DELUXE Traditional Japanese Knife Sharpening Waterstone

Sharpens quickly with the 300 grit.

Quick: Get this stone, it can replace everything up to a 600-level stone. It is hard, cuts super steels and high HRC, it can get a fine edge if you use light pressure, and could hypothetically replace all your stones if you only needed a toothy edge. It will shave hair after this stone, and it cuts faster than a Chosera 600. I got this King 300 stone, hoping it would be another great value from King, and it exceeded my expectations. I have sharpened and/or repaired chips in at least 10 knives on this so far. It is a fantastic stone. It is a hard stone, no real mud build-up. It cuts fast, using a push-pull technique from tip to heel in a continuous edge-wise slide across the length, using the top-to-bottom of the stone for each section before moving on, I got a burr in 1-2 passes on everything but my VG-10 knife, that took 2-3. I was re-beveling it to a shallower bevel, so take that number as an excessive amount of sharpening. I am sure I could have got it in less if I wasn't excessively beveling. I even sharpened my Cold Steel Barong Machete on this little thing and it'll cut paper with the stropped finish this stone leaves! for the $30, this is great! No noticeable dishing of the stone at this time, and I have checked it. still flat, still cuts great, and no load. I thought the Barong, being 1055 steel tempered to a lower Rockwell, might clog it up, but a quick rinse and a couple of light passes with a rust eraser, and it looks new. CONS: The color of the stone seems to mask any swarf. You can see the knife shavings, but barely. I thought at first there wasn't any stone swarf, but the marathon session on the machete showed a little stone swarf buildup. Still hard to see the buildup so adjusting for it is tough. But it really cuts fast, and if you rinse between sides, it won't matter much. Not many other cons except it is close in price to the Shapton Pro 120, which is supposed to also be a good stone, but will wear fast. This does wear down, after many sharpenings, I have found this to wear a bit, but it still cuts D2, M390, VG-10, and anything less difficult with ease. For those who doubt the Splash-N-Go nature of this stone, if you look at the photos, you can see where I put a layer of water on top of the stone, came back 3 minutes later, and the stone was drying on the edge, and was dry in the middle, and there is still a perfectly mirror-like layer of water standing on top of the stone. It doesn't get much more splash-n-go than that. I still soak it for about 30 seconds, just to make sure the thing is wet where it needs to be. It regularly dries while using it, and only the surface where water keeps contacting stays damp. It dries in a matter of hours. Because of the barely noticeable slowdown when using my 60-62 HRC VG-10 knife, I would reduce this rating to 4.5 stars. As I cannot, I rounded up. This is a great stone. If you are looking for a value coarse stone, this is a fantastic one, just buy it! King: When can I get my Deluxe 1200 in a splash-n-go like this?? the thing I hate most about my 1200 is the long soak and long drying time (and narrow width), so getting the same kind of finish from a splash-n-go that wears as slowly as this one would be amazing! especially if you can keep the amazing price points King is well known and regarded for. UPDATE: have used BD1n as well on this, it is fantastic. I cannot say enough good things about this stone. Out of the box I used it to flatten my 1200 Deluxe King, which it did nicely, even if it was just out of level by the thickness of some printer paper, it served to flatten the 300 stone enough to get the outer layer off and the real stone working. My outdoor knives love this stone, as a quick strop after this stone leaves a nice toothy edge for camping type use and still keeps it sharp enough to easily cut gauze and other critical tasks. I am contemplating buying another one just to have it forever. Update 7/2019: This stone keeps amazing me! My M390 blade hasn't worn it down, and it can get so smooth from stropping on it that is is smoother than my Chosera 600! I thoroughly enjoy using this stone, and its convenience as well as usability. I seriously could probably use only this stone and it would make a knife sharp enough for most anyone if they weren't a sushi chef or something. I used a kitchen knife sharpened only on this and final strop on newsprint for over 2 weeks in my kitchen. A lovely, lovely stone

Good brand king rough medium grit

Takes considerable effort and work to get the right angle but with practice you can get good results. I recommend it as a good beginner option.

A good whetsones for reparing chips and resetting the bevel.Though a Splash and go stones but feedback would be better if the stones is soaks for a minute or two.I'm very satisfied with the price of this whetstones and its overall performance.One of a lower grit stone with unbeatable price.