Sakai Takayuki sharpening stone #400
Sakai Takayuki is a renowned manufacturer of knives and kitchen tools in Japan. In addition to top quality knives, through carefully designed collaborations, Takayuki also offers other products that facilitate the use and maintenance of kitchen tools. One of those products is a series of sharpening stones.
Sakai Takayuki sharpening stones are designed to meet the needs of both hobbyists and professionals. Each stone is precisely crafted for a specific purpose, with thickness, composition and dimensions optimized for maximum efficiency. By sourcing high-quality abrasive materials directly from manufacturers, Takayuki can offer premium stones at competitive prices. Their stones make it possible to sharpen all kinds of knives, including those made of the hardest steels.
The Sakai Takayuki sharpening stone #400 grit is ideal for rough sharpening and repairing damaged blades. If your knife is extremely dull and has completely lost its edge, we recommend that you start sharpening with this stone and then move on to finer grits. This process will significantly save you time, while the result will be fast and extremely high quality.
One of the key advantages of this stone is its increased thickness compared to other stones from the Takayuki series, which is especially important with coarse-grained stones, as such stones are more susceptible to wear. In addition to sharpening, this stone allows for efficient blade thinning, improving the geometry and performance of your knife.
Dimensions: 34 x 65 x 207 mm
Material: Ceramic
Weight: 780 g
Before use, it is necessary to soak the stone in water for 5-10 minutes. When the bubbles stop coming out, the stone is ready for use.
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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