Small knife-fix using Shapton pro. (And the atoma 140) 

Great vid for morning coffee. Thanks !!!! The Shapton Pro 220 is a pretty decent low grit stone. Much more like a lower grit 320 in operation than the 120, which as you point out needs conditioning etc to work decently. And the 5K? Whats up with that. The 220, 320, 1K, 1.5K, 2K all feel interesting in their own ways. The 5K has few redeeming features. Hard, not a lot of feedback, and on harder steels, pretty slow.

I went out and bought a a massive 2 .25" thick 24"x18" (about 60x45 cm) end grain maple board. Puts legs on it. Set it as a permanent fixture on the kitchen counter right where most of the prep is done. It looks great. It feels very pleasing to cut on. Yet mine still insists on cutting her breakfast fruits and things with the knife on a plate, ding cling clang with each cut.

Nice work ! Appreciate 100% you being real about your weak side showing uneven I have the same thing I am working on. 320 shapton also is my favorite for light repairs then that 1000 then the Rika 5k !

"there are one or to chips.........well it's like a bread knife at this point" 🤣 classic.

It's interesting to see again that the 120 is not up to the task. I already ordered it a while back to thin out one my knives with a quite resistant cladding. After watching some more vids on the 120 I got the Suehiro LD 180 instead. I'm happy I did. You recommended the LD over the 120 to me in a comment as well and I'm really grateful for that.

Nice work. Just found your channel and love it!

Nice video! Maybe I'll try some shaptons myself at some point, I also like the looks of the M15 and M24. I hope you don't mind another question: I'm looking at the atoma 140, mainly for flattening my stones. Do you use yours to flatten the finer grit stones, say 3k,5k,8k,10k, as well? Or would you recommend to get an atoma 400,600,1200 (which?) for this purpose? Yesterday I used my naniwa pro 600, 2k, 5k for the first time. I was super stoked by the feeling the 2k was giving me. I think it differs quite a lot from the 800 or the 3k, it's a little softer and the feeling is oh so creamy and buttery. Don't have the 1k, but out of all the rest of the naniwa pro series, in terms of feeling and feedback, I think the 2k really stands out.

i have the shapton pro 120 and Im searching a way for flatten..the glass and sic seem the only way ..the atoma 140 everyone tell me will be ruin.. I see u use and I ask you if u see this problem ..thank you for any suggestions

Hi, subscribed from Brazil here. Which stone do you recommend after a 1000 kuromaku shapton? suehiro ouka 3000, naniwa superstone 3000 or kuromaku 5000?

Balsa! Good Video bro.🔪🔪🔪🔪😁👊👏👏👏👏🤙👍🤘

I'm new in hand sharpening, until now I only used a cheap old 1000/3000 water stone. Now I wanna buy a Shapton and some extra fine Diamant stone. Today somebody told me you shouldn't use a diamond after ceramic stone (Shapton 1000) stone is it really true you really shouldn't do this? Thanks for your help!

Hi new subscriber here! I really like your videos but most of all the speed of your sharpening amazing. Im pretty decent when it comes to sharp my kitchen knifes. I have an atoma diamond 400, a cerax 1000 and a shapton 2000. I am planning on buying a diamond plate but there is almost no info about it. Can you make a review on diamond plates in the us market please? I am from argentina and here stones and plates are super expensive not to mention almost imposible to get in the local market. Im looking for a plate that can simulate the edge of a 2000 grit stone but much faster. I only can buy one! So if you tell me which one is the best or if there isnt i will very much appreciate it. I need this because im looking for a diamond plate that can last forever, super fast and very good edges on knives overall. Thank you!!