Description
An 8000-grit stone will not rescue a dull knife – that is the 1000 stone’s job – but as the last step in a progression it turns a sharp edge into a startling one. Push cuts through tomato skin under the blade’s own weight, herbs that stay green because their cells were sliced rather than bruised: this is the stone for that.
The warm sand-toned stone needs no soaking – a splash of water raises its slurry – and it doubles as the stone that keeps single-bevel and carbon blades gleaming. If you are new to stones, start with the combination 1000/6000 and come back for this when the habit takes hold. It will.
