Bench Stones

Sharpening stones / grinding stones

Sharpening stones / grinding stones

Which blades do you want to sharpen?

High-alloy tool steels

  • Western chisels and plane blades
  • Knives with a core layer of powder metallurgy steels or rustproof steels e.g. VG-10 steel
  • Pfeil® carving tools

Low-alloy carbon steels

  • Japanese chisels and plane blades
  • Knives with core layers of White and Blue Paper Steel
  • Axes and hatchets

All steels

These sharpening stones are suitable for low-alloy carbon steels and also for high-alloy tool steels.
 
An Overview of the full range of sharpening stones is available as a PDF download here
 
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Arkansas Polishing Stone, Translucent, 205 x 50 x 13 mm

Arkansas Polishing Stone, Translucent, 205 x 50 x 13 mm

Arkansas stones are available in different hardnesses on the market. They are called Soft, Hard, Hard Black, Surgical and Translucent and differ in grit size.
variants
€139.00

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711574

»Aka« Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone, Small

»Aka« Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone

Medium-coarse grit lime sandstone, very open texture, with good honing properties. From the Amakusa region.
variants
€9.90

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711534

»Binsui« Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone

»Binsui« Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone

Medium-grit lime sandstone from the Kumamoto region for general sharpening. Readily absorbs water, cuts well and easily produces a fine slurry.
€47.60

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711518

»Amakusa« Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone

»Amakusa« Japanese Natural Sharpening Stone

Medium fine lime sandstone from the Kumamoto/Sage region with a dense structure and even grain for intermediate grinding.
€39.90

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711688

»Honyama« Quarry Polishing Stone

»Honyama« Quarry Polishing Stone

Natural fragments, planed flat on one side. From the point of view of sharpening properties comparable with Belgian bench stones. From the Tanba region.
€33.90

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711303

»Tsushima« Japanese Natural Sharpening/Honing Stone

»Tsushima« Japanese Natural Sharpening/Honing Stone

Very fine Japanese natural sharpening stone that is cultivated on the seabed (region Tsushima-Nagasaki). This natural sharpening stone cuts well and produces very little slurry. Also suitable for cleaning the structure of sharpening...
€129.00

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711210

»Sho-Honyama« Japanese Natural Honing/Polishing Stone, Bench Stone

»Sho-Honyama« Japanese Natural Honing/Polishing Stone, Bench...

A very fine grit sediment stone from the Kyoto region. Perfect for removing burr and polishing hand-forged plane blades, chisels and knife blades made of carbon steel. Ground flat on one side.
variants
€99.90

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711566

»Sho-Honyama« Japanese Natural Honing/Polishing Stone, Fragment

»Sho-Honyama« Japanese Natural Honing/Polishing Stone, Fragment

A very fine grit sediment stone from the Kyoto region. Perfect for removing burr and polishing hand-forged plane blades, chisels and knife blades made of carbon steel. Ground flat on one side.
variants
€29.90

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 711567

Blue Belgian Whetstone, Honing/Polishing Stone, Bench Stone

Blue Belgian Whetstone, Honing/Polishing Stone, Bench Stone

Thicker and longer lasting than the cream-coloured stones, but with equally good honing properties.
€67.90

incl. VAT plus shipping costs

Article No. 705570

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