Redundancy? Kitayama 12k and Shapton glass 16k

**jleeg** · 03-31-2009, 07:05 PM

I have both stones, new in boxes, and can return either. Figure from what I've read here, that its a no brainer to keep the Shapton. Is there any reason to keep the Kitayama? Ok, is there any compelling reason....ok something inbetween....any reasonable reason to keep the kitayama?

Thanks all.

Jim

**English** · 03-31-2009, 08:01 PM

Yes, you might drop the Shapton.

**ChrisL** · 03-31-2009, 08:09 PM

Drop the Shapton 16K? How dare you say such things. That's an outrage!

It's good to see you back, English. It seems you've been away for a bit.

I really like my Shapton 16k if you didn't already gather that.

Chris L

**Leighton** · 03-31-2009, 08:13 PM

Its an intermediate grit and its just plain cool.

**jleeg** · 03-31-2009, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Leighton

Its an intermediate grit and its just plain cool.

Which one are you referring to Leighton?

Thanks

**Leighton** · 03-31-2009, 08:18 PM

The Kitayama 12k.

**JimmyHAD** · 03-31-2009, 08:19 PM

I was speaking to the hone guy at Japan Woodworker months ago and he told me that he preferred the 12k Kitiyama to the Shapton. I have never had one so I don't know but if I did have it I would try it for awhile and see where it fits in. If I concluded that I had no need of it I would put it in the classifieds and probably get close to what I paid.

**Kees** · 03-31-2009, 08:37 PM

It all depends on the stone you use before the Shapton 16K. A progression from 6K to 16K might be too big a leap, if you have a coticule or anything else in te area of 12 K you don't need the Kitayama.

**matt321** · 04-01-2009, 03:12 AM

Well. Just think of the fun you can have competing one versus the other. Then after a few months you can report back here with the results. (I've been doing exactly that with a GS 16K and a Naniwa 10K.)

**StraightRazorDave** · 04-01-2009, 04:29 AM

I have neither, but they both sound like excellent finishing/polishing hones. I think both are worth trying out. You might even establish a hybrid system that encorporates both of them into your honing. I have a coticule and a thuringian hone, both are polishing stones, but I found a way of using both! Just a few laps on the coticule, then a few on the thuringian. No reason why you couldn't try the same, ex. 5 laps on the kitayama and 5 on the shapton 16k for touch-ups.

Isn't half the fun of having your own hones practicing and experimenting with them? I say keep both.

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