Quote Originally Posted by zib View Post
I like the 16, it's the only Shapton I have. I didn't buy all their gadgets either, and it works just fine. It does load up easily, and as the previous poster mentioned, it does wash off just as easily. It may need lapping due to loading a bit more than other stones, ime. I've mixed it up before, Au Natural, Synthetics and Natural, and just Synthetics...It's all good, like Pizza, Just some are different...

As the one poster mentioned, You do feel the stone sucking the blade to it, I find this stone to be a fast cutter...10 strokes normally by the time I get to it. YMMV, different blades, and different honings, etc, etc, etc....

Here's a couple pics of what I do to elevate this flat, flat stone. Of course, you can put it on another stone, or improvise in some way...I really like these rubber feet, great height, stable, etc...I may have extra, you pay the shipping...

Rich
cool Idea and thank you for the offer, however I'm setting it on an old norton 1/8k I use for my knives and it seems to work ok.
I am thinking about getting a piece of timber and maybe putting some rubber on top to steady, but only if my current solution becomes problematic ^_^