Thread: shapton glass stones

now i have one more question, if i wanted to buy a series of shapton stones what would be my best bet? theres so many grits! cant have em all!

Ooooooo

Assuming you have no hones

What I consider must have
1-4-8

The Shapton 16 is a finisher all on it's own

Many of us that use Shaptons really like the 2 we feel it adds something special to the edge

The 30 is just a whole lot of money and I rarely use it, the razor has to be able to handle that edge



Above is simply my opinion,

I use the 1-2-4-6-8-16-30 when I break out the Shaptons, I only use them now on razors that I know can handle the edge

I could shave comfortably for the rest of my days on just about any razor with the 1-4-8

you think i could go from an 8 to a 16 with nothing in-between? what about for knives too becuase i sharpen my knives as well

I have a 400g that you are welcome to try brighty. Should have quoted your post sorry, that's a 400 atoma.

Yes I know for a fact I can go from 8-16

I don't use my Razor hones for Knives

any reason in particular? is it bad?

I've been using the Atoma 400 and 1200 for about 6 months. These plates have made lapping a breeze.

Then I polish the stone surface with a well worn DMT 325.