Thread: Shapton 16k, mixed grit??

Hi guys. Was looking up some info on the shapton glass stones on the Dictum site
from Europe(Germany I think). I saw that the 16k was only like 10 bucks more expensive
than the 16k. I liked this. Then I saw the 10k was like 40 bucks more expensive than the 16k, which I thought was weird.

I checked the info on the 16k:
* Mixed grit: 6000 – 20.000.
In blade sharpening tests there was no noticeable difference in sharpness between a jump 2000 to 16.000 (mixed grit) and a standard sharpening procedure.

https://www.dictum.com/en/sharpening...ond-grit-16000

I never read about such a thing on any forum. When I buy a 16k stone, I want a 16k stone.

What do you guys think?

"Everything that you read on the internet is neither true nor accurate"

~ Abraham Lincoln

Originally Posted by gssixgun

"Everything that you read on the internet is neither true nor accurate"

~ Abraham Lincoln

Found the same info on this site:

Shapton®, Hardbond, Grit 16.000

Either the info is correct or this site has copied the information from the dictum site. Something is definitely weird as the 16k is considerably cheaper than the 10k on the dictum site.

Well, a lot of other places sell the 10k for less than the 16k.

Instead of reading junk from 3rd party sites you could always go straight to the source...

Shapton-engineered abrasives are available in extremely uniform particle matrices. A .92 micron (#16000) Shapton abrasive has a uniformity of +/- .01 microns. This level of uniformity does not occur in nature and is unmatched by competing products...

https://www.shapton.com/glassstone-series

Originally Posted by Marshal

Instead of reading junk from 3rd party sites you could always go straight to the source...



https://www.shapton.com/glassstone-series

The thing is that Dictum is a well respected seller in Europe. So I am left wondering where they got that piece
of (mis)information.

I doubt that Dictum knows more about the Shapton abrasives than Shapton does.

From Shapton...

Shapton-engineered abrasives are available in extremely uniform particle matrices. A .92 micron (#16000) Shapton abrasive has a uniformity of +/- .01 microns. This level of uniformity does not occur in nature and is unmatched by competing products. Shapton's 29.4 micron (#500) is used to quickly form geometry. The .49 micron (#30,000), on the other hand, is used to polish surfaces into a resilient, high mirror finish. Shapton's precise uniformity ensures the consistency of these scratch patterns. Natural stones and competing man-made stones do not exhibit this level of uniformity.

That is a German site so could there be a translation miscue from German to English in what they are trying to say?

Bob

Originally Posted by gssixgun

"Everything that you read on the internet is neither true nor accurate or has been plagiarised from another site"

~ Abraham Lincoln

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Originally Posted by SharpMan

I checked the info on the 16k:
* Mixed grit: 6000 – 20.000.

that's exactly what they do!!! it is true! i was in the factory and the expert explained that... on.. no.. wait, wait...
it was actually the Havana Club Rum Museum in Cuba, within the Factory, and the Master of Rum was explaining how they mix a 25 yrs old rum with a 3 years to make a 15 years equivalent...
sorry for the mistake. it's rather a blurry memory cause you know.. i'd been trying the samples.. ;D