Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
That is true, but it is true for any progression and isn't specific to Shapton,
Absolutely and I thought about interjecting "or any other hone" into the quote from the Shapton website but it seemed obvious that it applies to any series of abrasives.

The example they give of a 2k is also applicable up the grit progression IMO. IOW, if you go from a 2 to a 4 to a 30 you won't get as satisfactory as result as you would have gotten going 2, 4, 8, 16 and 30. At least that is my assumption. I've not tried to shortcut the grit progression myself.