Sun Tiger Sharpening Stone - car boot find - what grit is this?

[MertzMan]

For £2 I'm pretty happy

Just needs a very minor going over to really flatten it out. Otherwise seems to be pretty good.

Google doesn't turn up much other than it's an artificial water stone of course / intermediate grit. Anyone know much about this particular stone, I.e. is it any good? Or what grit it is?

I don't own anything else to compare it too myself.

 

[crosslandkelly]

If it's two sided it could be 600/1000, or one sided probably just 600.

 

[MertzMan]

Its a double sided. I've not played with waterstones much but like it so far The stone wears away much faster than I expected. Are there any recommendations for a finer stone to compliment it at a reasonable price?

 

[robevs73]

I had an ice bear water stone at 400 grit and it was really soft if that's any help.

 

[sasquatch]

The lower the grit the softer the stone like Rob says. I'd keep using it, should be great for knives

 

[MertzMan]

Thanks gents. Wasn't sure if softness came with the coarse grits or if it was a sign of a poor stone. Now I know

I'll track down a finer grit stone at some point to use after this one.

 

[sasquatch]

A strop would be a great addition after using both sides of the stone. Knives don't need really fine stones