I will stick to your advice, and yeah, I guess 1000k is a tad too fine for what I intend to do ^^Now as I am encouraged to asking more questions, here is an additional one: I have read on some sites but not on others that this knife, although it is not a traditional single-bevel blade like an usuba, deba, or yanagiba would be, is asymmetrically sharpened with a wider edge on the right side for a right-h