[2] Search for the ULTIMATE WATER STONE - [Kuromaku Blue/Black 320] 

I finally purchased this stone to go along with a number of my Shapton Glass stones. OMG!! This stone is amazing. After a few minutes of using it, it completely restored the edge of an old kitchen paring knife to virtually razor sharp. It sliced effortlessly thru newspaper. I consider this one of the best additions to my sharpening collection. Great recommendation Kyle.

I admire your steady hand. I need to get better at sharpening. I usually try not to let my knives get too dull so that all they ever really require is a few passes on a Fallkniven DC4 and some stropping. It’s something I enjoy doing at night...touching-up the knife I carried/used that day.

God I love the sound of steel on a quality stone. It’s ASMR for me. Good to see some freehand sharpening back on the channel again. After watching your last unboxing, I bought a Green Brick of Joy! It’s a piece of artwork. I’m going to do some sharpening tomorrow. Maybe even record something for my new channel. The sharpening shots and angles were sweet. Keep it up.

Stone in the future that i would recommend is black arkansas from dans company

Thank you for sharing

Part 3 pleaseee!!!

I just bought this and about to try it in a few min. I am soaking it right now. so I hope this video will help. now i am looking for a good finishing stone

I know Paul’s doesn’t carry them but I like to see a comparison of this Shapton 320 to the cerax 320

Good job as for manual 👍

It's been a long time since I've busted out my stones, I'd say I'm rusty at it now, no pun intended.

That Shapton series is a splash and go fyi. I have the 320, 1000, 1500, and 2000. The 2000 is really hard compared to the others for some reason. I feel like all of them leave a more aggressive scratch pattern than they are rated.

I watched a video about the cerax 320 but I've read that wears ultra fast. So remembering my cream Shapton I'm curious about this 320

Hi Kyle, I am thinking of going into diamond stones and research says to use DMT. As you have asked maybe a quick vid( or part of) on these please.

What kind of microscope do you use? I’d like to get one. Would you recommend yours for axes, knife and chainsaw inspection? And can you film through it? I’d appreciate help from anyone in the know.

The Shapton Pro stones are great, or Kuramaku as they are called in Japan, I would argue it's a much better alternative for a beginner than both Naniwa Pro/Choosera and Shapton Glass. If someone asks me for advice, if they have the budget, I always send them to the Shapton Pro line. It's great you're demonstrating the grit levels and scratch pattern's, for many beginners that's sometimes a bit difficult to get right, so my tip to those, is to buy a cheap jewelers lupe and use that to make sure you have removed as much of the scratch pattern from the earlier grit as possible before you move on to the next grit. If there aren't any chips or nicks on the edge, I would have cut off the old edge and started my sharpening at a 800 - 1000# stone with that HRC. But this series isn't about that, so as I said, it's great information for those who are quite fresh to freehand sharpening to go through the whole process of re-profiling, then moving up in grits to eliminate the scratch pattern and the higher you go in grit, the more polished the edge will be and it will glide through whatever you're cutting with great ease and there isn't any resistance. That's the best feeling after a half hour sharpening session! Keep up the great work, Kyle and great initiative for those who are quite new to freehanding. 🔪👌

Did you tested the Shapton glass 320?

Shaptins are really great stones. Keep on keepin on...

Request: Do a Naniwa 2k "Green Brick of Joy" (please). I have one. I say it cuts amazingly fast, and leaves a polish, too, but I find it really tricky to use, somehow. Imo, it is so smooth, and hard, compared to their 1k and their 3k, that it requires a higher level of skill. You get nice even bevels with little effort, so I'd really like to see you work on that 2k stone.

I'm curious, have you ever tried the Spyderco ceramic stones? I'm relatively new to freehand sharpening and am considering picking those up. I know they aren't water stones, but as I do all of my sharpening by my computer, that's a plus for me. I can get a decent edge with my dmt-fine but am looking to take it that one step further.

Hallo Kyle:) Have you falttened this stone yet? Does your method with sandpapr works with it? I`m wondering if, because I`m considering to buy shapton pro 320 and shapton glass 1000, but cost of shapton lapping plate is the reason not to buy shapton stones...By the way, thaks for You videos! :)

I had this stone and it's definitely amazing. The only down side is that it wears too fast, barely two years of use and it's already too thin (less than 8mm thick)

A great video on the different stones. I’m definitely glad 13prevail Bushcraft made the video of his new knife. I subscribed to your channel after watching it. My only regret is I paid to have a custom bushcraft knife made from one of the Instagram so-called knife makers(prefer not mention the name) a week before the video came out. I’m very unhappy with it and the “custom” made sheath. I knew better than to believe a custom knife could be had for only 150.00 dollars. I will keep you in mind when I can afford a true handmade knife.

That is a Shapton Kuromaku Or Pro stone They are all splash and go. I love my shaptons but I like My arkansas and oil stones more. I don't use oil on my oil stone though. My absolute favorite stone that isn't a natural is my Suehiro Rika 5000.

I own 2 stone shapton 1000# and is the best stone i ever own ,better than naniwa and cerax