Abrasive | Jasper natural whetstone |
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Country of Origin | Russia |
Form Factor | KME |
glgc | 8k |
Lubricant | Oil |
Thickness of Abrasive | 5-6 mm |
Total Thickness | 5-6 mm |
Working Surface | 100 x 25 mm (4" x 1") |
Technical Jasper sharpening stones are used for finish sharpening and honing knives on Hapstone and KME knife sharpeners. Technical Jasper is a naturally abrasive material of high density.
Technical Jasper is mined in the Ural mountains in Russia. Jasper is a dense, opaque variety of cryptocrystalline chalcedony, contains a significant proportion of Fe-oxides and hydroxides. Jasper does not consist of individual abrasive grains of the same size. A Jasper micro-quartz structure consists of fused crystal grains of different sizes.
Technical Jasper stones should be used with honing oil (oleic acid or refined olive oil) as a lubricant.
Technical Jasper stones do not have defects, the surface is uniform.
Jasper stone does not require any preparations. It is preliminarily lapped to ultra-fine grit.
Advantages of aluminum blanks
Stones mounted on aluminum blanks are thicker than stock KME stones. We recommend using the thickness compensator if you use stones of different thickness.