Question: Does anyone have experience on Aoto and Belgian Blue Waterstones? How about the JNS synthetic aoto?
I'm trying to decide between the three, and from my perspective they are all alternatives to eachother with overlapping pros/cons. But is one of these just WAY better than the other? I've always heard of an aoto being about the only stone a person would need for a set of white or blue steel knives for normal kitchen use, save for a nice extra coarse stone for heavy work. Based on grit and resulting edge I think a BBW would be very comparable, but would it be faster? Slower? Less pleasant? I couldn't say.
The JNS Aoto is also seemingly a good alternative being a synthetic that maybe has a wider range of applicable steels it can be used on... but is the finish as good? Does it cut as well on traditional simple steels? Would I be missing the whole nice aoto or BBW experience and just be getting some mediocre stone?
Thanks to anyone who can chime in on it!