Review on 🪚 Norton St Gobain Abrasives 61463624335 by Deejay Allard

This is a great stone especially if you just want to try waterstones and don't want to spend the same amount of money. Some say the 220/1000 combination is impractical, but that's because a lot of people sharpen that particular sequence, as well as Norton's own designs for these water stones. Their other stones also jump from 1000 to 4000 and 8000, much steeper than what you'll see with other water stones, but the grit is designed to work with each other. I didn't see any real difference when I mixed 325 and 750 grit between 220 and 1000, you're just wasting more time that you could have spent going to 1000. The only thing I don't really like. The thing about the stone is that it requires a lot of smoothing, especially the 220 side. The more you smooth, the faster the stone will wear out. Mine is actually about a half inch thick right now because I unscrewed the 220 side while repairing the blade and I had to remove that much to flatten it again. This might not be a problem for those who find flat spots to sharpen, but I think if you're going to be sharpening a lot on the 220 side, it might actually make sense to just buy a hard 220 grit stone if you need that side a lot smooth more. How spicy will it be? Too many ego-inflated, pointless "sharpness" tests, and I'm telling you, I've passed most of them with just that one stone. It will easily produce a blade that will "cut through" newspapers or shave hair clean from dry skin without flaking or snagging, and even separates and cuts if you stop for a while afterward. In the end it really depends a lot on your technique, skill and how much you're willing to invest to polish the blade on a 1000 grit stone - it's definitely doable, but mistakes on a 1000 grit will cost a lot more than one Grit 4000. -m. I really like the plastic case it comes in, it also makes a great non-slip grinding bench to put the stone on