Thread: ** Urgent ** Shapton 16000 Glass Series Stone Info

I was calling people from Shapton to see if they had any CDN distributors and to inquire about the 15k Pro Series Stones. Started chatting with the rep, told him why I needed the stone and he told me that their Glass Series 16000 grit stone would perform better on razors than their 15000 grit Pro Series. I don't see why he would recommend a cheaper stone as a better performer unless he is truly convinced in it, but I wanted to see if his belief is correct.. Therefore I have a couple of questions:

1) Has anyone here used both of them or at least just the Glass Series 16k stone and what were the results? How do they compare?
2) What is the maintenance for these stones? Do I just lap them with some wet/dry sand-paper on a glass plate?

By the way if noone here has tried it yet, I wouldn't mind being the guinea pig, but if the guy is absolutely wrong, I'd like to know before I place the order.

Damnit! I just ordered a 16k pro hone this morning!

edit: make that 15k.

I'm assuming you meant 15k pro. They may not have shipped it out yet and you may be able to change the order as long as you do it by monday. However, wait for someone who already tried these hones to give us a better idea.

Hmm, the lapping plate for those hones is $289 on shaptonstones.com. The lapping plate for the pro hones is only $128 on the same store.

I am hoping it's not necessary for straight razors. I'm not gonna be spending $400 on a hone unless I win the lottery.

I too am curious about lapping these hones. Or really, diamond hones in general.

I was checking out shaptons site a few days ago and these glass hones are pretty big. 8.25x3.75" with the thickness of the abrasive surface @ 5mm, it's pretty juicy. Too bad they don't sell them in something more like 2.5x7".