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Pros: None
Cons: Durability, Overall Quality
Update of previous review from 2019
I would like to update my review of this stone that I bought in 2019 and previously left a review of. DO NOT BUY THIS STONE, IT IS TERRIBLE. The Suehiro stone is extremely messy because it creates a lot of clay powder which soils your knives with a brown layer of clay that is hard to wash off. This stone is thicker than most waterstones because of how fast and easily it wears out and has to be reflattened with a diamond stone very frequently. A flat surface is extremely important to proper sharpening and it loses it's factory flat top face after just using it once.This stone takes an extremely long time to get soaked in water, more than 20 minutes while my naniwa chosera takes less than 5. You also have to dry this stone for more than a week before the water inside the stone dries up because if you put it store it while the inside of the stone is damp even though the outer surface is dry, the stone will disintegrate and chip on it's own.In summary, this was a terrible sharpening stone I used for 2 years and last week I got fed up and finally smashed it against the road because of how much I hate it and replaced it with a 1000 Naniwa Chosera which compliments my 5000 naniwa chosera perfectly.
