Thread: Glass stones vs Shapton pros?

I like the Shapton Glass, I have the 1000, 4000, 8000, 16000. I like the feel when sharpening on them. The stone maintenance is about as minimal as it gets. As for wearing them out I think if you sharpened knives professionally maybe, but as a hobbyist I won't wear them out. Their lapping plate/stone is really nice too. I will get the 30000 eventually but at $400 I just finished with half micron diamond on a strop which is a similar finish. So to me the flatness and the minimal maintenance and easy of storage are really the selling points.


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Was it mentioned that some Shapton Glass exist in two versions, HR and HC? I have the HR 1-16k glass stones (white color), which I love. I also have 4 and 8k in HC (grey color, I believe a 6 exists too). I get a better polish with the 8k HC than I do with the 16k HR....go figure (anyone else have same experience?). You can see and read about the HR (and HC) glass stones at Dictum and Aftramestokyo.

https://www.dictum.com/en/sharpening...rigPageSize=12

SHAPTON Glass Stone High Carbon 8000 grit (HC model)

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Originally Posted by MichaelS

Was it mentioned that some Shapton Glass exist in two versions, HR and HC? I have the HR 1-16k glass stones (white color), which I love. I also have 4 and 8k in HC (grey color, I believe a 6 exists too). I get a better polish with the 8k HC than I do with the 16k HR....go figure (anyone else have same experience?). You can see and read about the HR (and HC) glass stones at Dictum and Aftramestokyo.

https://www.dictum.com/en/sharpening...rigPageSize=12

SHAPTON Glass Stone High Carbon 8000 grit (HC model)

The grass is greener

Yes, the HC series polishes much better than the HR series. The 8k HC is about the only 8k that makes a decent shaving edge for me.

Shapton recommends the 8k HC over the 16k HR for razors. I think that I’ve posted that email here somewhere.

Originally Posted by MichaelS

Was it mentioned that some Shapton Glass exist in two versions, HR and HC? I have the HR 1-16k glass stones (white color), which I love. I also have 4 and 8k in HC (grey color, I believe a 6 exists too). I get a better polish with the 8k HC than I do with the 16k HR....go figure (anyone else have same experience?). You can see and read about the HR (and HC) glass stones at Dictum and Aftramestokyo.

https://www.dictum.com/en/sharpening...rigPageSize=12

SHAPTON Glass Stone High Carbon 8000 grit (HC model)

The grass is greener

I have all the Shapton stone’s including the HC . I think the Naniwa snow whiter and gouken fuji are better 8 k stones. I also have the suehiro 20 k which I like more than the Shapton 30 k. I started out with the Naniwa but got tired of the warping issues and seldom use any more.

I just bought a Yurii consul 11/8 from a seller in USA, he shipped it to me in Italy, I used it as soon as is arrived. The bes shave of my life, the Stirling Alcoholic Splash I used it was like fresh water on my face, absolutely not hurting.
I asked the guy that sold me the razor how he honed it before to ship it.

Progression of Shapton GS finishing on 16k.

I just bought the Gs, AMAZING SHAVE!!!!