Originally Posted by
G Q
Good afternoon Gents,
I believe through all the comments I have finally narrowed it down. I am going to go with a Shapton 16k and a Chinese 12k (at $30, I figure it wouldn't be a bad thing to own one). I figure my birthday is comming up and my mother in law wanted ideas for me. I'm sure she will get me one of the two!
As for finsihing with these stones, I have a couple more questions;
1) Would it be feasible to go from my norton 4000/8000 directly to the Shapton or should I go from Norton to Chinese to Shapton?
2) If I only used the Norton and Shapton, how many passes should I do on the Shapton if I did a 3/3, 1/3, 1/3-5 pyramid on the Norton as described in Lynn's DVD?
3) If I was to go from Norton to Chinese to Shapton, how many pases on the Chinese and Shapton?
I realize that these may be YMMV questions, however if any one can give me a safe zone to stay in, (for instance 10 pass increments on the Shapton) that would be great. Thank you all so much for the help. Cheers