Dieter Schmid - Fine Tools
	Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 7 A - 10711 Berlin - Germany Tel ++49 (0)30 342 1757 - Fax ++49 (0)30 342 1764 Website: www.fine-tools.com

Dieter Schmid - Fine Tools Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 7 A - 10711 Berlin Tel ++49 30 342 1757 - Fax ++49 30 342 1764 Website: www.fine-tools.com

Overview Sharpening Tools Using Japanese Waterstones Which waterstone should I choose?

Japanese Waterstones: King and Sun Tiger

Japanese Waterstones: SUEHIRO and CERAX Japanese Waterstones: SHAPTON Japanese Waterstones: NANIWA Japanese Waterstones: Combination Stones, Sickle Stones, Sculpture's Whet Stones

The Japanese sharpening stone manufacturer Matsunaga, in Osaka, makes the brands King und Sun Tiger is the oldest- and best-known maker of Japanese waterstones in the West. King-Stones are relatively soft and have a comfortable feel in use, because one can see and feel the stone cutting the surface. These types of soft stones must be resurfaced relatively often however, as a hollow quickly develops in use. The 240-grit grinding stone from Sun Tiger is also fairly soft and so can develop a hollow fairly quickly. But one is recompensed by the fact that it cuts very quickly and is useful for grinding out chips and nicks in the blades of chisels and knives, for instance. One can grind out a chip in a knife in a few minutes, but with chisels or plane irons, one must be careful to check often that one has not ground a hollow into the relatively soft stone. When sharpening a knife, if one moves the flat blade evenly over the entire stone, this will tend to keep the stone flat. But if one has a bunch of chisels to sharpen, for instance, the stone can start out flat, cutting a nice even bevel on the first chisel, but by the last chisel be so cupped that one would have to flatten the stone, and start over. The softer the stone, the more it needs to be watched, and the more often it needs to be flattened. This is not everyone's cup of tea, but if one accepts the need, one can have a wonderfully quick-working stone. The SUN TIGER 240-grit stone also needs much less pressure than, for instance, the SHAPTON 120-grit stone. The softer stone simply grabs and starts cutting from the first stroke. Waterstones do wear concave with use and require periodic re-flattening. Our flattening stones will do this job. A flat stone is indispensable for effective sharpening, especially with flat blades like chisels and plane irons.

Coarse Stone SUN TIGER for grinding down notches for removing a lot of metal for restoring the damaged edge of a tool for changing the bevel on a blade Grain size: 240 Size: 205 mm x 75 mm x 50 mm Order nr. 309371 Price € 37.50

Coarse Stone KING for grinding down notches for removing a lot of metal for restoring the damaged edge of a tool for changing the bevel on a blade Grain size: 300 Notice: This stone is for carbon steel blades only. Alloyed steel blocks the grain. Size: 207 mm x 66 mm x 32 mm Order nr. 309372 Price € 29.50

Sharpening Stones KING for general purpose sharpening Size: 207 mm x 66 mm x 34 mm Grit 800 nr. 309352 Price € 21.50 Grit 1000 nr. 309351 Price € 21.50 Grit 1200 nr. 309350 Price € 21.50

Sharpening Stone KING "HYPER" for fast sharpening You have to flatten this stone more often than other stones Grain size: 1000 Size: 205 mm x 70 mm x 34 mm Order nr. 309354 Price € 45.50

KING Honing Stone small for honing, fixed on plastic base Grain size: 4000 Size: 176 mm x 52 mm x 15 mm Order nr. 309359 Price € 19.90

KING Honing Stone small for honing Grain size: 6000 Size: 185 mm x 62 mm x 19 mm (7-1/4 x 2-1/2 x 3/4 inch) Order nr. 313610 Price € 22.90

KING Honing Stone wide for honing, fixed on plastic base Grain size: 6000 Size: 210 mm x 73 mm x 22 mm Order nr. 309356 Price € 39.90

KING Honing Stone small for honing Grain size: 8000 Size: 185 mm x 62 mm x 19 mm (7-1/4 x 2-1/2 x 3/4 inch) Order nr. 313611 Price € 43.90