Spoke to a woman at the Japanese knife store off Kensington high street, she said that a 1000 grade was fine for most western kitchen blades for fine sharpening.
You'd only need 1000/6000 for Japanese blades as the 1000 would be used for getting it sharp and the 6000 for finishing off..
Spoke to a woman at the Japanese knife store off Kensington high street, she said that a 1000 grade was fine for most western kitchen blades for fine sharpening.
You'd only need 1000/6000 for Japanese blades as the 1000 would be used for getting it sharp and the 6000 for finishing off..