Quote Originally Posted by supersco View Post
Ok, you guys convinced me. Just bought an Atoma 1200 to use all the way up to the Shapton 16K.

God my wife is going to kill me.
If only I could convey the frustration I went through using wet dry on my shaptons... You've already got the atoma so you don't need any convincing, but in case anyone else reading the thread is curious:

Wet dry sandpaper (even finer grits up to 1000) left very deep scratches in my Shaptons, and the resulting peaks in the stone left gouges in the edge. The first dozen odd times I used my 16k I thought it was defective because I could feel the teeth in the edge with my thumb.

Many people recommend the atoma, and so would I, but I'll say that mine had one corner that was slightly raised and the abrasive sheared off after the first use. The rest seemed flat and just fine so I used it anyway with good results. I've since decided to bite the bullet and just get the DGLP which is unnecessary but ideal for these stones.