The
Suehiro Debado S sharpening stones are used for coarse sharpening knives on
Hapstone. Stone series is considered the premium line of
Suehiro. It has been specially adapted to the requirements of professional Japanese cooks, who sharpen their knives daily to ensure maximum precision during cutting.
The stones absorb hardly any water and are therefore immediately ready for use
Suitable for low alloy carbon steels and high alloy tool steels
The name Debado is composed of the Japanese words »Deba« (knife) and »Do« (sharpening stone).
Suehiro is a smaller Japanese company which has been producing sharpening stones for three generations. Kenkichi Okumura, who founded the company, began with selling stones from his own natural stone deposit, which gained high recognition in the whole of Japan. These many years of experience in the field of natural stones enable Suehiro to successfully produce synthetic sharpening stones since 1964.
Characteristics:
Stone size: 150x24x6mm
Grit size: 180
Material: aluminum oxide
This is a fast cutting stone. It forms a slurry quickly and is good for reshaping dull or damaged blades.
Characteristics:
Stone size: 150x24x6mm
Grit size: 320
Material: aluminum oxide
Is formulated to remove high-carbon steel with a much cleaner scratch pattern than the #180. This stone is a very good intermediate step before the #600. The #320 retains its shape very well.
Characteristics:
Stone size: 150x24x6mm
Grit size: 600
Material: aluminum oxide
Is a very popular intermediate stone. Great for moderate stock removal. This stone is good to use prior to polishing.
Characteristics:
Stone size: 150x24x6mm
Grit size: 1000
Material: aluminum oxide
This medium grit stone is a great balance between the fast cutting of softer soaking stones and the shape holding of harder splash and go stones.
Characteristics:
Stone size: 150x24x6mm
Grit size: 1500
Material: aluminum oxide
1500 is a slightly finer intermediate stone. It still has a reasonably fast stock removal rate yet still starts to polish the edge
Characteristics:
Stone size: 150x24x6mm
Grit size: 3000
Material: aluminum oxide
This finishing stone forms a good working slurry and leaves a very slightly toothy edge perfect for culinary knives.
Characteristics:
Stone size: 150x24x6mm
Grit size: 6000
Material: aluminum oxide
The Wine #6000 stone is the first polishing stone. It can still remove some metal but is primary a polishing stone. It is more dense than most stones.
