Thread: A Debate: Naniwa 12k vs Shapton 16

Gentleman (and ladies of course), I will be in the market soon for a final finishing stone, so I thought I'd start a discussion of two local favorites. I'm thinking mainly of performance and final edge produced, not necessarily of price.

So,

In the red trunks.... the newcomer to SRP and a new crowd favorite... the much recently lauded Naniwa 12k!

And it's opponent.... in the white trunks, with a solid SRP following and a solid track record... the Shapton "sweet" 16k!

Ding Ding..........

It's a tie, get both!

I love my Shapton 16k, but have yet to try the Naniwa 12k.
Hmm, this thread seems reason enough... =D

Ryan,

I have both, The Naniwa is great, I can't praise it enough, The Shapton is great too. You'll find that certain razor's benefit more from the Shapton, while some benefit from the Naniwa. If you can't get both right now, which eventually you will, get the Naniwa 12k first. It's a great hone, really. You'd be surprised what you can do with it. This is funny, I pm'd Max, and asked him the same question. He told me to get both....I already had the entire set of Naniwa's

Between the Naniwa 12k, Escher, Shapton 16k, it's real tough call, now I'm figuring out what Japanese Natural I want....

Originally Posted by huntmol

I love my Shapton 16k, but have yet to try the Naniwa 12k.
Hmm, this thread seems reason enough... =D

That's why I started this thread. Everyone's talking about the Naniwa now and how great they are, but I'm not hearing too much about the coveted Shapton anymore. We'll see.......

Originally Posted by zib

Ryan,

I have both, The Naniwa is great, I can't praise it enough, The Shapton is great too. You'll find that certain razor's benefit more from the Shapton, while some benefit from the Naniwa. If you can't get both right now, which eventually you will, get the Naniwa 12k first. It's a great hone, really. You'd be surprised what you can do with it. This is funny, I pm'd Max, and asked him the same question. He told me to get both....I already had the entire set of Naniwa's

Between the Naniwa 12k, Escher, Shapton 16k, it's real tough call, now I'm figuring out what Japanese Natural I want....

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you: HAD

Hmmm... why would debaters be wearing trunks?

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you: HAD

Good call, We'll get you soon enough.....

I only have the Shapton 16k so I can't comment on both. You did bring up something that does seem to be true since I've been around here. Manufactured and even more exotic natural stones (Tams, Chinese 12k, Dragon's Tongue) seem to have their moment of new fervor and then settle somewhere in the great silty slurry bed that is the world of SR HADdom.

Remember Spydercos? They were hot hot hot when I first discovered SRP.

I don't think it means anything other than a concentration of people express interest in a stone or stones at the same time. The stones that aren't the "it" stones stick around because thankfully there's more than one way to skin this razor cat.

Chris L

agreed

if I were buying I would get the one which cost less and offers the longest service life

the Shapton was the mutt's nuts when I hit the scene

of course Escher has BEEN on the scene and I don't see them losing prestige as time goes on
100+ years and counting?