Steve Maskery
Established Member
Hi all,
I have a couple of Japanese Waterstones, which, quite frankly, I've never really got on with, I usually use my old oilstones, or SiC Scary Sharp.
Having just bought the new Veritas MkII Honing Jig (very nice thank you) I thought I'd ressurect them, but the trouble is, I haven't a clue what grade they are.
One is a 2-sided combo stone, unboxed, sage green on one side and terracotta red on the other. The other is a sandstone yellow colour and has NO.A3-1 stamped on the box. The green is the coarsest and the yellow the finest.
Can anyone help me to identify the grit numbers, please? Are the colours significant? Does that code number mean anything?
All help gratefully accepted.
Cheers
Steve
I have a couple of Japanese Waterstones, which, quite frankly, I've never really got on with, I usually use my old oilstones, or SiC Scary Sharp.
Having just bought the new Veritas MkII Honing Jig (very nice thank you) I thought I'd ressurect them, but the trouble is, I haven't a clue what grade they are.
One is a 2-sided combo stone, unboxed, sage green on one side and terracotta red on the other. The other is a sandstone yellow colour and has NO.A3-1 stamped on the box. The green is the coarsest and the yellow the finest.
Can anyone help me to identify the grit numbers, please? Are the colours significant? Does that code number mean anything?
All help gratefully accepted.
Cheers
Steve