Suehiro Debado 6K impressions
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:06 am
Pulled the trigger & ordered the Suehiro Debado 6K, which arrived USPS next day - Monday in fact. Fortunately I have one knife that I missed with this weekend's sharpening session.
The stone comes mounted on a plastic base plate, which fits onto a hollow body with non-skid feet.
The body itself is too big for the included nagura stone, it would bounce around. The whetstone itself would fit, but the base plate has no ridges to give a better fit - there is rattling. At best that would be a temporary storage solution.
However, the plate and stone fit nicely in the upright usage position with no movement while the feet prevent skidding.
CKTG lists the stone and a splash and go, but I gave it a short soak since I preceded it with the Kohetsu 2K. In feel it is softer than the Shapton Pro 5K & SG 4K while a bit firmer than a Naniwa 8K. The speed is comparable to the Shaptons, quickly generating swarf. This in not a muddy stone. The edge was noticeably more polished than what a SP5K would give.
In terms of feel and speed I feel this is a good follow up to the Kohetsu 2K. Now I can stop saying that I wish there would be a finishing stone in the Kohetsu series. This makes me really curious about the Debado 320 & 1K stone - hopefully the owners have the Kohetsu 800 and can compare feel.
Edit to say that there are ridges at the ends of the base plate to allow the body to be used for storage. It still rattles though. There are no holes for ventilation either, so even though the stone dries relatively fast make sure it is dry before inverting.
The stone comes mounted on a plastic base plate, which fits onto a hollow body with non-skid feet.
The body itself is too big for the included nagura stone, it would bounce around. The whetstone itself would fit, but the base plate has no ridges to give a better fit - there is rattling. At best that would be a temporary storage solution.
However, the plate and stone fit nicely in the upright usage position with no movement while the feet prevent skidding.
CKTG lists the stone and a splash and go, but I gave it a short soak since I preceded it with the Kohetsu 2K. In feel it is softer than the Shapton Pro 5K & SG 4K while a bit firmer than a Naniwa 8K. The speed is comparable to the Shaptons, quickly generating swarf. This in not a muddy stone. The edge was noticeably more polished than what a SP5K would give.
In terms of feel and speed I feel this is a good follow up to the Kohetsu 2K. Now I can stop saying that I wish there would be a finishing stone in the Kohetsu series. This makes me really curious about the Debado 320 & 1K stone - hopefully the owners have the Kohetsu 800 and can compare feel.
Edit to say that there are ridges at the ends of the base plate to allow the body to be used for storage. It still rattles though. There are no holes for ventilation either, so even though the stone dries relatively fast make sure it is dry before inverting.