Thread: Two Shapton 8000 Glass Options?

This is part 2. I didn't want to make the first post too long. I have had a 16k glass briefly and I thought it was very good. I traded it because I already have the full set of Shapton Pros and with a 12k, and a 15k couldn't see the point in keeping it unless I was going for a full set of glass and I decided I was happy enough with the pros. Many members both honemiesters and honesters have had great performance on razors with the 16k.

Anyway, my take is that if you are going to polish all of the scratches from the previous grit completely off then maybe Harrelson's gray 8k may be the ticket. If you want to sharpen the razor to shave ready IMO polishing all the scratches out of the bevel up to 16 or 30k isn't necessary and I would argue isn't advisable.

For the bevel setting I could see polishing those out but when you get into 4/8 territory and the razor is sharp enough to shave you're there and polishing the bevel beyond that is optional and I would think could lead to overhoning for many. If someone knows their stuff and they want to look at the bevel under the microscope and see it sans scratches then rock on.