Natural Sharpening Stone, 2 Grains

Natural Sharpening Stone, 2 Grains

This stone enables a smooth and precise sharpening for all your knives with steel blades

• This natural sharpening stone comes from the Saurat Valley below the Pyrenees mountain. It is handmade by French artisans with the label of “Patrimoine Vivant” (living heritage)
• The fineness and abrasiveness of this stone, as well as its size, will make of it the perfect stone to sharpen knives 
• The stone must be soaked in water for about 10 minutes before each use in order to obtain a finer sharpening and not damage the stone
• It is composed of 2 grains:
  -a medium grain useful for sharpening (to take up the edge of a dull knife)
  -a fine grain useful for maintaining the edge (to take up the edge of a knife that is still cutting)
• Dimensions: 20 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
  

More Info

• The honing is done on a whetstone or an electric grindstone (grindstone needs to be perfectly round)
• Before use, the whetstone has to be submerged in water for about ten minutes. A coarse-grained stone is used for gardening tools and a medium-grained stone for knives
• Make a movement as if you wished to cut a thin slice out of the stone (keeping the same angle). Do this movement again alternating one side of the blade with the other. Wet the stone regularly during the grinding
• Fixing the stone on a workbench using two clamps (contrary to what is shown on the picture below) will free both hands and make the honing easier.