Hi all! My name is Miguel, i am new to this forum and to tool sharpening in general. hope it is help-the-noob week around here...
so, hereīs my case, for those interested: i tried oil stones and it didnīt click with me... iīm trying to find a suitable waterstone set to take care of all my sharpening / honing duties instead. problem is i have more questions than certainties.
I want (donīt we all...) the stones to cut quickly (enough), donīt wear down too quick and stay flat for as much as possible. I also would like if just a spritz of water would be enough... of course i canīt get all of these on a single stone, which are made of compromises, but i would like to know if someone would suggest me stones that would come close.
iīve been looking particularly at naniwa (superstones and chosera), but also at shapton pro and imanishi stones. from iīve gathered the imanishi need to be soaked for a while before use, but the others i donīt know.
besides this, iīm planning on buying a 400, a 1000 and a 8000 stones for starters. would that be OK?
thanks to all for reading and for any input. hope this isnīt beaten to death (i didnīt find much regarding naniwa on the searches). and sorry for any english mistakes, iīm portuguese and try my best ...
cheers,
Miguel.