Until I get more experience with my T7, I'm a believe a 1,000 grit stone is all I need to touch up my knives. So began my search for a 1,000 grit stone.
I wrote to www.fine-tools.com about their lack of sales to the US. I guess others wrote too & as of yesterday, they are offering their products to the U.S. They offer 800 & 4,000 grit Matsunaga King & Sun Tiger brands for T7 & T3 sharpeners. They also offer Naniwa 500 & 1,000 grit stones only for the T7.
I learned that Naniwa stones are often relabeled like dick.biz does in Germany. But I believe dick.biz offers a 1,000 grit Dick.biz (Naniwa) stone for the T3. These stones are much more pricer than what I've seen in the U.S. One good thing is people in the U.S. do not pay VAT, so that is a 16% reduction. Fine-tools.com also throughs in a volume discount of 2% for some reason I am unaware of.
I have been reading messages of people going through the effort of having a stone shipped to Canada & then from Canada to the U.S. for a 4,000 grit stone. That's a lot of postage considering there are Tormek & Matsunaga stones available offered by sellers in the U.S.
Tony
I wrote to www.fine-tools.com about their lack of sales to the US. I guess others wrote too & as of yesterday, they are offering their products to the U.S. They offer 800 & 4,000 grit Matsunaga King & Sun Tiger brands for T7 & T3 sharpeners. They also offer Naniwa 500 & 1,000 grit stones only for the T7.
I learned that Naniwa stones are often relabeled like dick.biz does in Germany. But I believe dick.biz offers a 1,000 grit Dick.biz (Naniwa) stone for the T3. These stones are much more pricer than what I've seen in the U.S. One good thing is people in the U.S. do not pay VAT, so that is a 16% reduction. Fine-tools.com also throughs in a volume discount of 2% for some reason I am unaware of.
I have been reading messages of people going through the effort of having a stone shipped to Canada & then from Canada to the U.S. for a 4,000 grit stone. That's a lot of postage considering there are Tormek & Matsunaga stones available offered by sellers in the U.S.
Tony