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SUEHIRO Rika 5000

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Overall rating

☆☆☆☆☆ (16 reviews)

Product description

Suehiro Rika is a well-known and respected brand of a traditional whetstone manufacturer. This 5000 grit stone, known as Rika, has gained widespread fame worldwide.

The stone comes with a small surface-forming stone. The Rika 5000 changes its style according to the amount of water. A 20-minute soaking is often recommended for Rika. Preferably even more, but I have kept the stone submerged overnight with good results.

Grit: #5000
Long: 206 mm
Wide: 73 mm
Thick: 23 mm

Weight
0,67 kg
(with sales package 0,81 kg)

Country of origin

Japan

Comments

Michael K. verified buyer, 20.3.2025

Overall rating

☆☆☆☆☆

Nice to work with and achieves a commendable polish

Rosen G. verified buyer, 16.12.2023

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☆☆☆☆☆

Super stone

Bart T. verified buyer, 4.8.2023

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☆☆☆☆☆

In my experience, this is the best finishing stone for my Aogami Super carbon nakiri

Zsolt C. verified buyer, 7.1.2023

Overall rating

☆☆☆☆☆

Now this is also a "famous" stone, isn't it? :) Yes, it's very good indeed. Great for finishing the sharpest edges with a polish. For my knife used mainly for vegetables like tomatoes I finish the sharpening process with this 5000 (or maybe with a 4000) grit. I need some "serration" for that knife to easily catch into the skin of the tomato. But this is how I prefer to do it.

Tudor S. verified buyer, 15.12.2022

Overall rating

☆☆☆☆☆

Excellent stone to finish coming from a 1000 or 2000 grit. Used on western knives. It does not provide a mirror polish - if you want that, you might consider a king 6000 for example. Otherwise it has great speed, feedback and is a softer stone.

Anonymous verified buyer, 15.6.2022

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☆☆☆☆☆

Good

Anonymous verified buyer, 13.6.2022

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☆☆☆☆☆

Soaking is definitely worthwhile and gets better with each use. Creamy feeling, very good speed. For me a perfect combination: ShaptonPro 1k (basic grinding) and Rika 5k (for finishing or touch-ups). Testing with Shirogami, Aogami (super) and many other steels between 61-67 HRC.

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