Shapton 500 Ceramic HR Glass Stone

Cuts quick. Perfect for what I wanted it for…..establishing new bevels

Wonderful

I was having a problem starting with the 1000 shapton. After I heard Jake’s recommended first stone is the 500, I figured I would give it a try. The 500 is exactly exactly what I was looking for. Now I am right about at the 30 sec’s to sharp timeline. Learning freehand sharpening was worth it very much. Don’t ask me how much I have wasted on sharpening jigs and gizmos. I was able to get my irons razor sharp with them but it would take 20 mins for one blade and a lot of fiddling around. Not anymore!!