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Naniwa Professional DX Gouken Kurouto

First test of the Naniwa Professional DX Gouken Kurouto 1000 grit soaking stone. Testing was with a Misono 440 240mm Gyuto . A pleasant to use, nice feeling soaking model , with nice performance with the typical nice feedback and feeling Naniwa models tend to offer. A very creamy feeling yet at the same time offering the type of feedback that will let you know where in the sharpening process you are. It does feel quite a bit different vs the more popular Naniwa Chosera and Professional splash and go models ( i own both). I did soak this stone for some time, before using it, about 40min. This DX Kurouto develops a pretty thick nice mud , slurry , sharpening was fairly quick on the Misono 440 Molybdenum 240mm / 380mm Gyuto i used for testing. Molybdenum on the 440 series is a fairly hard steel and the DX Gouken dealt with in quite well. This stone is larger than most Naniwa models, at 3" wide about 75mm and a very normal 210mm long , due to its softer nature this stone is just over 1" thick / about 30mm. That extra surface area to work with is a nice feeling. Its also not so large using a stone holder becomes more difficult or inconvenient. Using my Atoma 140 made short work of any sort of reconditioning or cleaning of the surface after my session. There was more build up , deeper into the stone vs a splash and go Chosera/Professional model, notoriously easy to clean Naniwa models. I also followed up with a quick wipe down of the Naniwa nagura #600 included with my Chosera models. The most direct comparison i can think of for this stone is the King Deluxe 1000 , one of the most popular and least expensive Japanese soaking stones available. Without a side by side comparison , i would say the Naniwa feels nicer, while the King with a rougher feeling may be faster cutting for difficult to work with super hard steels. At the same time the King is more likely to make forming a burr you can see , feel more difficult on some types of steel and i found forming a burr easier on the Naniwa Gouken. Either one would be a nice option for a soaking model. The Nakiwa DX Gouken Kurouto 1000 does cost exactly twice as much , maybe a bit more, this is a large difference and only the person using the stone can know if that extra cost is worth it. These stones tend to last a number of years, threw all sorts of sharpening sessions, if the Naniwa is more appealing it certainly will feel like you got your monies worth. I purchased and tested this Naniwa soaking model , since i was curious. curious if this model would work with super hard steels like the King Deluxe , and just what type of experience a nicer , large Naniwa soaker would offer me. i'm glad I have it among my various stones.