finish if you take the time and leave the slurry. A bit soft, you can cut it with the edge, but feels good and does its job well. Great for most anything that isn't a modern steel with more than abut 2% Vanadium carbides.UPDATE: do not need to soak more than a minute or 2. Mostly splash and go, soaking a longer time will degrade the stone!It is really a great stone. A little soft in its feedback, but mostly just smooth, and when there is a hiccup, the stone doesn't freak you out, it just kinda lets you know. Like The Dude, y'know, The Stone abides man. Very forgiving and easy to work with, and capable of scary sharp. I have tried 55HRC, 57-59HRC, and 1 VG-10 60-61HRC (UPDATE- I have since done D2, S35VN, CPM154, and several others on these stones). It polished them all. As you can see, I also got a King 1200 with this stone, and I used that stone first, then this 6000, for each knife. If you are looking at waterstones the 800-1200 grit range, I recommend the 1200. If you don't need to fix a bunch of chips (I tried, 0.5mm chip took 15 minutes to grind out) even though it will do it, it is slow. But if you just have dull knives, especially something like Calphalons, Wusthofs, or anything that is an AUS-6, X50CrMoV15, or general basic knife steel that gets only about 59HRC at best, these stones work as a great team. I only stropped on some newsprint each time, so I could better check the edge from the stones, but a full strop with some compound is next on my list. If you just need a polishing stone, and have a gap from 10K and say, down to 3000-below, this 6000 is the bees knees.It doesn't quite match most quality 8000's, so it will still fit in most lineups, but this is really a great stone for any collection. It gives good feedback, wears slowly, polishes a fantastic edge, and will work on the most common knife hardnesses out there. I know that a lot of this is skill and such, but with this stone my edge cuts paper while I barely hold onto it. It cuts plastic wrap just by SETTING the knife down on it. I will be getting the KING 300 to round out the set, and make sure I have something for my most common problems and desires. A strop with 3-micron compound on the suede side and maybe some 1-micron diamond emulsion on the smooth side.If you are looking for the best value combo you can get, get the KDS 1K/6K combo stone. If you want the next best thing, but better longevity and more real estate to work with, get this 6000 stone and the 1200, IMHO. The King 300 is as good as the others, if not better, I used Kings for a long time and supplemented them with other stones like vitrified ceramics and diamond stones. They are that good, for that cheap. I am a convert to waterstones. EDIT - I have since been converted to vitrified ceramics and Diamond stones. The convenience is just too much to ignore. These waterstones are still a great value, I just almost never use them anymore!

It's not a top quality natural Japanese whet Stone, but it doesn't cost anywhere near what one would, either. This is a reasonably well made, reasonably priced sharpening stone that works well.

Great finish stone. Large size.

This was purchased to replace a similar 30-year-old stone that dried out and cracked before separating from the base and disintegrating. The pieces will be handy to supplement this new stone. There was no question in my mind whether I should buy a replacement. These are excellent stones that leave an incredibly sharp, polished edge. I have many shaped India and Arkansas stones that are OK for honing the molder and shaper knives that I grind, but for chisels and hand plane blades this is the one I use for a scary sharp edge.Start with a coarser stone to remove nicks in the blade and finish with this. In 35 years doing architectural woodworking, I haven’t found better stones. I know there are even finer grits, but this stone makes a good chisel as sharp as a razor.

Arrived fast and well-packaged so none of the issues some older reviews took notice of.

Stone appeared to be nice but arrived cracked through in two pieces. Mounted in a cheap plastic holder which I assume probably flexed in transit and resulting in a damaged stone. Dry disappointed.