Solid buys! I really like them both!

It seems like the shapton pros are lower than their rating and the choseras are higher. I think the 800 chosera can even surpass some 1K stones for finish. Cuts like it's higher grit too. I think the glass series is almost a better comparison for quality though because the shapton pros don't have ultimate grit size quality control I've heard.

You want the pro 220 to feel what -380 grit feels like. I think it's filled with super duper vitrified black hole particles.

It can handle harder steels for sure. 63HRc SG2 is totally fine but starts to slow down there as a point of comparison. It'll be great for any kitchen knife and any pocket knife with Vanadium less than ~4% and HRc below 63 with relative ease.

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How’s the cutting speed? My guess is the 2K is probably closer to what other brands call a 1K too.

@@EngineersPerspective701 pretty fast for 2k

​@@EngineersPerspective701 It's closer to a 1.5K. Since I cut a lot of raw meat I prefer 2K over the 1K but both are good.

Definitely time for an upgrade! The 8K is the only glass stone I've tried but I have been looking at the 500. I think it'll be great to set an edge or even for a single stone progression, low grit finish it would work well. Hard to say for sure though! It may be a bit weak for serious thinning but if you do it as you go maybe it'll be a decent fit for that. I'd love to hear your thoughts in a comment when you get it!

@@EngineersPerspective701 just got it today! I don’t have any of my other stones or strop with me right now. Just the 500 stone and stropping with my jeans got my 940 to hair whittling sharp. I’m even able to push+pull cut a paper towel which is way above my expectations considering the 940s geometry and only using a 500 grit. Between the stone, my jeans, and some toilet paper I was actually able to get a mirror polish on it hahaha. Also sharpened up my grandma’s extremely dull Victorinox and it was decent enough with thinning. When I sharpen a knife that’s starting to get thick I make a 1mm cutting edge and then right above it I do another 1mm with a more aggressive angle. I’ll occasionally go back and do a micro bevel. This stone handled that with ease. Not sure if it’s because it’s my first stone that isn’t a cheap King, but I’m incredibly impressed. I’m going to be bringing this thing everywhere with me. Genuinely shocked that this one 500 grit and denim is getting me about 90% of the performance I get from 400>1000>4000>6000 and strop. I’m really interested to see how it pairs with my higher grit stones. Opposite of buyers remorse for me

@@GrimpaGrim I think part of your success are your great fundamentals from honing your skill all that time. Now that you don’t have to fight the stone and instead working with you!

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It's not an incredibly fast stone but I have had a ton of luck with it. What steel are you sharpening?

Hi I wouldnt have a clue . I'm in the United Kingdom . Trying to sharpen some of my daughters kitchen knives but she said the were quite cheap so not to worry about them . I notice quite alot if material coming off , grey slurry so I'm presuming steel is soft . I seem to have more success with a cheap old oil stone . I so want this stone to work . I have had it a month and having to re flatten it constantly because of dishing .

The knives are probably your issue. Some of the most difficult steels to get a sharp edge on are the very cheap steels. I usually have better luck with a belt sharpener and a strop for the super cheap knives. I use the Work Sharp Ken Onion Blade Grinder

Thanks . I have a Katto japanese knife , not used much , given as a gift, so perhaps when it's due to be sharpened I may notice a difference .

You keep using quotation marks, I dont think you know what they mean

Looks like it was to get you all riled up. You’re definitely correct that rolling abrasion on a hard substrate can damage the apex with edge trailing strokes. However 1) I do find the rolling abrasion to help a little with deburring as it doesn’t seem to generate new burr very readily with light pressure 2) this stone doesn’t release much slurry 3) use light pressure 4) Who cares? This isn’t some master class on sharpening. It’s messing around with the stone just getting to know it. Not like I was going for an award winning edge.