Don
I love the Naniwa Choseras. I have the 800/1000, 2000/3000 and 5000/10000, which is (a bit of) overkill, but that is just me. The 10k gives an amazing finish and edge. I can drop an A4 page end on from 150mm (6″ to you) to a horizontal blade a get a 7mm cut (a touch more than 1/4″). I am thinking that this should be a good (and cheap), easily repeated, quantitative standard test of sharpness. What do you think?
The Naniwas are not cheap, but you have done all the hard work with the lower grits, so they are giving the final finish and so should last a long while and give good value for money in the long run (convinced yet?). It would be hard to get a finish and edge like this with anything else other than the WEPS. I showed a chef a Global knife I had done with the 10k and his first word as he inspected the blade was “wow”. I also suspect that he did not think that I had done it until he saw the WEPS in action himself on one of his own knives. (Needless to say he bought one)
Tony
