King Medium Grain Sharpening Stone- #1000 - M (8-1/4" (Long) X 2-3/4" (Wide) X 2-1/4" (High)

I purchased this after realizing I needed a medium grit stone in between my coarse dry stone and my King Ice Bear 4000 Grit Waterstone. This stone functions flawlessly.Out of the box (packaged nicely by KORIN) you will get the stone and some instructions in Japanese. Most of it (from reading the Chinese characters in the text that mean the same in Japanese) regards proper use and safety while using, so I think you'd be fine there.The stone is hefty, more so than you would think. The surface is a lot coarser than my 4000 grit waterstone. One thing to note is that this is a synthetic waterstone, instead of a natural waterstone. This means that this will not produce a slurry like a natural waterstone, will last longer, but cut slower, and is prone to clogging by steel. As I have some time on my hands, I chose this stone.After getting the basic edge shape done with a coarse dry stone, it was time to refine the edge with this.To use this stone, one would flood it with water. I run the tap over it until I can see the water stay on top of the stone instead of disappearing within the depths of the stone. First time sharpening this it worked like a charm. During sharpening some red particulates emerge from the surface and float to the top of the water. This is simply the cutting particles coming loose from the sharpening action and floating away after cutting into the metal. I was able to get the previously crap grind on my Cold Steel Frontier Hawk Hickory Handle into a very nice proper axe grind and a very serviceable convex edge in about half an hour. This stone, while not as fast as a natural stone, worked perfectly for my purposes. Flawless sharpening, flawless cleanup.I further refined the edge with the 4000 grit stone, as I do not own a leather strop. As I will eventually destroy the edge anyway from working on trails, I don't mind not having my tools razor sharp.All in all, this stone was a great purchase. Its size and longevity will ensure that it will be used for a long time, and its effectiveness allows it to remain in my tool box as my primary sharpening stone. Great purchase, and worthwhile for anyone who prefers to hand sharpen their equipment.

The King 2000 takes a while to get here from Japan, but it’s a nice whetstone for sharpening most common chef knife steel. Dunno if it would cut some of the “super steels” like HAP40 or such, but leaves a nice edge on my Shirogami 2 and Aogami Super blades, and it has nice feedback.

Awesome sone and you can tell the quality .... very happy after returning a couple of POS

I should've bought this stone first! I wasted triple the amount of money just trying to save money in the beginning.. I made the mistake of buying the first 9.99 stone I could find. needless to say I bought 4 to 5 of those in the course of a year. the grit is never what the company claims and wear down like nobodies business!! But this king deluxe 1000 grit could be the best purcahse I made this year!! It came flat, actually feels like a 1000 grit, it cuts so fast, works up a slurry and doesn't become uneven after every stroke. the talk is true on this productyou get what you pay for!!

This is the first whetstone I started with, coming from diamond plates, This stone is a fantastic stone despite my 4 star rating instead of 5, it was great to learn on and it always did the job without a bit of trouble, it has a very responsive feel being a softer stone, it had no problem sharpening any of my knives (they top out at 61 rockwell, and probably 57ish on the softer steels), and it left an extremely uniform scratch pattern...the reason it didn't get the 5 stars, is due to the fact that it is slower cutting than a lot of more modern stones (albeit they are usually a few dollars more, but in a similar price range anyway), which may work to your advantage If you're just learning, and it does dish and wear fairly fast being a soft stone, but I wasn't needing to flatten it regularly so the stone should last a good long time (maybe once every other week, i enjoy sharpening and while learning i sharpened probably 7 or 8 knives twice a week, including a second grit in thinning, but i do try to move to different areas of the stone, to minimize dishing in one spot)...also in my limited experience I do believe this stone is true to grit and a great value that I would recommend to any beginner or just someone who may be on a budget

Better then expected was able to put a burr on a fairly dull sg2 blade in minutes, something that was supposed to be hard to do with a stone like this

Great stone, very well priced

Just added this KING #1000 grit sharpening stone to my collection. It's a medium grit synthetic stone, 8.2" x 2.6" x 1.3"h. A KING deluxe product, retail packaged from Japan. Looks like a solid, general-purpose medium stone.This review represents my personal opinion and experience with this product. I am not affiliated with the manufacturer or seller, and this review should not be interpreted as an endorsement or professional advice. Any reliance on the information provided is at your own risk.