Thread: "Shapton Glass" In Search of the Perfect Edge

That would certainly affect my consideration of purchasing their hones.

hmm define success, I lapped my shapton 16k with a dmt1200. seems darn nice to me.

Originally Posted by RobertFontaine

hmm define success, I lapped my shapton 16k with a dmt1200. seems darn nice to me.

I believe it would be safe to say any diamond plate regardless of manufacturer in the generally recommended grit range of 220-325 or higher would lap the ceramic stones.

I can't speak to wet/dry and ceramics. Maybe others can on this post?

Chris L

Chrisl is right, any of the diamond plates will lap Shapton resin bond ceramic hones. I think it's important to remember that Shaptons are NOT like the Spyderco Ceramic hones, they are not fired ceramics but rather crushed and graded ceramics bonded with a resin of sorts (think along the lines of epoxy) and thus any normal lapping procedure should work with them. Chris Moss did note that it was rather tiresome to use wet/dry and I have found the same with hones such as the Norton combo... getting a diamond plate just makes the work so much easier/faster though you're still gonna have to do some serious rubbing if the hone you are working on is not close to flat already.

Now, if only this thread would go to sleep so I can forget about Shaptons for a while......<sigh>. I'd really like to order a set, but I've got my eyes on a new lathe for the shop and I really need to save my money for that first!

Kaptain "Challenged in more ways than one" Zero

Originally Posted by Chrisl

I believe it would be safe to say any diamond plate regardless of manufacturer in the generally recommended grit range of 220-325 or higher would lap the ceramic stones.

I can't speak to wet/dry and ceramics. Maybe others can on this post?

Chris L

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Now, if only this thread would go to sleep so I can forget about Shaptons for a while......<sigh>. I'd really like to order a set, but I've got my eyes on a new lathe for the shop and I really need to save my money for that first!

Kaptain "Challenged in more ways than one" Zero

Dang it, Christian, forget the lathe, buy the Shaptons and come out to play with us!

Chris L

Urhgl....... Chris, you are not helping!

Kaptain "Must......resist......" Zero

Originally Posted by Chrisl

Lynn, when you say you use the 4K and the 8K most, are you referring to the Norton or the Shapton ceramic stones? Did you mean you're going to buy a backup Norton or Shaptons?

Thanks guys.

Chris L

Shaptons on both.

Lynn

My 16k arrived home tonight.

I've already decided to get the Shapton #16000. How does the Shapton 8000 GlassStone compare to the DMT Dia-Sharp D8EE? Thanks.

I just bought a Shapton 2k. I have brand new Belgian blue and coticule stones so I will be hybrid honing.