Originally Posted by
zib
Get both, you know you will anyway....why delay the inevitable...You said you have a ceramic, and you like it, so it's a no brainer...I have lots of hones, but not one Shapton yet. Maybe one day. I like the Nortons, I got the 220k/1k 4k/8k with lapping plate special at sharpening supplies dot com...It was affordable. I didn't realize that the Shapton 8k was less expensibve than a Norton. The Norton is synthetic I believe, it's not "real" like you think, it feels real, but it's not quarried or anything....They were made by an Engineer/Woodworker according to the pamplet that came with it...