NANIWA IN-2050 Super whetstone with stand 10 S5000

I am a complete novice when it comes to sharpening, and even I was able to use this along with a few other stones to bring my neglected Wusthofs back to life. For any other beginner out there, start on a sacrificial knife until you get some basics down. I messed up the shape of one of my knives by spending too much time on a low grit stone. But that's my fault and not the stone's fault. This stone is super soft and forgiving until you get your angles down.

Great stone. Quality appears very high. Some reviews complain about adhesive being left behind when removing the sticker. The trick is not to fold the sticker over 180 degrees. This will separate the adhesive from the plastic. Once you get an edge pulled up, keep the sticker at about a 30 degree angle and pulling with the left hand, pull up and to the left. Just the opposite with the right hand. You may still have some adhesive on the stone, but not as much. Soak the stone before trying to remove any left over adhesive. If you try to remove it dry, you will press the adhesive into the pores of the stone making it difficult to remove.

Better than I expected. Using three stones for most of our kitchen cutlery. 1000, 5000, and 8000. I have put razor edges on some rather cheep knives but the edges on our harder steels (Rockwell 60 range) come out really nice. Tomatoes can be cut as thin ass paper and that is no joke.

I have always used an Arkansas oil stone. It has only been a recent decision to try a water stone. My research led me to believe the Naniwa Superstone was one of the better water stones so I went with them. Not really knowing how to relate the grit numbers of water stone (1000, 5000, etc) to the oil stone, I start with the 5000 grit stone. This is a very nice finishing stone and I plan to add the 1000 grit stone next. I may add the 10,000 grit stone to complete the set but this would later.

Stone came attached to some ridiculous, plastic stand.Stone has some kind of debris embedded in it that comes out as bumps while you are attempting to sharpen; defeats the purpose of having a flat stone when it's full of bumps.

Just as great as the 1k N-SS I bought. This stone has a wonderful creamy feel with loads of feedback. Could not be happier. The only issue is the same issue I have with the super stone 1k, it loads up! Very difficult to keep the stone clear, and it is very thin. I highly recommend the super stone line!

I really like the "soft" feel of these stones when sharpening my razors. This is a pro and a con really. I get great feedback from the blade as I'm working it, but due to the soft feeling, I seem to need to lap this stone more often than some of my others. I will likely buy this again, and do recommend it to others for razors.

Can't remove this from the plastic. Has a fracture in it when I opened the box.Not durable. Worthless.

quick cutting and brings tool edges to a lovely polished finished. Well worth the price.

Excellent service, very satisfied with purchase

Wer wie ich mal gerne seine Messer mit einer sich spiegelnden Schneide versehen würde, ist mit diesem Stein gut bedient! Mit diesem Stein bekommt man (bei entsprechender Vorverhandlung mit niedrigeren Körnungen) die Schneiden seiner Messer auf Spiegelglanz poliert! Habe schon andere Steine ausprobiert, aber dieser hält was er verspricht. Für Messer reicht dieser Stein als feinster Abziehstein Stein eigentlich völlig aus. Die Messer werden mit etwas Übung rasiermesserscharf! (Habe noch 300er, 1000er, 2000er und 3000er Körnung einer anderen Marke zur Vorverhandlung, bevor ich diesen benutze)Habe aber auch die 12000 Körnung superstone von Naniwa für mein Rasiermesser und muss sagen, dass es noch nie so scharf war! Die superstone Steine von Naniwa kann ich also nur empfehlen!

5000er Körnung ist für das Abziehen von Messern schon recht fein und ergibt nahezu Spiegelglanz der Facette, sofern man sich Zeit nimmt. Der Stein arbeitet im Vergleich zu japanischen Natursteinen relativ schnell.

Schnelle Lieferung, super Verkäufer.Über Japanische qualität muss ich nichts sagen. Die besten Klingen egal ob Kochmesser , Rasiermesser kommen aus Japan!!Um diese zu den schärfsten der Welt zu machen kann man mit diesen Abziehsteinen nichts falsch machen.Ware Top sehr standfest