Nice vids and presentation bro..your vids remind me of a UA-cam channel I used to sub to..he used to compare Naniwa and..and he also showed the loading and after the cleaning..cant remember the channel..even the halo light and the cloth are the same..back to the vids, you are right the Shapton kuramaku leave a coarser finish than a 1k stone probably around 600 -800 grit..but I like the feedback from the stone…
It was some sort of form rubber mat from target, I looked online and I can't find them, maybe they don't sell them anymore. It was perfect because it was non slip but also absorbed water so I would just hang it in the bathtub to dry. Every once in a while I would wash it with a garden hose to clean it.
I have a 1000 grit diamond stone, and honestly I can't tell the difference between the scratch pattern of that stone and shapton kurumaku 1000 even with a usb microscope. It depends what you compare it against, you can argue that some other japanese stones are finer than their rating
Yes, it does matter what you compare it to. Diamond plates leave deep scratches and leave a coarser scratch pattern also. As you said, there are other stones that run on the finer side of things too. This is why I try to compare stones based on the scratch pattern and not the number that is written on the stone.
Why do you compare a 500 stone to a 1000 stone? There is a big difference even between the kuromaku 1000 and 2000. Inthe Shapton glass 7 series (similar stones than the Shapton Glass) the 25 micron (about #600) is the biggest grain size, and I literally can feel its roughness. The next is the 11,5 micron grit (about #1300), and it is way smoother.
@@SaltyKayakAdventures I hope you did not expect mirror finish from the 1000 stone :) Anyway I hate, that a couple of years ago I have seen some chart which showed the grain difference between the same grit japanese stones. In a perfect world all of them would be the same size.
Shapton 1500 is interesting one too, it gives mud that leave kasumi shade in cladding knife
Nice vids and presentation bro..your vids remind me of a UA-cam channel I used to sub to..he used to compare Naniwa and..and he also showed the loading and after the cleaning..cant remember the channel..even the halo light and the cloth are the same..back to the vids, you are right the Shapton kuramaku leave a coarser finish than a 1k stone probably around 600 -800 grit..but I like the feedback from the stone…
AlwaysSharper 😀, that was my channel before I lost access to the account, these are the same videos that I have been reposting, many more coming!
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@@SaltyKayakAdventuresKayak and sharpening on this level I knew it was you. Good to see you posting again.
Thanks for the video
what is the surface you are sharpening on? Some kind of non-slip mat?
It was some sort of form rubber mat from target, I looked online and I can't find them, maybe they don't sell them anymore. It was perfect because it was non slip but also absorbed water so I would just hang it in the bathtub to dry. Every once in a while I would wash it with a garden hose to clean it.
I have a 1000 grit diamond stone, and honestly I can't tell the difference between the scratch pattern of that stone and shapton kurumaku 1000 even with a usb microscope. It depends what you compare it against, you can argue that some other japanese stones are finer than their rating
Yes, it does matter what you compare it to. Diamond plates leave deep scratches and leave a coarser scratch pattern also. As you said, there are other stones that run on the finer side of things too. This is why I try to compare stones based on the scratch pattern and not the number that is written on the stone.
Why do you compare a 500 stone to a 1000 stone? There is a big difference even between the kuromaku 1000 and 2000. Inthe Shapton glass 7 series (similar stones than the Shapton Glass) the 25 micron (about #600) is the biggest grain size, and I literally can feel its roughness. The next is the 11,5 micron grit (about #1300), and it is way smoother.
The finish left by both stones is extremely similar. There's close up photos in the video. Shapton Pro 1000 is not a true 1000 grit stone.
@@SaltyKayakAdventures I hope you did not expect mirror finish from the 1000 stone :)
Anyway I hate, that a couple of years ago I have seen some chart which showed the grain difference between the same grit japanese stones. In a perfect world all of them would be the same size.
I expect a 1000 grit finish from a 1000 grit stone, which is not what you get from a shapton pro 1000. It's really a 600-700 grit stone.
Probably the most irrelevant comparison on YT.
Can you do apples to oranges next?
Comparing two stones what leave nearly the exact same finish is very relevant. Shapton 1000 is not a 1000 grit stone, it's much coarser.