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Shapton Pro 1000 Whetstone $29.00

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I've been monitoring this whetstone for a while and set up a 3 camel alert on it if it dropped under $39.99.. It is now $29.00 so I jumped on it. I'd say it is certainly slick, but there's only about 9 left!

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burntorangehorn
10-24-2021 at 06:21 AM.
10-24-2021 at 06:21 AM.
Did the research on ceramic and glass stones, and Shapton is the brand you want. In for one. I have also looked at generics, and the overwhelming consensus is that they're a waste of money.
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firechill
10-24-2021 at 06:50 AM.
10-24-2021 at 06:50 AM.
Quote from burntorangehorn :
Did the research on ceramic and glass stones, and Shapton is the brand you want. In for one. I have also looked at generics, and the overwhelming consensus is that they're a waste of money.
I can get a good edge on the cheap generic chinese stones... I wouldn't call them "bad", but they will dish very fast compared to a Shapton. Shapton also seem to have a nicer feel to them.
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IncompletePerfect
10-24-2021 at 06:52 AM.
10-24-2021 at 06:52 AM.
Definitely a slick deal!!! Thank you OP!!! REPPED!
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pogform
10-24-2021 at 07:25 AM.
10-24-2021 at 07:25 AM.
Great deal, I use Shapton for my kitchen knives and chisels/plane blades, they're excellent stones.
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rbk123
10-24-2021 at 07:35 AM.
10-24-2021 at 07:35 AM.
An excellent stone at an excellent price. I prefer Chosera/Naniwa but at this price if I needed a 1000, I would be all over it. Nice post, sir.
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khalid7412002
10-24-2021 at 07:54 AM.
10-24-2021 at 07:54 AM.
just bought this as my first whetstone.

Do i need any other grit whetstone for sharpening my knives or is just having this one enough to sharpen my knives.
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firechill
10-24-2021 at 08:21 AM.
10-24-2021 at 08:21 AM.
Quote from khalid7412002 :
just bought this as my first whetstone.

Do i need any other grit whetstone for sharpening my knives or is just having this one enough to sharpen my knives.
You should be ok with this as a starting stone. If you want to get a very smooth edge, the 2000 would be a decent finishing stone
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InEvX
10-24-2021 at 08:23 AM.
10-24-2021 at 08:23 AM.
Dead! Great deal! Smilie
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trza
10-24-2021 at 08:32 AM.
10-24-2021 at 08:32 AM.
$36.91 is still a great price. They are usually a few bucks north of $40.

Kinda redundant with my DMT plates and Shapton Pro 2k but at OP price I would have bought for sure.
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10-24-2021 at 08:38 AM.
10-24-2021 at 08:38 AM.
Quote from khalid7412002 :
just bought this as my first whetstone.

Do i need any other grit whetstone for sharpening my knives or is just having this one enough to sharpen my knives.

Start with this and learn to use it well. This will make a nice toothy edge for kitchen knives and typical kitchen knives don't get much better with very high grit stones.

Lower grits (like 350ish) would be good for chips and resetting bevels. That might be your next buy. This one will still work but take longer. But it's more forgiving while you learn.

Most western knives don't improve past 2k and you're nearly there. Many people get a 4K or 5k to finish very hard knives.

Beyond that, you're eitherhoning razors or sharpening for ego.
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