Suehiro Debado-S

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. 180 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. 320 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. 600 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. 1000 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. 1500 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 3000 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. 6000 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.