Norton Crystolon sharpening stones - first impressions.

A friend of mine sent these to me to check them out.
Let's have some sharpening fun.

[@MrRourk]

I use those stones like that for major blade repair.

[@Bill22252]

Great stones the crystolons, I honestly prefer the fine one over the fine india.

[@dris9274]

hi, whish grit you think is the best to reprofile/fix blades. the coarse or the medium one i am planing to buy a combi coarse/fine, or a medium one. i prefer the medium cause of the thikness, i have my water stone for sharpening. i want these only to fix and reprofile thx you

[@divijify]

i used a cumi silicon carbide stone to sharpen my wusthof and it made the blade completely dull. any reasons for that? i use the same to sharpen my victorinox and it works fine.

[@EugeneLukyanenko]

Why always before cut paper you mount the video? Maybe then you use ceramic ultra fine ?

[@stefanwolf88]

In most f the cases I have some cleaning to do after sharpening - to clean the table, to wash and dry the knife, to find a printer paper to cut, to ensure that my cat will not jump in front of the camera - small things like these. I have some videos without editing - check this one out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJyUq5uXh7etiMU&ab_channel=StefanWolf if the link is not working search in my channel - "Norton India Oil Stone - Coarse / Fine IB8 - part 2 "

[@EugeneLukyanenko]

It is clear , thank you!

[@MrRourk]

I would go to a Ceramic Fine and then a Ceramic Ultrafine.

[@bergknivesandsharpening8014]

I appreciate the high definition its so clear. Do you have a review of cutting boards you should and shouldnt use? Thanks

[@stefanwolf88]

I do not have reviews about cutting boards but the simple truth is that end grain hardwood boards like maple makes the best companion for high quality knives. I use cheap laminated bamboo boards from IKEA and on the soft steel they are not the best choice. You always can buy a high quality polymer professional kitchen grade cutting board from F.Dick - they are color coded and extremely solid and durable but again - not the best choice for a 150$ japanese gyuto. Do not use ceramic, glass, hard plastic and your knives will show longer edge retention.

[@bergknivesandsharpening8014]

Stefan Wolf Thanks for the reply, that was my general assumption but its good to confirm. I have some cheaper plastic ones my knives have cut pretty deep and i have a small bamboo one i use on my testing videos that hasnt seemed to dull anything yet. Do you like shapton glass stones?