Thread: Shapton Pro Stones VS Shapton Kuromaku

I bought both sets of the stones, one for the kuromaku series and the pro series just so I could compare them myself since u can't just drive around the corner to Walmart to look at them yourself lol... I'm curious to know what makes you dislike people just based on that??

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

I'm curious to know what makes you dislike people just based on that??

You have implied that you are buying two sets of stones with the clear intention of returning one of them. Rather than doing some research via asking questions here before your purchase, you have chosen basically to rent one set of hones for free and then return them, in which case they will no longer be able to be sold as new. This is not very like-able behavior.

To be clear, I'm still glad that you have joined and chosen to ask a question. Personally I'm just not a fan of your purchasing strategy.

In answer to your question, I suspect, but do not know, that the two series are quite similar. I have only used the Pro series but the other is described as the Japanese version of the Pro series. I highly doubt that there will be much difference between them.

What honing experience do you have? Which hones within each series did you buy?

I only still have the Shapton Pro 1k and still really like it as a bevel setter.

@utopian I didn't plan on using the hone because then it would be unreturnable... I could understand your distaste of my intentions you implied but it wasn't the case. In all honesty though, I could see your concern if my purchase was though a mom and pops type store... It wasn't the case it's though a multi billion dollar industry called Amazon... But I guess some people have to look out for the little guys...

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

@utopian I didn't plan on using the hone because then it would be unreturnable... I could understand your distaste of my intentions you implied but it wasn't the case. In all honesty though, I could see your concern if my purchase was though a mom and pops type store... It wasn't the case it's though a multi billion dollar industry called Amazon... But I guess some people have to look out for the little guys...

Now that is a funny bit of morality.