調理師として砥石のツラ直しは必須だと思います。この商品は十分に役立っています。しかしながら 価格が高いです。消耗品の金剛砂や仕上げ砥石用の研磨剤。 調理師のお給料は安いのに調理器具は高価です。調理師が価格を気にせずツラ直しが出来る時代になりますように！ Read more

シャプトンの砥石を使っていて面直しの砥石をどれにしようか迷ってる人がいたら、これを選んでおけば間違いないと思います。 荒砥石、中砥石、仕上げ砥石全て面直し出来て初心者の私でもキレイに真っ平らに仕上がります。 ダイヤモンド砥石などに比べると高いかもしれませんが一生ものだと思って購入すれば決して高くはないと思います。 Read more

簡単に平面を出せます。念のために複数の砥石の面出しをした後、擦り合わせすればなお良いかと思います。 置いて使うものですが、相手の砥石が大きければ砥石を置いて逆さに使うのも良いです。金剛砂を使って砥石を削るので本体の摩耗もあるのでしょうが、20～30回の面直しでは気にもなりません。相当長く使えると思います。 サビが本当にすぐに出るので最初は気になりましたが、使ってすぐに中性洗剤で洗い、しっかり乾かせばサビの発生は激減します。実際にはちょっと錆びていても、そのまま使えるので、どうと言うことは無いのですが。 Read more

砥石は使っていると凹凸が大きくなり、研いでも上手く研げなくなります。このような場合、表面が平らなものを用いて（粗めの新しい砥石やコンクリートブロックなど）を用いて表面を平坦にする必要がありますが、これは高精度で表面を平坦にできるものです。 これで表面を平坦にすると、結構使ってた砥石も新品に近い研ぎ感になります。 ただし、いかんせん高い。なので砥石を結構使って上手く研げないなって感じてから購入を検討するのを推奨。 Read more

OK, I admit right up front that I am rather a newbie at this Bench Stone sharpening and the partner that automatically goes hand in hand with it; that is 'flattening the bench stones you've been using'. Having purchased a few other than Shapton stones before buying three of theirs (#500, #2000, & #8000) and using a relatively cheap flattening stone from another name brand I thought to myself that if I'm going to use the best bench stones available (Shapton), then I'm probably going to have to purchase one of their flattening stones. Good thinking! I've since received, and used this stone from them. What a difference it makes! One piece of advice from a newbie who has now flattened virtually all of the dozen various bench stones that I own and that I use on this flattening stone, use the enclosed (with this stone) one of the two bottles of 'flattening grit' (Coarse or Medium) to watch a virtual miracle take place. After first receiving it, I thought, wrongly, that if my current stones weren't in that bad of shape that I wouldn't need the powdered grit that is supplied with this stone; Wrong! Oh, I could've probably done the job all right, but would have worn out both my patience and my arms! Use the supplied powdered grit that comes with it, and though it is somewhat expensive (what isn't about this hobby we have?), it cuts the time and effort at least in half; no, much more than that actually! Where I made my second mistake was to try and preserve the powdered grit since it is a little costly; well, I paid for that too and soon discovered that 'slopping' on the grit truly is the way to go, I mean the grit doesn't dissolve, right?! My entire job became much less than a breeze, but surely eased up the dread of having to flatten the many stones that I foresee in my future. The rule of thumb that I now use, after going flattening my current bench stone inventory twice is this; after adding just enough water to fill the grooves of the flattening plate without adding so much that the grit begins to run over the sides, and just adding enough grit (you'll definitely know by the sound!) to do the job (just don't splash too much water on which will quickly wash all the grit you've just added; of course, the more grit you put on the plate the better and quicker you will get the results you want! I truly does cut your work in half! One other item I might mention: when the description of this stone says that it's heavy believe it; that's just what you want and need to keep the entire job from slipping all over the bench in front of you. I haven't put it on a scales yet but it has to go around five lbs. or so. Perfect! Thank you for reading my review and good luck! Read more