Thread: Shapton Glass 30K or Suehiro 20K ?

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

I've got a Shapton 16k and I've heard great things about the efficiency of the entire line. I was thinking about picking up the rest of them.

gssixgun, if you see this, what types of steel tend to be more compatible with the Shaptons? I'd need to reconsider if that range is too narrow.

Please understand this is a ton of opinion and mine is shaped by the feedback from my customers

I tend to use the Shaptons on the superfine grained Vintage NY and a few other American made razors and little else.

The Japanese razors also have steel that can handle it and I have coaxed some impressive edges out of Wackers and Revisors with them.

The one thing about the Shapton system and The Naniwa SS for that matter, is they are repeatable and accurate they don't miss if you do your part..





I feel threads like this should come with a warning

Just remember we are talking about the top rung of the honing ladder with the 20k and the 30k, in fact, most finishers, so climbing up the lower rungs is much more important Or read my Sigline twice

We are way off into the minutia of this hobby now