Naniwa Aotoshi 2000 Grit "Green Brick" Sharpening Stone - IR-0260

Very goof soft stone
It makes mirror finish on the edge
Strongly recommend!!
And very good service too!!

It is a super thick stone. Absolutely perfect for my mono steel knives for work. It was not as fast as a Shapton pro 2000 by itself unless you use a nagura stone to raise some slurry (I use a Suehiro 1000 nagura). For the first time, I soak it for 2 minutes and it is ready to be used. After that, it only took a few seconds under the running water. To me, it is almost a Splash-n-go stone. (I used it almost every day so the inside of the stone could be still holding some water). Beware the stone is soft (compare with Shapton and Chosera), you need to be careful if you want to do the edge leading way.
I brought many things from Paul since I found his site, as always he ships the product out very fast and got it packed safely. 100% satisfaction!

I found the site easy to navigate, payment was quick and painless and the items arrived ridiculously quickly. They were packaged well and I recieved updates about their packaging delivery (almost too many updates, but Canada Post is more to blame there.) Great service over all.

This stone is a great finishing stone for my needs. Leaves a nice toothy edge without being too rough, I use it for touch ups in between sharpening

I'm now into my 11th stone trying out different things and I must admit, this stone is really out of the ordinary. I love it's feeling, it's feedback and it's polishing effect on my blades.

Basically I have replaced my maintenance on knives AND sharpening needs (if not too blunt) by this stone, and I feel like it's going to last forever due to its thickness and very little need to flatten it so far.

It does load up a bit but it's not a big problem imho