Wow ! You’ve come so far! This vintage one is still fun to watch. The Rika 5000 is still my favorite. The Chosera 800 and leather stropp will do it all for me but the Rika finish really nice and it does improve the performance of the knife.

Hey Ricky, I've just ordered these stones 1K and 5K Suehiro Cerax For my 5 Global Knives, from Germany as I can only get the combi version here in Uk. Cost inc deliver £109 pounds. I have also ordered a 210mm, Moritaka Sujihiki Aogami Super Kurouchi Gyuto with a cherry wood handle, from Japana UK. Looking forward to its arrival. Peace to you and your family. Great and informative videos.

I just ordered the Cerax 1000 and the Rika 5000. Thanks for the great video! It reinforces my decision.

Excellent advice as always ! Thanks again RyKi.

I am a true beginner and took your advice and got the cerex 1000. On the 2nd knife i sharpened, i put the best edge on a knife i have ever done. So far I'm very glad i bought it. Worth every penny. Thanks for the advice and all the great information. Great to see someone willing to share his knowlege. Great job.

I recently got out of some mental block against Suehiro and got their LD 21 (a 160 grit stone). It's fantastic. So I got the MD 100 (1K) and it is fantastic, too. By contrast, I've been a bit disappointed with the New Chosera. I'm amateur hobbyist for three years now, so on-and-off hobbying amounts to maybe a few months of pro experience, but I'm really impressed with the Suehiro line because they are, in my opinion, both hard and responsive. The MD stones are also impressively big!

Got one 1000 Cerax and one Rika 5000 today. After first sharpening of my knives i have to say - yup, thats work well :D I am glad to get them. Greetings from Poland

When your using the push pull method, on the release are you still keeping the edge on the stone and then putting slight pressure on the push? When I release i feel that I'm releasing to much and losing the angle

cool! welcome back sharpening videos!! about time! :) hehe

I have watched from here to late 2020. You have become a Master. I do disagree on some points, but they are arguable from your point of view. As you have progressed, you have taken a more positive view on having a reasonable polishing stone. I hone on a variety of stones. I do this because steels react to stones differently. I still use Arkansas stones but with soapy water. I cleaned the vintage ones with a couple of runs in a dishwasher. Those now work with the water mix cleaning/lubricant. I mainly use waterstones and prefer Shaptons (Pros), but they are not the only great stones. With your developing experience you, too, enjoy a variety of stones. Based upon your experienced evaluations, I have purchased other waterstones; even a soaking (Cerax) and I enjoy matching stones with steels. I have one pair of custom Japanese knives and a Ken Onion Japanese stainless damascus clad. My other knives are accumulated over 65 years. One is mid-1900's Green River, a favorite of bison hunters. It is 14 1/2 long, not counting the tang/handle and has a massive curve. It is low carbon by today's standards, but, like O-1 and 1095, it develops a keen edge. A few strokes on a translucent or black surgical brings my various carbon level back to perfect without wasting the steel; a Shapton 8000 Pro does just as well. One major difference between us---I use the "Western" style, never dragging the knife back toward me. All strokes are pushing the edge into the stone. That is how I was taught by a stern grandfather and his lessons will not let me change. I do the same with woodworking edges. I have found that if I don't have a blade get very dull then that technique is very good. I have enjoyed and learned from you as I watched you progress.

I have a strop with green compound and a cerax 1000 from your recommendation. (love this stone by the way), should I go to a 4000-6000 stone before stropping? under a microscope, I still see micro chips. how smooth should the blade be by the time I get done with the strop?

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haha, welcome back, our old Ryky!

Great those are my first stones purchased, also bought the chosera 3000 to just maintain knives. One ques I have if I was to go 1 stone finer would I repeat same process on second stone?

I know I have ask you so much but can you a review about Lansky Sharpening system vs Whetstone? Pleassseeee...

@burrfection I've been thinking about getting the Suehiro Stones. The 1000 grit but I haven't decided yet with the ouka or rika. Which one would you recommend? I only have shirogami steel on my knives

A point of interest! The Wusthof dull chef knife. I have water stones and Arkansas. There are two identical knives I have been working on. One I have Sharpe the other I cannot seem to get a proper edge to rise. It always feels dull. I have spent at least more than one hour trying to sharpen. My last resort will be to go to the Lansky Sharpening System, my backup when everything goes south. This tells me if the steel is bad and I would never get an edge. Can you or will you provide some tip or information to maybe help me get this damned thing sharpened.

Hi Ryky, I love your videos, however they have caused me some issues. Based on your studies, I have decided to equip myself with a Suehiro Cerax 1000 and a Rika 5000 without the bonded-on base. However, I live in the U.K. and can't find a supplier of the Rika anywhere in my country. I can buy it from Germany, but they only supply the version with the base. As an alternative, I can buy the 1000/3000 (cream/pale blue version) from Dictum, but I don't know how or what the 3000 grit will do. Is this a sharpening or polishing stone, or somewhere in between? Is it worth buying this stone or should I just hang out for the Rika on a 6-8 week import time from Japan? I notice (from what I've seen) that you don't tend to review 3000 grit stones. Why is this?

So Ricky (I'm sorry if I spell it wrong), I just got myself the cerax 1000 and tbh I'm kinda confuse where to start. And I've got some question to ask, hope you don't mind.

Hey Ricky