Thread: Shapton Sharpening Stone Holder and Mod

I’ve been looking for a holder for the Shapton Glass Stones that would give me more clearance. I saw Glen using the Shapton Sharpening Stone Holder in the ‘tape/no tape’ video and asked him how he liked it, and he liked it a lot so I ordered one. It arrived and guess what? Glen was right, it is very good.

But the deck is not adjustable, so you’re limited to 8” stones. Or are you? I had a spare piece of stone-sized glass for turning Pros or Naniwas into ‘glass stones’ (but anything that size would work). So I sprayed it with adhesive, laid it on some soft plastic shelf paper like I use on my jeweler’s block, and trimmed around it. That makes a non-slip surface that just sits in the holder like a stone, and now almost any stone can be used.

Cheers, Steve