Naniwa Traditional Standard #2000
Naniwa Traditional series is designed as quality stones at a more affordable price. This series is popular both in households and kitchens in Japan, but also around the world. Its dimensions and efficiency make it an ideal choice, especially when sharpening stainless steel knives.
Grit #2000 is one of the fine whetstones and achieves already perfect sharpness results. Many users who have Japanese knives prefer to polish their blade to this graining so that the knife has a "bite" and thus easily cuts foods that have a skin like tomatoes or eggplants. Certainly, this stone leaves an exceptional edge that will be capable of performing any kitchen task and is highly recommended by us.
This grit is also recommended for users who are just starting to sharpen Japanese knives, or who practice using only one or two sharpening stones.
DIMENSIONS: 210x70x20mm
Weight: 610g
Method of use: stones from Naniwa's Traditional Standard series belong to submersible stones, which means that before use, you need to completely submerge it in water and wait 10-15 minutes until the stone absorbs the required amount of water. This is done so that during sharpening, water is retained on the surface of the stone and thus provides the most effective surface for sharpening.
After use, let the stone dry at room temperature, do not expose it to direct sunlight.
Note: the stones are fragile, so keep them from falling.
Country of origin: Japan
Everything you need to know about sharpening
If you are buying your first Japanese knife, the advice is to choose a multifunctional blade shape that will cover the widest range of your needs in the kitchen. This includes Gyuto, Santoku and Bunka. The rule is that bigger people need bigger knives and vice versa.

Although in the culture of the Far East it is not recommended to give a blade as a gift because of the connection with cutting off good relations, they also could not resist the perfection of such a gift, so they devised a "trick" that allows them to gift knives without problems. Just ask for one coin from the person receiving the gift and in the eyes of strict superstition spirits it will be a fair exchange. Now no joke, a knife is a gift that unlike other transient things will be remembered forever because it will serve forever.

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