Dan, I use 2000, 5000, and 8000 Shapton water stones, and find the middle stone
quite useful.

John Johnston


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I’m hoping for some quick advice about waterstones. A while back, I purchased a
combination 1000/8000 Ohishi waterstone from Lie-Nielsen. I’m happy with it, but
I’m thinking of getting another stone with a grit somewhere in the middle. I’d
like to stick with Ohishi and therefore the options are 3000 or 6000 grit. Which
one would be better? Do I even need one in between the 1000/8000? Am I totally
overthinking this?

BTW - this would be for plane irons and chisels.

Thanks!

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