Shapton Glass Stone 1000 Grit 5mm

This is a great stone. I found it easy to use, and very responsive to pressure. For most use I think this is the finest grit I will need, for things like kitchen knives, and for most pocket knives. This is a quality product.

I wasn’t sure whether to buy this as they’re quite expensive but the difference between this and cheaper stones is like night and day. They do exactly what they say they’ll do in that they cut much more quickly so that you don’t have to maintain an angle for as long. The 1000 grit stone will achieve an edge which will be more than adequate for most cooks. I’ve got a selection of Yaxell knives and they’re very nearly as sharp as they were when they came out of the factory. Beautiful stones and well worth the extra cost.

I've moved from diamond stones over to these for knife and chisel sharpening. They're nice stones and cut well, i'll pick a couple more up in the future but not from Amazon, these prices are obscene, they're 40 to 50% cheaper if you shop around.

It was cracked in the corner

really give my great edge for my kitchen knives. This is my first stone which i can achieve constantly razor sharp edge. It gives you great clearly feedback. and the edge is very consistent. It ultimately gave me confidence about free-hand sharpening as a beginner. only drawback: 5mm is too thin.

Ten kamień to rzecz niezbędna w każdej kuchni, gdzie znajduje się jakiś nóż z twardej stali HRC 60 i więcej. Jest królem kamieni. Do podstawowego naostrzenia - jak ktoś chce więcej - musi kupić wyższe gradacje, ale i ten zapewni wyśmienitą ostrość naszym nożom.

Came in great condition was worried it would be broken or chipped in transit. Beautiful stone. I got my miyabi kaisen razor sharp. It was cutting my arm hair off and that was before I took it to my 3000 and 8000 polishing stone. It’s such a great sharpener. I don’t even bring out my polishing stones anymore it’s hardly needed.

I bought because my old whetstone was dished and read a review of these stones. It really doesn't need wetting, I just run the blade under a tap then 10-20 strokes each side and the blade is scalpel sharp. Never had sharper blades tbh.

great product