should I Shapton?

I do about 80% of my bevel-setting on a regular old Norton 4000, my Norton 1000 is used only as punishment for really disobedient razors. In general, I don't mind the extra strokes, but I'm thinking maybe it's time for something a little quicker. I'm thinking of trying the Shapton 2000 Shapton Glass stone 2000 HR: Amazon.com: Kitchen & Dining. Looking for opinions, might this scratch my itch?

I am with you on using the 4K primarily...but rather than Shaptons, I was contemplating a Chosera.

I have heard great things about the Shapton...they are QUITE hard so they ought to result in a very crisp bevel set in the right hands;)

Thinking, thinking, ........ blue screen

You should imo :) If it is anything like the 2k Shapton pro, than you would like it a lot. Leaves a very nice bevel, and works very fast too.

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Originally Posted by jeness

You should imo :) If it is anything like the 2k Shapton pro, than you would like it a lot. Leaves a very nice bevel, and works very fast too.

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Thanks, that's the kind of feedback I'm looking for.

For an edge you don't have to guess, go Shapton. Steady results every time. My line up is a 1000 king, 4000 shaptons, 8000 shapton, and then on to a coticle for softwning to a butter edge.. I have a 16000 shaptons, but dont use it..

1k chosera and you will be happy ever after

I really dunno if a 2k GS is faster than the Norton 4k as I've never owned a Norton but my most used GS was the 500grit. GS's are not as aggressive a cutter as the Pros which also makes them a nicer polisher than the Pro IMHO. Horses for courses.

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Originally Posted by mainaman

1k chosera and you will be happy ever after

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+1

Regards,
Neil

I've used all the stones mentioned. The Chosera is my go to bevel setter in most cases. It's the best. My primary stones for the rest are the Shapton GS series. I love them. I do have the 2k, which I use often in lieu of the Chosera. It depends on what I'm doing. On some blades, I use the Shapton 2k to set bevels. Works fine for me. No complaints.

Every honing veteran that I know of ends up with a Chosera 1K & keeps it. I'm a huge Shapton GS fan, but I set razor bevels on Chosera 1K and then progress on the GS's to 16K.

Edit: I finish on a natural though, but that's a preference thing.

I have a 16k on the way, but I am afraid I will end up buying everything between it and my 1k Chosera.

You more than likely will, I have 220-30K...great stones, but not what I recommend for a beginner. Once I learned the stones, they became my favorites and I got rid of most of my other synthetics...except for my chosera 1K.

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

You more than likely will, I have 220-30K...great stones, but not what I recommend for a beginner. Once I learned the stones, they became my favorites and I got rid of most of my other synthetics...except for my chosera 1K.

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I have bought about everything I can think of, the GS stones are the only exception. (all Nortons, Naniwa SS and Chosera, Shapton pros, DMT from 220 to 8k, cotis, Jnats, etc.) For the last 100 or so razors I have used my 1k Chosera, 5k Chosera, 8k Norton, and 12k Naniwa SS about exclusively, and I was fairly happy with it. My only problem was the 12k with the constant warping, but I didn't know what else to use. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to use the 16k GS, and I fell in love with it. I have one already in the post, and now I am in fear that I will buy at least the 4k and 8k too, and also the 2k in the worst case scenario.

Hey Frank,
I'm another that has the whole set of Shaptons and use them all the time, great stones, but when it comes to bevel setting I wouldn't trade my 1k Chosera for any other stone. :D

Howard