Hello Everyone,
Preyda offers a whetstone made of novaculite and I assume one of the oxide binders. There literature says they cut faster and wear better then natural stones. I can believe the cutting fast especially if the binder being used and weather there is any added abrasives to the mix. As for the wearing better that I'll have to see that but my question is has anyone used one of these stones? I order one of there surgical black stones and was unimpressed, it wasn't terrible but I was expecting something on the level of Dan's and it wasn't. The idea of using a 1000 grit Arkansas whetsone to set the bevel then using there 8000 girt Arkansas stone and finally finishing on the Dan's hard black sounds like it could be and interesting progression to try out. Just hoping someone here has put there hands on one of Novaculite based whetsones.
Preyda offers a whetstone made of novaculite and I assume one of the oxide binders. There literature says they cut faster and wear better then natural stones. I can believe the cutting fast especially if the binder being used and weather there is any added abrasives to the mix. As for the wearing better that I'll have to see that but my question is has anyone used one of these stones? I order one of there surgical black stones and was unimpressed, it wasn't terrible but I was expecting something on the level of Dan's and it wasn't. The idea of using a 1000 grit Arkansas whetsone to set the bevel then using there 8000 girt Arkansas stone and finally finishing on the Dan's hard black sounds like it could be and interesting progression to try out. Just hoping someone here has put there hands on one of Novaculite based whetsones.