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Here’s a couple of links that talk about the Shapton stones.

https://jendeindustries.wpcomstaging.com/2009/10/21/shapton-stone-tutorial-part-1-introduction-to-the-shapton-pro-and-glass-series/
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The Shapton Glass 500 doesn’t slurry much if any on its own. All these are top tier stones, none have any issues with razors. The 600 Chosera slurries a little as does its green sibling the 1k (so...

I have them all, Shapton Pro 320, Shapton double thick 500, and Chosera 600.

In the 320 range, I’ve been using a mellow 325 DMT. Then either 600 Chosera or 500 Shapton HR, not a huge amount of...

End result, maybe just another old razor, but you could shave for the rest of your life with this if you were so inclined. Good, hard steel.

This is a heavy lift done with the Shapton Glass HR series, up to 4k. The razor is a 6/8 St Joanis 45 that had been quite neglected, it had a small chip in the heel and the end of the nose had a chip...

Should be a little finer while still just as fast.

Try the 2k Glass vs other 1K - you will be pleasantly surprised.

I’ve always questioned the norm, part of my education I suppose. But why is a normally accepted bevel setter defined as 1k? I’ve...

Actually the Shapton Glass 2k has replaced all my 1k bevel setters. The Glass HR series is so ridiculously fast that you can use a finer stone than you normally would at any given stage of honing.
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Apparently you can’t use a sieve for grit that’s anywhere close to fine enough for razors.

There is also a question of how makers ‘report’ their grit sizes, some use the average grit size and and...

I had the 0.44 and unfortunately it was defective - it shed large particles. I returned it to the vendor, Mark at CKTG who returned it to Ishida San at Shapton. When asked about the replacement,...

If you want a nice traveling touch up razor hone, you’d be hard pressed to find one better than the 0.85u (about 16k) Glass G7. Note, the 0.44u is not recommended for razors per my conversation with...

You can also just search ‘Shapton Glass’ on Fendrihan’s main page and it will pull up the page that it’s on.

https://www.fendrihan.com/pages/search-results-page?q=Shapton+glass

Cheers, Steve

Heads up that Fendrihan has the Shapton Glass 1k on special at $37 and change. If you need/want one, that’s a steal. The 2k is my normal bevel setter, but I use the 1k quite a bit rehabilitating pits...